Police
September 10, 2026

Police Beat

From Richwood Division of Police reports:

Aug. 23

An officer assisted with a civil standby at the police department at 7:04 p.m. during a custody exchange.

A caller reported people yelling in the 400 block of North Franklin Street at 11:30 p.m. and an officer responded. There were no signs of anyone yelling in the area.

A door to one of the concession stands at the Richwood Park was found open at 11:24 a.m. and an officer did not see anything out of the ordinary inside. A keyholder was notified.

Someone found a stray dog on Beatty Avenue and dropped it off at the police station at 4:26 p.m. An officer took the dog to the Union County Humane Society and the owner was later notified.

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