Police Beat
March 23, 2026

Police Beat – 3/23/26

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Marysville Division of Police reports:

In the 100 block of South Main Street at 12:13 p.m., Friday, an officer responded to a business office for a report of criminal trespassing and the case is closed.

Police were dispatched to a residential facility in the 1500 block of London Avenue for a repo...

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