First responders contacted Scioto County Sheriff’s Deputies after they were called to help a man at Earl Thomas Conley Park.
They told deputies the man was discovered unresponsive in a vehicle and revived with two doses of NARCAN. The man was now awake, refusing further medical treatment, and insisting on driving himself home. Medics felt he was in no condition to get behind a wheel.
By the time deputies arrived, the man had locked himself out of his car. He refused medical treatment and did not want officers to get a ride for him.
He told them he wanted to walk to Portsmouth because he thought the walk would do him good. He left the vehicle locked at the scene and walked away.
Thief Caught In the Act on 9th Street
Just after 7 am, a 9th Street resident caught a man inside his parked vehicle. He believed the man had taken items from the vehicle.
An officer caught up with the suspect in the 1100 block of 10th Street about five minutes later.
However, after checking closer, the vehicle owner discovered that nothing was missing. Police let the suspect go without filing a police report.