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Chillicothe man killed in Pickaway County traffic accident
According to Pickaway County Sheriff Matthew O. Hafey, on Aug. 4 at 5:16 a.m., the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a phone call of a motor vehicle crash in the area of US Route 23 North just north of Island Road Crossing. Deputies arrived on scene and...
Chillicothe man killed in highway accident
CIRCLEVILLE TWP. — Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal accident that happened Sunday morning on US 23 in Circleville Township. Soon after Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a phone call around 5:16 a.m. Sunday about a motor vehicle crash in the area of US Route 23 North just north of Island Road Crossing, deputies arrived on the scene. According to a press release issued Monday by the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, Kelsea Gussler out of Chillicothe was driving a 1998 Chevrolet...
Franklin County Deputy Arrested by Us Marshalls in Pickaway County on Rape Charges
Pickaway County, OH — August 1, 2024 — In a dramatic development early Wednesday morning, a Franklin County sheriff deputy was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Task Force at his residence in Pickaway County. Charles Davis, 50, was apprehended at his home on the 600 block...
Pickaway County Sheriff Hafey explains how deputy was hired by mistake
Pickaway County Sheriff Matthew Hafey blames a background check paperwork error as to how a non-certified law enforcement officer was hired as a deputy for four months. Hafey said the matter has been corrected, procedures have been put in place to prevent this from happening again and he takes full responsibility for what happened. Mitchel Reffett was commissioned by the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office between January 21 and May 29...
Indicted – Orient Woman Charged with Sexual Battery at Detention Facility
Pickaway County, OH — August 1, 2024 — Amber N. Kaufman, a 33-year-old from Orient, Ohio, has been indicted with sexual battery following an incident at a local detention facility a felony. According to court documents, Kaufman, who was employed by Aramark—a company that partners with correctional facilities...
Ohio Dept. of Correction employee indicted in fatal incident at firing range
PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) – An employee with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been indicted following a deadly incident at the tactical firing range at the Correctional Training Academy in Pickaway County. The indictment states the employee did negligently cause the death of Rodney Osborne, 43,...
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