Police Report Recap - 12/08/2015 to 12/15/2015

Date	Time	Type of Call	Location	Incident Notes
12/9/2015	3:46 PM	Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle	Guy St.	Officer responded to location in reference to a possible unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Upon officer's arrival and after further investigation, it was determined to be a misunderstanding between a father and son.
12/9/2015	5:20 PM	Parking Complaint	Maple St.	Officer responded to a report of an abandoned/junk motor vehicle that was parked on Maple Street at West Bigelow Avenue. Officer later made contact with the vehicle owner who resides in Columbus, Ohio and the owner retrieved the vehicle via tow truck the next day. The vehicle owner was warned for leaving junk / abandoned vehicles parked on the street.
12/9/2015	5:36 PM	Warrant - Misdemeanor	Central Ave.	Officers arrested Jacob Morrow on a warrant that was issued by the Madison County Municipal Court for violating a protection order. Jacob was found hiding in a bathroom at the residence. He was later transported to the Tri-County Regional Jail. See RTR for further information.
12/10/2015	12:37 AM	Open Door	West Main St.
12/10/2015	6:56 AM	Suspicious Circumstances	South Jefferson Ave.	Officers responded to location on the report of someone possibly being inside the business even though the business was not yet open for the day. The caller advised that they believed someone came in the back door and that she heard a loud crash toward the back of the store and then shortly thereafter all the lights went out. She then heard footsteps near her office in the front of the store. Upon arrival, officers found both back doors to be secure. Officers also checked the entire business including the area above the ceiling tiles, but did not locate anyone.
12/10/2015	11:22 AM	Parking Complaint	East Main St.	Officer responded to location on a parking complaint. The caller advised that a white Toyota truck parked in her driveway and then went into a business across the street. Officer made contact with the owner of the vehicle and advised him that he parked in a private driveway. Driver apologized and immediately moved the vehicle without incident.
12/10/2015	3:12 PM	Non-Injury Crash	West Main St.	Officer responded to the area of the Old Plain City Elementary School in reference to a non injury crash. Upon arrival and after further investigation, Amber Klugh was issued a citation for Assured Clear Distance Ahead
12/10/2015	4:39 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	Whittman Ct.	Officer responded to the area of Willowcreek Drive and Buckboard Lane in reference to suspicious circumstances. An anonymous caller advised that two male juveniles had approached their son and that they appeared to be intoxicated. Caller also advised that one of the juveniles had showed their son a baggie that possibly contained marijuana. Officer made contact with both juveniles who were not intoxicated. One of the juveniles advised that he did not have marijuana and stated that someone had started a rumor at school about him having it. Officer contacted and spoke both parties parents about this incident.
12/10/2015	9:36 PM	Suspicious Person	Dogwood Ct.	Officer responded to location in reference to a suspicious person complaint. Caller stated that when she went to let their dog outside they saw a male subject standing in their yard. The subject had a beard and was wearing jeans and a coat. Caller stated that they were not sure if the male subject noticed them or not. Officers checked the area, but was unable to locate the suspect. Officer also checked with several neighbors in the area, but no one had seen the subject.
12/11/2015	9:25 AM	Theft - Misdemeanor	North Chillicothe St.	Officer responded to location on the report of a theft. Upon arrival, officer met with the caller, who advised that either Wednesday night or Thursday night someone went through their unlocked van and stole some loose change. Caller advised there were tools and a GPS in the van that they did not find or did not take. They advised that there was no more than five dollars in change at the most. Caller just wanted the police department to be aware of it.
12/11/2015	10:00 AM	Alarm Drop	Converse Dr.
12/11/2015	11:26 AM	Driving Complaint	Plain City-Georgesville Rd.	Officer responded to location and spoke with the caller about a driving complaint. Caller stated that while riding his bicycle northbound on Plain City Georgesville Rd., a blue four door sedan passed him unsafely and honked his horn. Caller said it was unsafe because the car was going too fast and was too close to his bicycle. The caller identified the subject, which the officer contacted via telephone. The subject stated confirmed that they did pass the caller unsafely and honked his horn at him. The subject was warned for Reckless Operation and warned of the other consequences of his driving behavior.
12/11/2015	12:33 PM	Animal Complaint - Other	North Ave.	Officer responded to location in reference to a cat stuck in an abandoned house. Caller stated that the residence had been abandoned for awhile and they always see a cat in the window that could be stuck. Upon officer's arrival, he checked the residence and could not locate a cat in the window. Officer also found several ways for a cat to get in and out of the house.
12/11/2015	1:22 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	Shepper Ave.	Officer responded to the location in reference to an attempted theft from a motor vehicle. Officer spoke with the caller who stated that last night between 2130-0730 Hrs., someone went through his tan 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe. Caller stated that he doesn't believe anything was taken but everything from his console and glovebox was thrown onto the floorboards. Caller stated that his vehicle was left unlocked throughout the night. Officer informed the caller that if he finds anything to be missing to contact the police and that a report will be made.
12/11/2015	2:15 PM	Theft - Misdemeanor	North Chillicothe St.	Officer responded to location in reference to a theft from a motor vehicle. Upon arrival, Officer met with the caller who reported that sometime between 2130 Hrs. last night and 1030 Hrs. this morning, someone went through their vehicle and took around $2 in change. Caller stated they were not sure if they locked the car or not. Caller also stated that they didn’t believe anything else was missing.
12/11/2015	2:27 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	Shepper Ave.	Officer responded to location in reference to an attempted theft from a motor vehicle. Upon arrival, offcier met with the caller who stated that last night between 1800-0900 Hrs., their vehicle was rummaged through. Everything from the center console and glovebox was thrown on the ground. Caller didn’t believe anything to be stolen.
12/11/2015	4:50 PM	Theft - Felony	Shepper Ave.	Officer met with caller who reported that he had several items stolen from their vehicle the night before. Under investigation.
12/11/2015	6:22 PM	Civil Dispute/Standby	North Avenue	Officer stood by while personal items were removed from residence.
12/11/2015	7:11 PM	Civil Dispute/Standby	Friend St.
12/11/2015	10:21 PM	Driving Complaint	US Rt. 42 S	Officer responded to the area of US RT 42 S at the corporation limits in reference to a driving complaint. The complainant called and advised that they were following a silver Chrysler minivan northbound on US RT 42 and the vehicle was driving all over the roadway. I was able to locate the vehicle at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and West Main Street. Officer was able to locate the vehicle in question and initiate a traffic stop with it. Officer made contact with the driver and advised them of the complaint. The driver was not under the influence and stated that they were not sure why there was a complaint called in. Driver stated that there was a vehicle that was tailgating them and thought they were upset because the driver drives slightly under the speed limit. Officer determined that the subject was okay to continue on.
12/11/2015	10:33 PM	Driving Complaint	US Rt. 42 S	Officer responded to location in reference to a driving complaint. Dispatch advised a silver Ford Escape was driving all over the roadway. Officer located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop on US 42 north, near North Chillicothe Street. Officer determined that the driver was very tired and safe to continue on.
12/11/2015	10:43 PM	DOC	South Jefferson Ave.	Officer responded to location in reference to an intoxicated person in the lobby. The complainant stated that the male subject took the business phone and wouldn't give it back. He was now lying on one of the benches. Upon officer's arrival, they observed a male passed out on one of the booth seats. Officer's attempted to wake him up, but he would shake his head "no" and lie back down. Officer's pulled him up to talk to him and he stated "leave me the Fuck alone". It was obvious to officers that the subject was severely intoxicated. Gregory Ford II was eventually placed under arrest for Persistent Disorderly Conduct and transported to Tri-County Jail.
12/12/2015	8:05 PM	DOC	Central Ave.	Officers responded to location in reference to a domestic dispute. Upon officer's arrival and after further investigation, Sarah Portman, Trevor Fillinger and Jonathon Coleman were all cited for Disorderly Conduct.
12/13/2015	12:35 AM	Assist Other Agency	SR 736	Officer was requested by the Union county Sheriff's Office to locate a black Toyota Tacoma coming into town from Converse Road area in reference to a trespassing complaint on Mitchell Dewitt Road. Prior to officer's arrival, a Union County Deputy located the vehicle on State Route 736 near US 42 North. Officer stood by while the deputy spoke with the suspect and the complainant.
12/13/2015	1:36 AM	DOC	Maple St.	While on patrol on West Bigelow Avenue, officer observed a female laying in the grass . Upon checking on the female, officer found her to to be asleep and not responding to verbal communications. Medic was requested to the scene to have her checked out to ensure she was okay. While waiting on the squad to arrive, officer was able to get her to respond and sit up. Female became known to the officer as Autumn Beach who was very intoxicated and confused to her where she was.. Upon the arrival of the medic Autumn refused transport after realizing what was going on around her. Autumn Beach was eventually cited for Disorderly Conduct and released to a friend.
12/13/2015	4:22 AM	Open Door	North Chillicothe St.
12/13/2015	9:08 AM	Non-Injury Crash/Private	West Main St.	Officer took a report concerning a vehicle that had struck a sign in the parking lot of a business.
12/13/2015	8:54 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	North Ave.
12/14/2015	2:35 AM	Attempted Suicide	Coachman Dr.
12/14/2015	9:48 AM	Non-Injury Crash	Maple St.	Officer responded to location on the report of a non-injury crash.
12/14/2015	7:32 PM	Theft - Felony	Buckboard Ln.	Officer responded to location in reference to a theft report. Caller stated that he had approximately $5,200 in cash stolen. A report was taken.
12/14/2015	8:52 PM	Alarm Drop	South Jefferson Ave.
12/15/2015	1:29 PM	Voucher Issued	Madison Ave.
12/15/2015	5:39 PM	911 Follow-up	Park St.

Police Report Recap - 11/25/2015 to 12/07/2015

Date	Time	Type of Call	Location	Incident Notes
11/26/2015	12:43 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	West Ave.	Officer responded to area reference to someone shooting a gun toward a garage. The anonymous complainant advised that this had occurred 20 minutes prior and also could not provide any physical description of the subject. Officer was in the area at the time of call and did not locate anyone outside that could have been shooting a gun toward a garage. Officer also examined all closed garage doors and did not notice any damage consistent with being shot by a gun.
11/28/2015	2:41 PM	Domestic Dispute	South Jefferson Ave.	Officer responded to the location in reference to a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, it was determined to be an issue regarding custody of a child. All parties were advised of the proper steps in dealing with the issue and contacting their attorney's.
11/28/2015	5:48 PM	Recovered/Found Property	North Ave.	Officer responded to location in reference to a found purse that was believed to be stolen. No identification was located in the purse or anything of value. Complainant believed that his live in girlfriend knew who owned the purse and would check with her.
11/28/2015	6:35 PM	Suspicious Circumstances	Carriage Dr.	Officer responded to location in reference to a suspicious circumstance. Complainant advised that they received a phone call from a restricted number. The caller from the restricted number stated that they were outside the residence watching the complainant. The complainant advised that they did not know who made the call, but later admitted that they had lied and that it was a friend that made the prank call. The complainant received a warning for obstruction.
11/28/2015	7:47 PM	Other Sex Offense	Carriage Dr.	Possible sex offense involving a juvenile.
11/29/2015	7:30 PM	Miscellaneous - Unclassified	Friend St.
11/29/2015	8:59 PM	Suspicious Person	North Ave.	Officer responded to the area of North Avenue and East First Avenue in reference to a suspicious person. Caller advised two subjects wearing hoodies on bikes were hanging out near cars parked on the street. When the caller came outside, the two subjects rode off on their bikes, northbound on North Avenue. Officer searched the area, but could not locate anyone matching that description. I then returned to patrol.
11/30/2015	2:57 AM	Suspicious Circumstances	North Ave.	Officer responded to location in reference to a report of a burglary. Officer met with the caller who stated that he heard some noise in his kitchen that he originally thought was his cats. When he checked his apartment, he noticed that one of the bedroom doors was open that is usually closed. Caller also noticed that the piece of wood that holds his kitchen window shut was displaced. He wasn’t sure if anyone actually made entry to the apartment, just found those two things suspicious. Officer searched the apartment and didn’t find anything else out of the ordinary.
12/1/2015	10:10 AM	Domestic Dispute	South Chillicothe St.	Officers responded to location on the report of a domestic disturbance. Upon arrival, officers met with the female caller, who advised that she got into an argument with her live-in boyfriend because he had his ex-girlfriend over to the house. Caller said the argument started when the boyfriend took a phone from the ex-girlfriend and the caller tried to get it back from him to give to her. Caller advised that the boyfriend keeps going back and forth between her and the ex-girlfriend. The boyfriend and ex-girlfriend arrived back at the house a few moments later and the ex-girlfriend said she wanted nothing to do with the ex-boyfriend anymore. She left at that time. Caller stayed on the scene and advised she was going to gather her things and call her parents to come and get her. Ex-boyfriend got into his vehicle and was leaving as officers left the scene. Note: All parties were advised to avoid each other and not to be together at the same time to avoid conflict.
12/1/2015	11:08 AM	Suspicious Circumstances	West Main St.	Officer received a complaint from caller who stated that he had just received a call from a man claiming to be with the IRS. The man advised that the caller owed thousands of dollars in back taxes and that the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against him. They told him to avoid the lawsuit to call (252) 368 4677. Caller believed that this was a scam and wasn't going to call but wanted the Police Department to be aware. Upon searching the number on the internet, officer discovered several links stating that it was indeed a scam involving threats from the IRS.
12/1/2015	3:03 PM	Non-Injury Crash	South Chillicothe St.	Officer responded to the intersection of South Chillicothe Street at West Avenue in reference to a non-injury crash. Upon arrival, officer met with all parties involved and learned, Jerry Wholaver was southbound on South Chillicothe Street driving a white International tow truck. Ashley Thomas was behind him in a silver Honda Pilot. In the area of West Avenue, Jerry stopped to speak to a pedestrian that he had been looking for. At this time Jerry backed up striking the front end of Ashley's vehicle causing damage. Jerry Wholaver was issued a citation for Starting and Backing Vehicles.
12/1/2015	7:54 PM	Non-Injury Hitskip	South Jefferson Ave.	Officer received a complaint of a private property hit skip crash. Officer made contact with the caller who stated that at approximately 1800 Hrs a white Dodge Dakota backed into another vehicle and left the scene. An anonymous male witness provided the caller with the vehicles information and license plate. Officer was unable to locate a vehicle fitting the description using the license plate number provided. The victim had left the scene prior to officer's arrival, but officer made contact with the victim via public service. Victim stated that she observed minor damage to the front of her silver Chevy Cruise. She agreed to forward her insurance information as well as photos of the vehicle. Note: Video pending.
12/2/2015	10:00 AM	Theft - Felony	South Chillicothe St.	Officer took a report concerning the theft of medication.
12/2/2015	11:07 AM	Well-being Check	Central Ave.	Officer conducted a well being check on a female subject per another agency.
12/2/2015	3:25 PM	Parking Complaint	South Chillicothe St.	Officer received a complaint from a parent at the Plain City Elementary School regarding a vehicle parked in a handicap parking spot. The vehicle was a gray Honda Odyssey. Officer made contact with the female driver of the vehicle and pointed out that she was parked in a handicap spot and she did not have a handicap placard. The driver advised that her leg was injured and she was wearing a brace on it. Officer explained that the spots are designated only for vehicles bearing a disabled plate or having a handicap placard hanging from the rearview mirror. Officer also explained that she could obtain a temporary placard for a temporary disability. Driver advised she would not park in the handicap spots again.
12/2/2015	8:48 PM	Theft - Misdemeanor	Village Blvd.	Officer responded to location in reference to a theft in progress complaint. The complainant called and advised that a white female, with blonde hair and a pink jacket, just walked out of the store without paying for her groceries. The female got into the passenger side of a maroon Chevrolet pickup (bearing OH Reg. DTA2603) that left the scene towards US RT 42. The truck was later located and the passenger, Shellie Blumenschein, admitted to the theft. She was later charged with theft and transported to the Tri-County Jail.
12/3/2015	2:24 AM	Open Door	South Jefferson Ave.
12/3/2015	10:46 AM	Recovered/Found Property	West Main St.	Officer responded to the Pleasant Valley Fire Department in reference to a check that had been found and turned in by a passerby. Officer attempted to locate the owner of the check.
12/3/2015	7:32 PM	Parking Complaint	West Main St.	Officer responded to location in reference to a parking complaint. Several employees at the listed location were unable to move their vehicles do to a red Chevy blocking their exit. Officer made contact with the owner at a nearby business and had him move the vehicle. Note: Roger’s vehicle was properly parked in a parking space.
12/4/2015	1:30 AM	Open Door	Murlay Dr.
12/4/2015	2:54 PM	Civil Dispute/Standby	South Chillicothe St.	Officer responded to a civil dispute concerning a custody issue.
12/5/2015	9:02 AM	Dog Bite	East Main St.	Officer responded to the location in reference to a dog bite. Upon arrival, officer made contact with the victim. Victim stated that while walking into the business, several dogs from the residence across the street ran up to him. He stated that a midsized brown and white dog bit his left pant leg. He received no injury, but this caused a small rip in his pants. The female owner then yelled to him stating "just kick them away." Officer then spoke with the dog’s owner and advised them of the complaint. They stated that they were watching their dogs and they did not bite the victim. Officer asked if they had gone to him. The dog owner stated that the dogs ran up to him just outside the listed location, but that they were friendly and would not bite. A copy of the report was forwarded to the Madison County Dog Warden and the Madison County Health Department along with Animal Quarantine Form.
12/5/2015	12:09 PM	Well-being Check	West Ave.	Officer conducted a well being check concerning a female subject whose friend was worried about her.
12/5/2015	4:06 PM	Open Door	Guy St.
12/5/2015	4:56 PM	Warrant - Misdemeanor	Shepper Ave.	Officer was requested by the Madison County Sheriff's Office to attempt to find Bryan Clark at the listed location. Bryan had just been involved in a domestic violence incident at 8405 Jericho Way. Officer located Bryan driving a silver Mazda and made traffic stop with him. Bryan was then placed into custody without incident for the domestic violence charge. While conducting a search incident to arrest, officer located a small clear plastic bag containing a small amount of marijuana. Per the request of the Madison County Sheriff's Office, officer transported Bryan to the Tri- County Regional Jail for the domestic violence charge. Bryan was also issued a summons for possession of marijuana.
12/5/2015	10:00 PM	Domestic Dispute	East Main St.	Officers responded to location in reference to a domestic dispute. Officers made contact with parties involved who were yelling at each other. Officers were able to separate them, husband and wife and learned that the argument began about a missing coffee mug. The husband also advised that his wife had taken his passport and wouldn't give it back. When asked about the passport, the wife advised that she was allowed to take it and gave it to a friend for safe keeping. She later returned the passport and both parties were advised that their actions would not be tolerated and they needed to come up with a better way of handling arguments and their relationship issues. They were also warned for Disorderly Conduct if their actions continued.
12/6/2015	9:34 AM	Civil Dispute/Standby	South Mechanic St.	Officer handled a civil issue regarding property.
12/6/2015	5:21 PM	911 Follow-up	Coachman Dr.	Officer responded to an accidental 911 call.
12/6/2015	8:32 PM	911 Follow-up	South Mechanic St.	Officer responded to location in reference to a 911 follow-up. Caller reported that they heard a strange noise in his house. Caller then immediately called back and stated he did not know his wife was home, and everything was okay. Upon officer's arrival, he spoke to the caller who confirmed that everything was alright.
12/7/2015	7:13 AM	Alarm Drop	North Chillicothe St.
12/7/2015	8:04 AM	Threatened Suicide	West South St.	Officers responded to location in reference to a threat of suicide. Upon arrival, officers determined that the subject was okay and had already obtained help from outside sources.