Portsmouth Police Officers respond to a lot of reports of suspicious characters wandering the streets at all hours of the day and night. Many of those calls lead to the arrest of wanted criminals or people caught in the act trying to help themselves to someone else’s property.
However, a call to PPD about two suspicious men walking around a Wilson Avenue home had a different result. The caller said two men in gray shirts and shorts were lurking around his home.
When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the men were a Portsmouth City Councilman and another neighbor who were checking out issues with the culverts in the area.
Another report of suspicious activity was less harmless. A Scioto Trail neighbor reported a woman doing sexual favors for a man in a pickup truck just before noon. However, the truck left before officers arrived.