Man Threatens Air Ambulance Employees
An angry man threatened employees of a local air ambulance service just before 3 pm. An employee said the guy pulled up to the heliport and said he would shoot employees if they flew a helicopter over his house again.
Officers headed to the man’s house to speak to him and took information for a report.
Man Threatens Arson Over Stolen Auto Part
A dispute over an auto repair led to an alleged arson threat. Just before 11 pm, a man contacted PPD to say a man threatened to burn his house down over a stolen catalytic converter.
He said he had worked on the man’s car earlier with the help of a friend, but later discovered his friend had cut off the catalytic converter. He said he offered to fix the issue, but the vehicle owner was furious and threatened to burn his house down.
However, he didn’t know the legal name of the car owner and didn’t want to file a complaint. He did want the incident documented in case anything happened.
Repeat Offender Busted For DUI
Officers arrested a man with a history of driving under the influence on Monday night.
PPD and SCSO officers responded to the 2200 block of 8th Street for a DUI report. Officers took a man into custody and arranged to have his vehicle towed.
He refused a sobriety test and was arrested for DUI and booked into the Scioto County Jail. This was not the first time that 44-year-old Todd Murphy had been arrested on that charge.
Murphy’s booking history at the jail shows he was arrested for DUI back in August of 2009 and on the same charge in 2003.
Bail was set at $1000.
Man Busted for 23rd Time After Running From Police
A man tried to run away from officers after his ex reported him for making threats via text.
Police say he ditched his car on 17th Street and then took off running down an alley before police detained him near Sonora’s.
Officers took him into custody and arranged to have his vehicle towed. He was booked into the Scioto County Jail on charges of obstructing official business and probation violation. This was his 23rd trip to the jail. He served 145 days in jail for a July incident where he was arrested for probation violation, receiving stolen property, drug possession, menacing, failure to comply, and obstructing justice.
Previous charges include parole violation, theft, felonious assault, and drug trafficking.