Like most weekends, Portsmouth Police were pretty busy responding to calls involving homeless, mentally ill, and apparently intoxicated individuals roaming our streets, including a fatal drug overdose at the homeless shelter. Just before 2 am on Friday, witnesses spotted someone lying in the grass near Mound Park. However, they left before officers arrived. At 8 […]
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