Portsmouth’s Most Familiar Face: Arthur Swanigan Arrested Again
One of Portsmouth’s most notorious repeat offenders is back behind bars. On Sunday afternoon, Portsmouth Police picked up Arthur Swanigan ...
Read moreDetailsOne of Portsmouth’s most notorious repeat offenders is back behind bars. On Sunday afternoon, Portsmouth Police picked up Arthur Swanigan ...
Read moreDetailsJust weeks after Portsmouth made headlines over the theft of a Democratic Party advertising bench, the mysterious bench bandits appear ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth Police found themselves once again on the front lines of the ongoing mental health crisis, responding to multiple calls ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth Police say a local woman tried to argue her way out of an arrest using the so-called sovereign citizen ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth Police were called to Southern Ohio Medical Center after a tense encounter between a medical employee and a patient’s ...
Read moreDetailsWhat some people may think of as a prank turned dangerous in Farley Square when a woman reported being struck ...
Read moreDetailsShoppers at the Harding Avenue Dollar General got an unsettling surprise when employees spotted a man in the parking lot ...
Read moreDetailsIt was a chaotic scene near Pap’s Carryout when New Boston Police called in Portsmouth officers for backup in a ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth Police spent their evening checking on several of the city’s homeless camps — part of a larger push to ...
Read moreDetailsA recent call on 24th Street and Richardson Road shows why it’s important to check on drivers who seem “off,” ...
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