Athens Police to add officers to county SRT team
Athens Police will provide up to five officers to join the Athens County Sheriff's Office Special Response and Tactics team, expanding a 16-officer pool. The agreement allows APD officers to respond at the chief's discretion and aims to boost training across agencies while deputy salaries and training costs are covered by the city.
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Sara Brumfield
Athens Police
Athens County Sheriff's Office
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Athens
Tom Pyle
Rodney Smith
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Athens County Mourns Warden Resigns After Tenure
Athens County dog warden Shane Montgomery has resigned. Commissioners posted the opening for two weeks with preference for applicants with law enforcement training. Montgomery last served as a certified officer and former transport supervisor, earning 33,280 in annual pay. He became warden on Oct 25, 2015, and previously ran a horse riding business in West Virginia.
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Shane Montgomery
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Athens County Auditor’s Office
Athens County Sheriff's Office
Glouster
Sheriff's Office
West Virginia
Pellet gun robber sentenced to four-year prison term
Dylan Biggs a 19 year old from Wheeling West Virginia part of a trio of Hocking College students who used a pellet gun to rob two people in a campus parking lot February 6 was sentenced to four years in Athens County Common Pleas Court He must also pay restitution and faces five years of post release supervision after his release Biggs along with co defendants Javonine Henry and Shamond Halbert were charged with aggravated robbery and possessing criminal tools and face pretrial hearings on those charges.
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Wheeling
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Hocking College
Athens County Common Pleas Court
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George McCarthy
Athens County Prosecutor’s Office
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Sycamore Hall
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Barberton
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Flint
Michigan
Athens County
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Henry
Halbert
Hocking College Summit Sycamore Hall
Hocking Heights
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Millfield man faces new charges in Athens County
Brandon Keith Masters a 23-year-old Millfield man with prior property theft history faces two new felonies in Athens County Common Pleas Court. He is charged with theft of a used pickup as receiving stolen property and possessing criminal tools, indicted Feb. 27 and pled innocent March 14. Bond set at 25000. pretrial hearing April 19 amid terms violations and past convictions. He was linked to a 1998 Dodge Ram theft Feb 3 from Don Wood Ford on East State Street. vehicle recovered in Millfield Feb 7. Authorities note prior multi‑felony convictions from 2013 and 2014 and a merged sentence of 4 years 11 months. Vivitrol program involvement and meth use noted.
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Millfield
Athens County
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Don Wood Ford Lincoln
East State Street
Athens
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Saunders
Plains
Franklin County
SEPTA
Nelsonville
Coolville Council to Meet Tuesday Evening
Coolville Village Council will convene on Tuesday April 4 at 7 p.m. in Village Hall. Citizens may attend and discuss local matters with council members.
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