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Officers responded to two cases of 10-year-olds in crisis in less than two hours.   At 5:30 pm, a mom said a ten-year-old had locked her out of the house and attacked a younger sibling. A juvenile court officer responded to the scene, and officers stood by while the mother waited...

 Just after 4 p.m., the Ohio State Patrol advised Scioto County Dispatch that they were in a high-speed chase with a man on St. Rt. 823.   Officers were originally stopping him for failing to use a turn signal when he took off at speeds up to 130 miles an hour.  ...

A homeless man set up new digs for himself in the parking lot of the Version Wireless store on 7th Street.  Officers investigating a report of a suspicious person discovered he’d put together an entire home, enclosed on four sides on the east side of the building.   Police told the...

A concerned West Portsmouth neighbor called 911 just before 1 pm to report a man was outside yelling at himself and growling.   Another neighbor called in half an hour later, saying the man was yelling he was going to kill people.   The man called 911 himself at 1:45 pm to...

A daughter told Scioto County Sheriff’s Deputies she wanted no part of her mom’s problems after a neighbor called to tell her that her mother was high and had left her car in the middle of the road with flashers on.   When officers spoke to the neighbor, she said she...

Medical personnel from SOMC called PPD after a patient claimed she was inappropriately touched by an EMT. She said the assault happened while medics transported her from King’s Daughters Medical Center to SOMC.   Officers contacted the ambulance company and viewed the video of the transport. The officer said the footage...

A Lucasville man called 911 at 11 am to report that a hacker had put illegal material on his computer. He said a hacker had downloaded child porn onto his PC.    He said he tried to call Microsoft to figure out what happened, but no one helped him.   Officers headed...

A deputy investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle found an addict in crisis and went all out to help get treatment for the man.  When the officer arrived to investigate the complaint, he found a man sitting under a tree. The man told the officer he’d been kicked out...

Katie McGowan has multiple charges pending in Portsmouth Municipal Court.  Back in April, she was charged with receiving stolen property, falsification, theft of a motor vehicle, and possessing drug paraphernalia.    In July, officers picked her up on a theft charge.   When McGowan skipped a court date, a judge issued a...

Just before 9 pm, officers responded to a report that a child had run off from a group home on 22nd Street without shoes and was believed to be headed toward Wayne Hills.   Officers caught up with the child on 22nd Street and took him back to the facility. He...

The Scioto County Jail is currently housing 152 inmates. An arrest is not a conviction.  All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty. BORN COURTNEY Arrest Date: 09/05/24 Charges: Endangering Children BORN MICHAEL JANE Arrest Date: 09/05/24 Charges: Endangering Children COLLINS BRIAN JACOB Arrest Date: 09/06/24 Charges: Parole Violation EHRLER...

We’ve told you before about how Franklin County frequently ships kids it can’t handle to Scioto County Group Homes, even though our county doesn’t have enough placements for our local children.   Just after 3 pm, police were called to a group home for a report that a child was...

Officers investigated multiple reports of bizarre behavior from people stumbling the streets of Portsmouth.   Just after 2 pm, callers reported a woman walking in and out of traffic on the Scioto Trail. The caller said the woman was walking south in the northbound lane.   When an officer arrived on the...

Officers took a man into custody after a police chase that started with a report of some bizarre behavior in Wheelersburg. A woman said a man in a red Chrysler was screaming at her outside her apartment and accusing her of stealing.   Dispatch advised her to lock her doors and...

 Just after 8:30 am, police were called to Kendall Avenue for a report of a stranger behaving oddly.   She said the woman, who seemed confused, said she had surgery that day and had been sitting on her porch for several hours.   The woman kept nodding in and out and made...

The hunt for a missing child came to an end when the child’s parent called 911 at 12:30 am to say they’d found her near the DESCO in Portsmouth and had taken her to the nearby Holiday Inn.   The parent said the man who took the child was now driving...

Officers responded to Lowe’s in Wheelersburg after employees said a man came into the store and told the cashier that if he had a gun, he would come back and shoot up the place. The man then went out into the parking lot to speak with customers.   About ten minutes...

Officers responded to a tense situation just before 7 pm after a report that a boy threatened to stab two girls.  When officers arrived on the scene in South Point, a witness told them the boy pulled a knife on two girls and threatened to cut and stab them.  The...

Two women are behind bars after law enforcement says they denied a six-year-old child food and water during a court-ordered visitation with its biological mother. That child is in the hospital now, being treated for malnutrition, dehydration, and hypoglycemia.   Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman said Kentucky Child Protective Services...

“We’re not lawyers,” Scioto County Commissioner Bryan Davis said in response to some intense questions regarding the state investigation of Scioto County Economic Development Director Robert Horton, who also serves as the President of the Southern Ohio Port Authority.   WNXT’s Bill Shope turned up at Thursday’s meeting with plenty of questions...