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Reports/Washington County ¯ A deputy began an investigation April 20 in Muskingum Township where a report was made in reference to damage to Putnam School. ¯ A sergeant responded April 20 to a residence on Wynncrest Drive, Warren Township, in regards to a reported domestic violence incident. Rhonda Clark had taken a vehicle without permission and earlier had shoved the victim to the ground. Clark stated that nothing happened and that law enforcement had no reason to be there. Clark refused to open the door to the bathroom, forcing deputies to open the door and place Clark under ...

OSHP investigating fatal crash

From staff reports The Marietta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash on Ohio 60 near milepost four, involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at approximately 5:15 a.m. Friday. Preliminary findings revealed that a 2002 Acura MDX driven by Sean R. Wise, 36, of McConnelsville, was southbound on Ohio 60 when it struck Emilee Kincaid, 31, of McConnelsville. The driver left the scene. Kincaid was later found deceased along the side of the roadway by a passerby. Wise's vehicle was found approximately one mile from the crash scene. The crash remains under ...

Roundup

Marriages The following individuals recently filed for marriage licenses at the Washington County Courthouse: ¯ Patricia Joann Newsome, 72, of Marietta, and Harlie Grant Stull, 74, of Williamstown; April 15. ¯ Daniel Edward Acors, 42, and Shanna Marie Johnston, 35, both of Williamstown; April 15. ¯ Tracey Ann Marling, 32, of Marietta, and Terry Scott Stull, 42, of Williamstown; April 15. ¯ Diana Jean Biggs, 36, and Jeremy Douglas Kalmar, 38, both of Beverly; April 18. ¯ William Alexander Cole, 31, and Keisha Dianne Currey, 31, both of Colchester, Vt.; April 18. ¯ ...

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Reports/Ohio State Highway Patrol ¯ An unknown vehicle April 9 was eastbound on County Road 5 in Meigsville Township. It went off the right side of the road, struck a culvert, a fence, another culvert, another fence and re-entered the road. ¯ Hayley G. Snider, 17, of 3547 Tick Ridge Road, Vincent, was westbound April 11 on Township Road 275 in Warren Township, attempting to make a left turn onto southbound Township Road 275. Aiyana S.O. Hancock, 17, of 21260 State Route 676 Unit 1, Marietta, was northbound on Township Road 275. Snider failed to yield the right of way from a stop ...

Two indicted on charges associated with the death of Warrener

Two Marietta men were indicted in the death of 24-year-old Sarah Warrener in January. Michael William Martin, 27, of 707 Sixth St., Marietta, was indicted on five charges, including one count of reckless homicide, a third-degree felony; one count of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; one count of corrupting another with drugs, a second-degree felony; and two counts of possessing drug abuse instruments, both second-degree misdemeanors. Andrew Mykel-Tyler Davis, 30, of 105 E. Montgomery St., Marietta, was indicted on one count of permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree ...

Becker found guilty on federal charges

CHARLESTON — A Marietta man was convicted Tuesday after a two-day trial by a federal jury in West Virginia of all four counts charging him in connection with pipe bombs found on tugboats on the Ohio River, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. Law enforcement officers recovered the devices from two tugboats moving barges on the Ohio River on Oct. 21 and Oct. 25. Evidence at trial revealed Nathaniel Blayn Becker, 42, of Marietta appeared on security video purchasing pipes and other relevant components of the devices from Lowe’s in Marietta on ...