Stolen Car Spotted at Burger King
Around 7 am, Scioto County Sheriff’s Deputies told Portsmouth Police a caller had spotted a man in a vehicle he’d reported as stolen earlier. However, the stolen silver car had been spray-painted black.
The caller said the man left heading east.
Portsmouth Police searched the area but were unable to locate him.
Stolen Truck Recovered at Walmart
Just before 1 pm, a caller reported someone stole his truck with a dealer plate from Pine Lane and took off in an unknown direction of travel.
Dispatch entered the vehicle into the stolen vehicle database and contacted the Ohio State Patrol.
Around 5:30 pm that evening, NBPD located the truck in the parking lot of Walmart. Deputies responded to confirm this was the missing truck and contacted the owner to retrieve it.
Officers removed the truck from the stolen vehicle database and checked Walmart’s security video to see if they could spot the truck thief.
Stolen Truck Turns Up on Shonkwiler Road
A caller contacted the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office to report they’d found a Ford pickup abandoned at the end of Shonkwiler Road.
Officers headed to the scene and discovered the vehicle was reported stolen out of Pike County. Pike Deputies said they would contact the owner and let officers know what to do next.
Officers noted the vehicle had been spray painted a different color. Since the owner was out of town, deputies had the vehicle towed and impounded for safekeeping.
Manhunt After Stolen Car Spotted
Officers launched a manhunt for a suspect after receiving a tip about a stolen vehicle.
Just after 5 pm, a woman called 9-1-1 to say she’d spotted her friend’s stolen car parked on Campbell Avenue. However, the vehicle was gone by the time police arrived.
Thirty minutes later, a Buena Vista Lane caller spotted a black car flying up the road into a wooded area, and officers determined it was the missing car.
Officers notified the owner and began tracking a suspect in the woods. They tracked the suspect to Ruhlman before losing them around 7:05 pm. But five minutes later, a Ruhlman resident reported spotting someone in their yard and thought they might have caught them on camera.
Officers retrieved evidence and photographed the vehicle as well as impounded a stolen tag someone had put on it.
Buick Torched on Wayne Avenue
Just after 1 pm, a man contacted Portsmouth Police to report that someone had taken a torch and burned the hood of his red Buick which was parked on Wayne Avenue.
He said he got off work and came home at 5 pm the night before, and a friend had used the vehicle after that. He said he only noticed the damage the next day.
He told officers he had no idea when the car was damaged or who might have done the damage.