Kids Unleash Dogs When Stranger Reaches Through Mail Slot Late at Night
A scary incident on Argonne Road just before 11 pm.
Kids hanging out downstairs saw a strange hand reach through the mail slot in their door. The kids let the family dogs out of their kennels and ran upstairs to alert their parents.
Police checked the area, but did not see anybody suspicious. The family said they’d let the dogs have the run of the house overnight in case the stranger came back.
Driver Takes Out Utility Pole on 11th Street
At 11:07 pm, a vehicle smashed into a pole in the 1500 block of 11th Street and snapped it off at the base.
Police notified AEP to send a crew to the scene and arranged for the vehicle to be towed. They cited the driver for failure to control.
Forty minutes later, a tree went down in the 1400 block of Milldale, taking powerlines with it and blocking the road.
Officers notified AEP and Portsmouth City Service arrived to remove the tree just after 1 am