An out-of-control man swinging a shovel caused quite a panic in Wayne Hills. The first call came into dispatch at 8:21 am. A witness reported a shirtless older man standing at the top of the stairs across from the rental office. According to reports, the man was swinging a shovel and yelling.
About seven minutes later, the man called the police from the Oasis Convenience Mart on 17th Street. He claimed between forty and fifty people were following him.
Police headed out to the store to speak with the man. He claimed that a large group of escaped convicts from the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility was following him with baseball bats.
He got agitated and wanted to know why officers were taking him into custody when he didn’t steal anything. Police detained the man due to his altered mental status and transported him to s/omc for treatment.
PPD Investigates Child Sex Abuse Report
Portsmouth Officers received a request from Indiana CPS to investigate a report of child sex abuse that allegedly took place in Scioto County.
According to the Indiana agency, the suspect was 10 years old and the victim was seven.
CPS was unsure exactly where the incident happened but they did provide the suspect child’s last known address.
