Portsmouth Police Reports: Furious at the Food Bank
From the Portsmouth, Ohio Police Chief’s Daily Briefing.
Police responded to a report of a disturbance at the food bank at Cornerstone United Methodist just before 11 am.
A man refused to leave the property because his license was misplaced. He believed a volunteer had it but the volunteer believed she’d handed it back to him.
Food bank volunteers agreed to make every effort to look for the missing ID. The man agreed to leave the property.
Barricaded Subject
PPD assisted US Marshalls with a barricaded subject at a Poplar Street Home at 7:40 am. The subject was taken into custody just before 8 pm.
Camping Out in a Car
PPD checked out a report of people living in a vehicle parked in the lot of North Moreland Christian Baptist Church at 11 am.
The caller said people had lived there for several days. The female driver had a valid license but the vehicle was inoperable.
She agreed to have it towed from the property. Officers said they would check back in a day or two.
Under the Influence
- A caller reported a drunken man in a red shirt attempting to hit an older man on 17th Street at 11:18 am. He’d left the area by the time police arrived but they picked him up at Gallia and Vermont.
- At 5 pm, a caller reported a man overdosing in a truck on 2nd Street. He was alert when police arrived and claimed he had not been using drugs. However, he had an open warrant, so police took him into custody.
- Forty-five minutes later police answered a call about a woman overdosing on Sycamore Street. She refused medical help.