WHEELING The national “Click it or Ticket” seat belt campaign launched Monday at Heritage Port with local law enforcement teaming up with police nationw
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SAVED BY THE BELT â Eva Johnson, a senior at Edison High School, was presented the Ohio State Highway Patrolâs Saved by the Belt award, by Lt. Robert Bodo of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, right. With them is Jefferson County Sheriffâs Deputy Joe Fetty, an Edison graduate.
RICHMOND Members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol stopped by Edison High School on Friday to recognize senior Eva Johnson, but it was on Jan. 3 the Toronto youth was a bigger winner.
It was on that night that Johnson’s vehicle veered off a bridge on county Road 53 and into a creek, sustaining extensive damage to the front end.
Dec 21, 2020
Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremy Grubb has been named 2020 Trooper of the Year at the patrol’s Steubenville post. Lt. Robert Bodo, the post’s commander, said Grubb was chosen in acknowledgment of his leadership skills, professional ethics, courteous manner, enthusiasm and cooperation with supervisors, peers and the public. A 1993 graduate of Carrollton High School and Marine Corps veteran, Grubb studied criminal justice at Kent State University and joined the highway patrol in 2002, serving previously at its Delaware and New Philadelphia posts.
He said his father, a Marine Corps veteran who served briefly in law enforcement, and uncle, a former Portage County sheriff’s deputy, inspired him to pursue a career in law enforcement. (Photo by Warren Scott)
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ENCOURAGED â Lt. Robert Bodo, commander of the Ohio State Highway Patrolâs Steubenville post, is reminding everyone not to drink and drive, noting the many who have been killed or seriously injured in accidents involving impaired drivers. (Photo by Warren Scott)
STEUBENVILLE The commander of the local post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said drunk drivers once were found on roads mostly at night, but that’s something that’s changed, particularly during the holiday season.
“We’re seeing them at all times of the day– morning, noon and night,” said Lt. Robert Bodo, who’s reminding those planning to celebrate the holidays with alcohol to use good judgment and let others drive them.