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Task Forces Serves Search Warrant, Suspected Drugs and Paraphernalia Found

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Staff Report 69 Views 1 min read

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – The Major Crimes Task Force of Gallia-Meigs serve a search warrant in Syracuse, Ohio and reportedly

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Passenger in Custody in Syracuse Theft Case

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Staff Report 78 Views 0 min read

SYRACUSE, Ohio – A person described as a passenger has been taken into custody following the recovery of a vehicle

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Syracuse Vehicle Recovered, Suspect in Custody

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018 Carrie Gloeckner 66 Views 0 min read

SYRACUSE, Ohio – A vehicle reported stolen on January 20, 2018 has been recovered and a suspect is in custody.

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Vehicle Stolen in Syracuse

January 20, 2018January 21, 2018 Staff Report 53 Views 0 min read

Further Update The vehicle has been recovered and suspect in custody. See related story for further information here. UPDATE Law

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Area Law Enforcement Selected for National Mental Health Learning Program

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 Staff Report 66 Views 2 min read

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – Area Sheriff’s Offices will be participating in a collaborative effort to learn more about behavioral health

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Two Charged with Trafficking Drugs Following Investigation in Middleport

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Staff Report 107 Views 1 min read

MIDDLEPORT, Ohio – According to Middleport Police Chief Bruce Swift, on Jan. 6, 2018 in the early morning hours a

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Observing National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in Meigs County

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Staff Report 62 Views 3 min read

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – The Meigs County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and Victim’s Assistance Program are calling on the people of

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Law Enforcement Officers go Shopping with Area Youth

December 27, 2017January 6, 2018 Carrie Gloeckner 91 Views 2 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – From shoes to board games and everything in between, children went shopping with a cop, enjoyed breakfast

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Rutland Mayor Resigns, Council Hears Complaints Against Police Chief

December 19, 2017January 6, 2018 Carrie Gloeckner 126 Views 9 min read

RUTLAND, Ohio – New council members tackled various issues including the resignation of the mayor at the regularly scheduled meeting

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Man convicted of vandalism at Middleport Jail, failure to appear

November 16, 2017December 23, 2017 Carrie Gloeckner 101 Views 2 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – Following a one day trial a Middleport man has been found guilty in a case involving vandalism.

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Jail officer placed on administrative leave following arrest for sexual battery

November 16, 2017December 23, 2017 Carrie Gloeckner 75 Views 1 min read

                UPDATED INFORMATION MIDDLEPORT, Ohio – In a statement from the Village of

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Multiple agencies participate in closing down alleged ‘bearbaiting’

November 14, 2017December 23, 2017 Staff Report 77 Views 1 min read

LONG BOTTOM, Ohio – Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that on Saturday, November 11, 2017, the Ohio Department of

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Convicted heroin dealer sentenced to prison, caught with 2,000 grams of heroin

November 13, 2017December 23, 2017 Staff Report 90 Views 1 min read

  POMEROY, Ohio – A man has been convicted and sentenced for trafficking heroin in Meigs County, Ohio on Nov.

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Ritchhart sentenced in two cases involving felonious assault, abduction and children

October 30, 2017December 23, 2017 Carrie Gloeckner 92 Views 3 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – April Ritchhart, 39, of Syracuse, Ohio has been convicted on charges related two incidents involving felonious assault,

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Deputies respond to three domestic calls in an hour, one involving a house fire

October 20, 2017December 23, 2017 Staff Report 68 Views 2 min read

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – In a night that had law enforcement responding to 3 separate domestic calls, one of them

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One taken into custody following structure fire

October 20, 2017December 23, 2017 Carrie Gloeckner 90 Views 1 min read

SYRACUSE, Ohio – Two departments responded to a structure fire in Syracuse on Oct. 19, 2017. A duplex on Fourth

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Multiple agencies participate in search for missing man

October 5, 2017December 23, 2017 submitter 55 Views 1 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that his office received a report on Oct. 4, 2017 of

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Law enforcement training held in Middleport

September 28, 2017December 23, 2017 submitter 79 Views 1 min read

MIDDLEPORT, Ohio – Various law enforcement agencies came together for a training Sept. 26, 2017 in Middleport, Ohio. According to

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Pomeroy Police looking for stolen car

September 26, 2017December 23, 2017 submitter 60 Views 0 min read

UPDATE – According to the Pomeroy Police Department, the vehicle has been recovered by the Chillicothe Police Department. POMEROY, Ohio

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Bailey sentenced for trafficking drugs

September 20, 2017December 23, 2017 Carrie Gloeckner 94 Views 1 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – One man has been sentenced for trafficking drugs in Meigs County. Michael Bailey, 27, of Rutland, Ohio,

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Syracuse Mayor’s Court releases active warrant list

July 27, 2017 Staff Report 137 Views 1 min read

SYRACUSE, Ohio – Names of those with active warrants from mayor’s court have been released. According to the Syracuse Mayor’s

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Deputy’s Notebook: June 18-July 3, 2017

July 7, 2017 Staff Report 76 Views 8 min read

  Editor’s note: The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Deputies respond to all sorts of calls. The notebook is a listing

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Pomeroy PD looking for information about vandalism incidents

July 5, 2017 Staff Report 54 Views 0 min read

UPDATE According to a statement from the Pomeroy Police Department, two suspects in the vandalism that took place on July

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Deputy’s Notebook: June 11-18, 2017

June 26, 2017 Staff Report 56 Views 4 min read

  Editor’s note: The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office Deputies respond to all sorts of calls. The notebook is a listing

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Largest heroin seizure in Meigs County history, bond set at $250,000 for suspect

June 19, 2017 Staff Report 69 Views 1 min read

POMEROY, Ohio – A Columbus, Ohio man is in custody following the seizure of two kilograms of heroin according to

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