A report of suspicious vehicles at the Riverview Campground in Portsmouth led to the arrest of two repeat offenders who’d violated parole.
Just before 2 am, a caller said something suspicious was happening between a red Camaro and a white Impala. They said they saw a man try to pass a gun to someone in the car.
When officers arrived at the scene, they detained William Swords on a parole violation charge for an attempted felonious assault charge.
The state released him on parole just a month ago, and he’d already violated, and Ohio listed him as a wanted man who was possibly armed and dangerous.
Also arrested was Devin Lee Chandler, who officers charged with improperly handling firearms in a vehicle, drug possession, having weapons under a disability, drug paraphernalia, and possessing drug abuse instruments.
Chandler was released on parole from a Kentucky prison at the end of August.
He was doing time for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, public intoxication, and unauthorized transaction with a minor.
Officers booked both men into the Scioto County Jail.
