Police Beat
August 15, 2024

Police Beat – 8/15/24

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Marysville Division of Police reports:

Police were called to a home in the 900 block of Hickory Drive at 2:17 p.m., Tuesday, on a theft by deception report. The case is under investigation.

At 6:02 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to a home in the 300 block of West Fourth Street on a report of in...

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