Police Beat
March 6, 2026

Police Beat – 3/6/26

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Marysville Division of Police reports:

An officer was dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Cypress Drive at 9:54 a.m., Wednesday, for a death investigation.

In the 900 block of Coleman’s Crossing Boulevard on Wednesday, an officer investigated a reported theft at a convenience store at 10:4...

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