PIQUA (AUG. 6) – A man being pursued by police following a robbery at the Piqua Wal-Mart gave up when he saw a sheriff’s deputies with the K-9 unit heading his direction along a field off Looney Road. The deputy said Bear, the K-9, tracked the man through a bean field, tree line and through a creek before the man was seen along another tree line. The deputy ordered the suspect to walk backwards with his hands up, which he did before Piqua police made the arrest.
ENGLEWOOD (JULY 26) – Employees of UDF reported two men assaulted two employees before running from the business around 3 a.m. The employees said the men wanted to buy a tobacco product but could not produce the required ID. The employees said one man spat on one employee and then threw a coin at the other employee. Neither man claimed any injury.
ENGLEWOOD (JULY 31) – An employee of Kroger was charged with disorderly conduct and trespassed from the business after allegedly throwing her name tag at another employee and threatening to have her husband return to the business and harm employees. Police were called to the business around 6:30 p.m. and were told by the employee who was hit by the nametag that the woman became angry because she thought he was talking about her. The woman’s husband also was trespassed from the store.
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