Update: GPD looking for missing woman
News Release On July 10, 2013 at around 6:07 pm, the Gallipolis Police Department received a call from family members that a subject that was living on the riverbank along Riverside Drive was...
View ArticleThree arrested for drug offenses following search of hotel room
Three people were arrested early Sunday morning after the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Gallipolis Police Department and Ohio State Highway Patrol, executed a search warrant at...
View ArticleStabbing case to be turned over to the Gallia County Grand Jury
Update: According to the Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, the case will be presented to the next grand jury to determine if the suspect will be charged. The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office responded...
View ArticleError results in dismissal of Crown City FD B&E case
The case against Billy R. Wiles, 32, who was charged with the breaking and entering of the Crown City Volunteer Fire Department in March of 2012 has been dismissed for violation of speedy trial time...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison for drug trafficking granted judicial release
A Gallipolis man sentenced to serve four years in prison for trafficking of morphine was recently granted judicial release in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas. John Burke II, 33, was originally...
View ArticleDrugs and forgery among recent resolved cases in the Gallia County Court of...
One man granted judicial release returns to prison after violating community control and another man is sentenced to prison on drug related charges. Several other cases were also resolved recently in...
View ArticlePetition filed by convicted child rapist denied
A petition to vacate or set aside judgment of conviction or sentence filed by Shawn Burton, 43, was denied by Michael Ward, Judge by Assignment in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas. Burton was...
View ArticleBody recovered from the Ohio River
Gallia County and Mason County emergency crews and law enforcement personnel have recovered a body from the Ohio River, according to Gallipolis Police Chief Clint Patterson. Authorities will release...
View ArticleATV pursuit ends in arrest
Addison Twp.-A Bidwell man was arrested by deputies with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday following a pursuit involving an ATV on Georges Creek Road near the intersection of Polecat Road in...
View ArticlePD looking for vehicle that struck bicyclist
Correction: The accident occurred in the area of State Street and 4th Avenue. The Gallipolis Police Department is looking for a vehicle that reportedly struck a bicyclist on Friday on Fourth Avenue....
View ArticleMother and son charged with theft
A mother has been charged with allegedly assisting her son and another man in allegedly stealing multiple items from Walmart on Eastern Avenue on Saturday. Betty Kalinowski, 56, and Joshua Kalinowski,...
View ArticleWanted
*The following people have active warrants filed with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office as of the publish date. If you have information on the whereabouts of those listed in the Active Warrant Report,...
View ArticleTwo pursuits end in arrests
Two pursuits in the Village of Rio Grande last week ended in the arrest of two people who could face felony charges. Thomas Ball The first incident occurred on Tuesday, July 23 at approximately 9:30...
View ArticleInformation sought on dirt bike theft
The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly broke into Riverfront Honda and stole a 2002 Honda XR 400 Dirt Bike. The GCSO was informed...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison after violating community control
Nicholas J. Pelfrey, 36, pleaded guilty in 2009 to tampering with evidence and was sentenced to community control. Nicholas Pelfrey On Tuesday, Pelfrey pleaded guilty to violating that community...
View ArticleCheshire resident reports burglary while in jail
Betty Kalinowski A Cheshire resident accused of shoplifting at Walmart on two separate occasions filed a report with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office stating her residence had been burglarized while...
View ArticleSecond man charged in car dealership theft
Kurtiss Groves A second man was indicted by the Gallia County Grand Jury and charged with breaking and entering into Auto Buyers on Eastern Avenue on June 16, 2013 and stealing a 2003 Pontiac Grand...
View ArticleThird person arraigned for Kemper Hollow meth lab
Amanda Rodgers Amanda Rodgers, 34, Kemper Hollow Road, Gallipolis was arraigned in the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas where she pleaded not guilty to illegal manufacture of methamphetamine and...
View ArticleReward offered in burglary case
BIDWELL – A Kerr Road homeowner is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who burglarized his home last Wednesday. According to the report...
View ArticleResidential Burglary Alert issued by GCSO
News Release The Gallia County Sheriff’s Office still continues to battle the problem of daytime burglaries as home owners are seldom present when the thefts occur. A cluster of unsolved burglaries...
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