Police Beat
July 30, 2026

Police Beat – 7/30/26

By From JT Staff Reports 

From Marysville Division of Police reports:

Katherine Margaret Allen, 29, of 351 Wilderness Road, was arrested at Walmart, 555 Coleman’s Crossing Blvd., for theft without consent at 2:03 a.m., Tuesday.

In the 600 block of Wagon Wheel Lane, police responded to a home at 10:17 a.m., Tuesday, for a rep...

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