9/18/2019
Plain City
September 18, 2019

9/18/2019

By Marysville Journal-Tribune

According to Plain City Police Department reports:

An officer was dispatched to North Avenue to meet with a caller in reference to a question about custody at 4:37 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9. Upon the officer’s arrival, the caller was not home. The officer then met with the caller near Shepper Avenue. Th...

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