It was a busy—and sometimes downright strange—weekend for Portsmouth Police, with calls ranging from a mysterious motel guest to a barefoot man in a hospital gown. Here’s your rundown of the highlights:
🏨 Strange Start at the Four Keys Inn
- 5:30 a.m., Saturday – A man in a red shirt was spotted loitering outside a room at the Four Keys Inn on the Scioto Trail.
- Officers discovered he wasn’t a guest and told him to move along.
- ✅ He complied without incident, and the property stayed quiet after that.
🚗 Green Sebring Causes Chaos
- 5 p.m., Lincoln Street – A green Chrysler Sebring with 45-day tags parked on the wrong side of the road drew attention for more than just bad parking.
- The vehicle was covered in clutter—items scattered all around, on top, and inside.
- Officers advised the owner to clean up the mess and move the car.
But things didn’t end there…
👟 The Case of the Missing Shoes
- Just 10 minutes later, neighbors called again—this time about a shirtless, shoeless man in shorts, one sock, and tattoos accusing them of stealing his shoes from under a tree.
- Witnesses said the man seemed under the influence.
- Officers stepped in, calmed things down, and gave the man a ride back to his car.
🏃 Hospital Gown Mystery
- Elsewhere, a Sherman Road caller reported spotting a man running down the sidewalk in a hospital gown and bracelet—barefoot.
- Dispatch contacted local hospitals, but none reported a patient walking out against doctor’s orders.
- Officers searched but couldn’t locate the gown-clad runner.
⚖️ The Takeaway
From motel mysteries to wardrobe malfunctions, local officers spent the weekend handling a mix of oddball calls. No arrests were made in these incidents, but plenty of neighbors were left scratching their heads—and locking their doors.