Police Beat
May 18, 2026

Police Beat – 5/18/26

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Marysville Police Department reports:

At 2:42 a.m., Friday, police responded to the single family home on the 600 block of Milford Avenue for reports of burglary.  The case was cleared and closed.

Police responded to a criminal damaging report at the 700 block of Mill Wood Boulevard at a playgro...

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