April 6
7:09 a.m. Medics transported a 32-year-old Reynoldsburg woman to a local hospital after her brakes malfunctioned, resulting in her vehicle hitting a business on Hill Road. She was later released from the hospital with no injuries. No occupants of the building were injured.
9:17 a.m. Police cited a 51-year-old Columbus woman for not maintaining a clear distance and driving with an expired license after she rear-ended another vehicle on Hill Road near Interstate 70.
11:56 a.m. A 24-year-old Reynoldsburg woman hit another vehicle when she attempted to turn left at the intersection of Hill Road and Birchwood Street.
4:23 p.m. An officer cited a 35-year-old Columbus man for fictitious plates.
April 7
11:31 a.m. A Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy notified Pickerington Police that a school district in that state had been deceived into issuing two checks totaling nearly $70,000 to a 50-year-old Pickerington woman. The district’s finance department had issued those checks after being instructed to do so by a fraudulent email account designed to resemble a district administrator’s.
The Pickerington woman had transferred the checks into a crypto account and a Cash App account. When questioned, the woman told police that she had sent the money to her boyfriend, “Andy Golden.” They connected online five years ago, but they had not had a chance to meet in person because of his deployment. During that time, she sent him around $120,000.
April 8
9:48 a.m. Staff from the emergency room at OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Hospital reported finding a large amount of white powder in a bag belonging to a recently admitted patient.
6:29 p.m. Following a traffic stop on Hill Road near Diley, a 40-year-old Columbus man was cited for an expired registration.
April 9
10:31 a.m. Police were dispatched to H&R Block on a report that a customer and an employee were arguing about the preparation of her taxes.
3:37 p.m. A bus driver hit a parked car in the Diley Middle School lot. Nobody was reported injured.
11:17 p.m. Police arrested a 49-year-old Pickerington man for driving under the influence and failure to maintain reasonable control after he flipped his car on Hill Road near the interstate. He was cleared by medics and released to a family member.
April 10
2:03 a.m. After receiving reports of a vehicle knocking over trash cans and damaging parked cars, police searched the Spring Grove neighborhood for the suspect. An officer soon located a Honda Civic with visible front-end damage, trash strewn across the hood, and a 24-year-old Columbus man slumped behind the wheel.
The officer knocked on the door several times, and the driver slowly opened the door. When asked how much alcohol he had drunk that night, the man reportedly answered “eight to seven percent.” After a field sobriety test, the officer arrested the man for driving under the influence of alcohol. Back at the station, the suspect blew a .239 BAC — the legal limit in Ohio is .08.
8:25 p.m. A woman left Tractor Supply Co. without paying for a cart filled with 21 containers of motor oil and one bag of dog food.
8:36 p.m. After allegedly staggering into the Hill Road Kroger and partially toppling a produce display, an employee told a 30-year-old Baltimore man that he could not purchase alcohol since he wasn’t wearing a shirt. This angered the man, who claimed he routinely bought alcohol shirtless, and he allegedly spit at the employee.
April 11
1:58 a.m. An officer pulled over a Dodge Charger on Hill Road after witnessing it run a red light and weave between lanes. The 38-year-old driver had a suspended license, and a 9 mm pistol was found in the pocket of his seat. He allegedly refused to take both the field sobriety test and the breathalyzer. The driver provided officers with a business card that stated he would not answer questions and needed to call his attorney.
10:11 a.m. A resident reported an unknown suspect used his identity to take out a $70,000 vehicle loan.
April 12
2:20 p.m. Police had a car with flat tires towed from Willow Pond where it had been sitting for several months.
4:05 a.m. A 39-year-old resident of Fox Glen East is alive because a family member administered two rounds of Narcan when he overdosed. He refused Violet Township paramedics’ offer to transport him to a hospital.
7:37 p.m. A 44-year-old man was arrested at his home on an outstanding felony warrant from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office.
8:36 p.m. A couple eating in the parking lot of Raising Cane’s were startled when two masked men approached their red Tesla and one allegedly attempted to open the passenger door. When the man saw the Tesla driver reach toward his center console, he put his hands up and backed away. The suspects drove off in a black Chrysler 200.
The Tesla driver followed the men and reported to police that they were at the Shell station. An officer located the Chrysler on Hill Road and attempted to pull it over, but the driver did not heed the lights and siren and sped down Birchwood, striking a stop sign and running a red light.
The vehicle came to a stop on Woodsfield Circle, and the two occupants took off on foot. The officer chased the 40-year-old passenger through several yards, but the man refused to stop until the officer threatened to taser him. He was in possession of “a large sum of money.”
The 31-year-old driver ran in a different direction and encountered a resident. Noticing that the man’s hands were bleeding, the resident, with the help of a neighbor, bandaged the wounds. She also offered him use of her phone and charger. When she saw police searching the area, she asked him to leave.
Police caught him as he attempted to leave the neighborhood in an Uber. When officers pulled over the car, the suspect again attempted to escape on foot. After refusing commands to stop, police had to force him to the ground. He was only wearing one sock, but officers located his shoes in a yard. He also was in possession of a large amount of cash.
Both suspects were from Flint, Michigan. The younger of the two was under a Florida probation order. They told police that they ran because they feared police, and the cash was their vacation money.
10:11 p.m. A resident found a gun in her car and turned it in to police.
Pickerington Police March 30 – April 5, 2026
