Suspected drugs and guns seized during arrest of Portsmouth man
Staff report
PORTSMOUTH Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman and Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer announced that a Portsmouth man has been charged with drug and weapon offenses after the Southern Ohio Drug Task Force assisted the Scioto County Common Pleas Court Adult Probation Department with an arrest and search operation on the morning of February 2, 2021, at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Probation officers and task force detectives located and apprehended 43-year-old Shayne J. Sweitzer of 17th Street Portsmouth, Ohio at a local motel located at 4266 US 23 Portsmouth, Ohio on a warrant for violating probation. During a search of the motel room, officers located and seized approximately (23) grams of suspected methamphetamine a.k.a “ice”, (2) handguns. digital scales, (10) suspected Oxycodone pills and other narcotics-related evidence. The estimated street value of the suspected drugs seized is approximately
Davis, Coleman against insurance payment in Sheriff’s vehicle incident
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
The Scioto County Commissioners are vowing to not pay the insurance claims for a wrecked police vehicle, driven by a retired by Scioto County Sheriff s Office administrative employee. Photo by Patrick Keck.
SCIOTO A reported car wreck involving a county vehicle was the subject of condemnation during Tuesday morning’s Scioto County Commissioners meeting.
Reportedly on her way to return her vehicle, now retired Scioto County Sheriff’s office manager Karen Coleman crashed her car in the Sheriff’s office parking lot.
Why this wreck is of issue comes down to what the Commissioners described as a failed return procedure of the vehicle. It is their belief that Karen should have dropped off the keys on the day of her retirement, which the Sheriff’s Office reported to be Dec. 18 in a Facebook post.