11 graduate STOP program
Staff report
SCIOTO Scioto County Common Pleas Drug Court, also known as Scioto Treatment Options Program (STOP), is pleased to announce that on June 3, 2021, eleven participants were recognized for their successful completion of STOP.
STOP requirements include maintaining sobriety, satisfactory participating in a substance abuse treatment program, attending sober support meetings, obtaining and maintaining verifiable employment and many other obstacles geared toward preparing for a successful future. Upon the successful completion of STOP, the defendant’s charge(s) are dismissed and expunged.
Currently presiding over Scioto County Common Pleas Drug Court (STOP) is The Honorable Judge Mark E. Kuhn. Judge Kuhn took over STOP upon his appointment in July of 2018.
Bomb threats being investigated
Staff report
VALLEY TOWNSHIP Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman stated that his office has currently been working jointly with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office as a result of two bomb threats being called in to a local school.
On Friday, May 7, 2021, the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Communication Center received a call from Valley High School reporting a bomb threat made to their school. Deputies responded to that location, as well as the Valley Township Fire Department. A search of the location was made with nothing being found.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Communication Center received another call from Valley High School reporting an additional bomb threat being made to their school. Once again, deputies responded with the Valley Township Fire Department to that location. A search of the location was made with nothing being found.
Authorities on both sides of the Ohio River are working their tails off cleaning the streets of drugs, according to some recent announcements.
The Greenup County Sheriffâs Office has announced a few recent collars over the last few weeks, while the Scioto County Sheriffâs Office has announced a haul of more than $40,000 worth of drugs off the street.
Buck Shot Bust
On April 21 in Greenup, deputies picked up Amber McCleese, 38, of Argillite, on two bench warrants and two narcotics warrants in the Buck Shot Hill area of Greenup County, according to a news release.
At the time of her arrest, authorities confiscated several grams of heroin and meth, the release states.