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April 21, 2026

Police Beat – 4/21/26

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Union County Sheriff’s Office reports:

Deputies assisted the Ohio State Highway Patrol along with units from the Jerome Township Fire Department with an injury crash in the 7300 block of Brock Road at 6:27 a.m., Friday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol handled the investigation.

A deputy spoke wit...

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