Just before dawn on a quiet Tuesday morning, a Portsmouth man woke up to find his pickup truck missing from 10th Street. By 7 a.m., he’d tracked it down himself to the corner of 7th and Broadway — and was holding the alleged thief at gunpoint when he called 911. Within minutes, Portsmouth Police officers […]
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