August 24, 2023

Sheriff’s Report

 

A deputy and a Richwood Police Department officer responded to the 29000 block of Route 37 for a property damage crash involving a 2016 Ford Mustang that struck a deer at 7:47 a.m. Aug. 11.

Deputies were sent to a business in the 23000 block of Route 4 to investigate a suspicious vehicle at 4:32 p.m. Aug. 12. While on the scene, deputies requested EMS for a person found under the influence inside the vehicle. An EMS unit from the Northwestern Fire District responded to the scene and transported the person to Marion General Hospital. After further investigation, drugs were found in the vehicle.

Deputies and units from the Northwestern Fire District responded to a residence on Rose Street in Magnetic Springs for a domestic fig…

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