The Marion Police Department is investigating a shooting on Mary Street that sent one person to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. On Sunday, November 9, 2014 at about 2:57am, police received a call of shots fired at 389 Mary Street. Responding officers said they located one male victim with a gunshot wound. The 24-year-old […]
Marion Man Arrested for Breaking into Home
November 5, 2014 by
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested a man on Tuesday for breaking into a residence in the same area as the suspect’s own home. On November 4, 2014 at 11:47am, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspect who had been seen crawling into a window of a residence in the 1000 […]
Marion Police Arrest Kentucky Man for Rape
November 3, 2014 by
The Marion Police Department has arrested a man from Kentucky for the alleged rape of a Marion women over the weekend. On Saturday, November 1, 2014, an adult female reported to police that she had been raped in her home at knife point by an unknown black male in the Northeast section of Marion around […]
Patrol Reminds Halloween Celebrators: Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
October 27, 2014 by
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says that no Halloween costume or decoration is as scary as the consequences of drunk driving. They remind Ohioans this Halloween that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving, and say they will be cracking down on impaired drivers to keep roadways safe for travel. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety […]
Police Investigating Robbery at Marion Laundry
October 24, 2014 by
On Thursday, October 23, 2014 at approximately 10:30 pm, the Marion Police Department received a report of a robbery at Colonial Coin Laundry, 610 Bellefontaine Avenue. Police said the suspect walked into the store, advised that he had a gun, and told the clerk to fill a bag that the suspect had brought with him. […]
Turning Point, MTC Offering Public Viewing of “Private Violence”
October 20, 2014 by
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, there will be a free, public screening of the HBO documentary, “Private Violence”. This event is co-sponsored by Marion Technical College and Turning Point, the local domestic violence program. The screening will take place on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Health Technologies Building on […]
Sheriff’s Office Hoping to Identify Theft Suspect
October 16, 2014 by
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man that is suspecting in being involved in a rash of thefts from vehicles in the Pleasant Township area. Click on the image for a larger view. You can also view the security camera footage below. If you have any information, you […]
Police Investigating Rash of Fraudulent Checks
October 13, 2014 by
The Marion Police Department is investigating numerous counterfeit checks being passed in Marion and the surrounding communities. Officials say the checks have been passed since June 2014 with the most recent on October 7. Police said the account numbers on the checks are not the ones for the issuing businesses. The numbers on the bottom […]
Sheriff’s Office Seeking Theft Suspect
October 8, 2014 by
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a suspect in a theft that took place Tuesday afternoon. The suspect fled the scene and managed to evade authorities after running into a corn field. On October 7, 2014 at approximately 2:26pm, an employee from a store on State Route 95 East called the sheriff’s office to […]
OIU Agents Urge Parents to “Stop Senseless Tragedies”
October 1, 2014 by
With many high school homecoming celebrations already underway, agents with the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) would like to remind parents not to participate in illegal and dangerous behavior, such as providing alcohol to minors. To help foster good choices, OIU officials said parents and teens need to understand Ohio’s underage […]
