Piketon
CRIME & SAFETY
Smith pleads not guilty in 104 crash that killed four
PORTSMOUTH- A Piketon man pleaded not guilty Monday on dozens of charges connected to the May vehicle crash deaths of a mother and three children. On Friday, May 24, Gage Smith, 22, was behind the wheel of a 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier alleged to have crossed left of center to pass another vehicle. Smith’s vehicle then hit a pickup truck southbound on Ohio 104 in Morgan Township. He is also alleged to have been driving impaired when he lost control trying to pass another northbound vehicle.
Piketon massacre patriarch returns to court in August
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — George “Billy” Wagner III is scheduled to appear in court on August 2 for a pivotal pre-trial hearing amidst ongoing legal maneuvers and significant developments in the case that has transfixed Ohio. Wagner, alongside his wife Angela and their sons Jake and George,...
Shooting Incident in Scioto County Results in One Fatality and an Arrest
McDERMOTT, OH – Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman reports that his 911 communication center received a call around 9:33 a.m. on Sunday, June 30, from a neighbor reporting a shooting next door. Shortly after, a second 911 call came in from a woman claiming she had shot her boyfriend.
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