Police Blotter: Man calls 911 for medical dissatisfaction; vehicle towed from Shade Community Center
A man called 911 to express his dissatisfaction with medical care he had received earlier in the day. ...
Police Blotter: Livestock frightened by explosives; semitruck loses tires
A man called Athens County Sheriff’s Office because his livestock were being frightened by explosives. ...
Police Blotter: Man shoots at tree; woman dies from troubled breathing
The man said he saw two individuals hiding in his tree.
Police Blotter: Man slowly loses money in bank account; mail scattered on the road
A man was doing his taxes and found that money had been slowly taken from his account since 2020.
UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old Nelsonville boy found safe on Tuesday
Keo Rothe, a 13-year-old boy from Nelsonville, has been missing since Sunday with no cell phone.
Police Blotter: Man calls 911 for medical dissatisfaction; vehicle towed from Shade Community Center
A man called 911 to express his dissatisfaction with medical care he had received earlier in the day.
Police Blotter: Livestock frightened by explosives; semitruck loses tires
A man called Athens County Sheriff’s Office because his livestock were being frightened by explosives.
Police Blotter: Woman takes calming winter walk; false hold-up alarm activated
The woman took a walk in the snow to calm down after a bad week.
Police Blotter: Man shoots at tree; woman dies from troubled breathing
The man said he saw two individuals hiding in his tree.
Police Blotter: Chickens trespass to owner’s property; possible fire at Menards
In this weeks' Athens police blotter, read about a smoking generator at Menards and chickens finding a new owner.
Athens County Sheriff’s Office makes arrest for stolen gun at traffic stop
Additional charges for aggravated possession of drugs are expected pending lab results.
Police Blotter: “Creepy Joe” sign gets stolen; poaching season begins
A political sign that read “Say no to creepy Joe” was stolen from a residence’s property.
Police Blotter: Man is threatened on Facebook; juveniles yell profanities at 911 dispatcher
From a man was being threatened on Facebook for allegedly sleeping with another man’s wife to a woman walking barefoot along State Route 13, read the latest blotter for all the latest activity happening in the Athens County area.
Blotter: Resident gets a call from the FBI; burnt Poptart sets off alarm
Resident receives a scam call thinking it’s from the FBI.
Silver Serpent general manager dismissed of manslaughter charges in Collin Wiant case
Silver Serpent Exotic Gifts owner James Wanke was dismissed of manslaughter charges, but still faces two felonies and a misdemeanor.
Police Blotter: Driver doing donuts at Piggly Wiggly; fire alarm found in dumpster
The driver was told to stop doing donuts.
Blotter: Campaign sign stolen; man fishes up firearm
The weapon was a pellet gun and deputies took it in for evidence.
Uncle Sam: Defunding the police – what Athens can learn from Denver
Denver’s STAR program has sent mental health professionals (not police) on over 350 emergency calls. They haven’t needed police back-up once.
Blotter: man extinguishes car fire with water bottle; man reports son's toys broken by roommate
The engine fire was extinguished before the fire department arrived.
Jackson man indicted on voyeurism, menacing and burglary charges
The man was arrested in August, and his fingerprints were found at a house on North High Street.
Man arrested after grand jury indicts him of six counts of rape
The alleged rapes occurred between late 2004 and April 2020.
Blotter: Police make arrest at Baker for intoxication; officers sent for a stolen Amazon package
OUPD was sent to Baker after a report of a man being intoxicated outside of Baker Center.
