The Gallia County Sheriff will be particpating in the National Drug Take Back Initiative again this year. The purpose of this day is to provide a venue for persons to dispose of unwanted and unused medication properly. The Medication Drop Off Event will take place on Saturday April 28, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00p.m. at the Gallia County courthouse.

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4/10/12  7:30 a.m. – The Gallia County Sheriff Office is searching for  a 53- year-old man with a mental disability who left his home around 1:00 p.m. Monday. Grover “Larry” Green from the Horse Creek Road area of Crown City was last seen walking in the area of his home. . Sheriff Joe Browning says deputies and volunteer firefighters searched an area surrounding his residence Monday night. Green was last seen wearing [...]

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Buckeye Hills Career Center will be hosting the 3rd annual “Farm Watch” crime prevention meeting on March 20, 2012 6:30PM at the cafeteria area of the school. GCSO ,ODNR and Forestry Officer will be present to discuss current issues. Free and open to the public.

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  Gallipolis - Gallia County Deputies working with Gallipolis City Police Officers responded to a call of a sexual assault just outside of the Gallipolis Municipal Limits on Spruce Street Extension.  Deputies investigating the incident found that Curtis Moore Jr.,age 31 of Fourth Avenue, Gallipolis was at the home and had sexual intercourse with a 27 year old mentally handicapped female. Deputies located Moore after an Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper stopped him near [...]

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  Gallipolis- Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning announced today that charges have been filed against a Springfield Township man in connection to the death of Betsy Ball, 67, of Morgan Township, Gallia County, Ohio. Mrs. Ball was discovered missing on March 1, 2012 in the early morning hours. Gallia County Deputies responded along with other emergency service workers and searched for Mrs. Ball in the area around her home. After receiving a phone tip, her body was discovered later that day [...]

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MORGAN TWP. — The body of what is believed to be a Gallia County woman who was last seen on Wednesday evening was found by officials with the Gallia County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday afternoon. According to Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning, sheriff’s deputies have located what they feel is the body of Betsy Ball, 67, of Morgan Township. Browning reported that the remains were found near the Village of [...]

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Huntington Twp. Gallia County– The Gallia County Sheriff Joe Browning has released the name of a woman they say was murdered by her husband. Sheriff Joe Browning stated that David Ramey, 38, shot and killed his wife, Stephanie Ramey age 28. It happened Wednesday morning at a family’s home on Hartsook Road off of Mt. Tabor Rd. David Ramey has been arrested and charged with aggravated murder. According to Sheriff [...]

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