A night out can be so fun, you sometimes don’t want to go home.
The Ohio University Police Department found a man passed out on a bench early Saturday morning in front of the Smiling Skull Saloon.
He smelled like alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and his speech was slurred. The man was taken to Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.
Livestock living
The Athens County Sheriff's Office responded to a complaint Tuesday about livestock in the caller’s yard.
There have been several complaints about animals “at large” coming from her neighbor, who “cannot properly contain” the animals, according to the report. This is the third complaint in two months.
A freeloading pig
Deputies took a report Tuesday about pigs that keep coming onto someone’s property and eating from a food plot.
The plot, which is meant for deer, is protected for hunters from out of town that have leased the property.
Violent unpacking
A deputy responded to a report Monday of a suspicious person in The Plains.
The caller said the person was destroying a vehicle from the inside. The deputy found a man and woman unloading their camping equipment.
No looking back now
On Monday, deputies responded to Sand Ridge Road for a report about a side mirror being busted by a club.
They found a credible witness to the event and charged a person with criminal mischief.
Finders keepers
Deputies responded to a report of man that he left his cordless impact wrench and a battery on the side of the road when his car broke down.
When he returned to get the items, he did not find them.
A whole mess
Deputies were dispatched to the Athens Messenger on Friday for a report of a man claiming the paper did not report facts from a media release correctly.
The man said the paper did not report the correct facts, according to his memory.
Raccoon escape
Deputies responded to a report on Friday that a small raccoon was standing in her living room.
After deputies arrived, they found a “rather large raccoon running down the hallway,“ according to the report. They contained it in a bedroom until their plan of action was completed.
They constructed a ramp leading out the bedroom window for the raccoon to escape.
A farmer
Deputies were dispatched to New Marshfield on Saturday for a dispute report.
They found a highly intoxicated man and several marijuana plants in the backyard. In total, 27 marijuana plants were taken.
