October 14

1:04 am Police pulled over a Mercury Sable on Blacklick Eastern Road near United Dairy Farmers (UDF) for not having a license plate light. The 29-year-old driver had a suspended license, and her 35-year-old male passenger was wanted on a warrant out of Franklin County.

7:36 am An Audi A3 allegedly turned left from Long Road onto Diley Road, cutting off a Toyota Rav 4 that had the right-of-way and no time to stop. The 16-year-old boy driving the Audi did not have a license.

12:43 pm A restaurant reported that, the day before, a staff member answered a call from an unknown person identifying himself as “Lieutenant Dan” from a “federal agency.” Dan allegedly told the employee that the business was under investigation and that he had already taken the owner into custody.

Dan reportedly said that unless the employee took money from the business and purchased a Visa gift card valued at $360 to $370, he would be forced to shut down the restaurant. The employee followed the instructions and texted photos of the Visa card to Dan. Dan then allegedly told the employee that, due to a “gag order,” the card would need to be shredded and the photos of the card deleted from the phone.

3:25 pm A woman reported that PNC Bank had alerted her to possible fraudulent activity on her bank account in the amount of $3,945.11. The perpetrator allegedly tried to have the telephone number associated with the account changed.

When the police attempted to call the untraceable number, the phone went to voicemail. When the alleged victim tried to call, a voice answered, “Why you keep calling me, motherf*****?”

October 15

3:38 pm A man driving a Hyundai told police that a woman driving a Toyota Rav 4 cut him off at Kemba Bank and then threatened to shoot him after he honked his horn.

The woman told police that while in line at the bank, a man exited the vehicle behind hers and threw a water bottle at her car. She said that she warned the man that he should not overreact in such a manner because he could anger the wrong person and get himself shot.

October 16

6:31 pm An officer on patrol noticed a woman bent over the steering wheel of a Ford Focus parked at State Farm. When he checked on her, she told him that she was okay and was just waiting for someone to bring her fuel. She was arrested on a warrant out of Lancaster.

10:27 pm A 35-year-old man allegedly became intoxicated and got confused about which house in the Cherry Hill community was his. A neighbor called the police, reporting that he kept knocking on the door claiming he lived there.

October 18

12:43 pm Police were called to Pickerington Elementary after third graders discovered what looked like drugs on the playground during recess. The students reported it to their teacher, who followed them to a vape pen and two plastic baggies containing “white crystal” ground into a fine powder.

October 19

4:38 pm A woman allegedly got into a fight with her former daughter-in-law near the Pickerington Youth Athletic Association’s concession stand.

October 20

11:18 am A man reported that he accidentally forgot his Glock pistol in the changing room of Kohl’s. When he went to retrieve it, the gun was gone.

6:10 pm An unknown dark-colored vehicle allegedly hit a black GMC Sierra at the intersection of Hill and Blacklick-Eastern Roads, then left the scene.

October 21

7:08 pm A 21-year-old woman allegedly tried to steal alcohol from Kroger after her friends told her it “was easy.” Staff stopped her from taking the bottle and delayed her until police arrived.

October 23

11:15 am Staff at Pickerington Schools Preschool called a student’s family to pick him up after the three-year-old had a seizure and hit his head. When the boy’s grandmother arrived, the school nurse recommended that she take him to Urgent Care.

After leaving the preschool, the grandmother stopped at United Dairy Farmers. She allegedly left the boy in the car while she ran inside to “rinse his sippy cup and get him some water.”

While in the store, she reportedly noticed an employee removing items from the roller heater and asked what they were and what would become of them. The grandmother told police that the employee said the food had been on the rollers for two hours and was to be thrown away. She said that the employee offered the items to her for free.

However, the employee told police that she had clarified to the woman that if she wanted the food, she would have to pay for it.

When the grandmother allegedly took the food and left the store without paying, the store manager followed her to the parking lot, demanding that she pay for the items or return them. The grandmother reportedly responded by yelling that she was told she could have the items for free.

She then reportedly threw the food onto the ground and yelled, “Take your f****** shift leader ass back to your employees.”

The manager photographed the grandmother and her Chevrolet Traverse as she left the parking lot, then called the police.

While the police were in the store taking reports, the grandmother arrived and began photographing the staff and officers, allegedly saying, “See how it feels to have somebody be snapping a picture of you.”

The officers told the grandmother that she was being issued a “No Trespass” order for the store. She allegedly smiled and told the officers that she would return tomorrow and every day after that so everyone could see her paying for her items, and if anyone tried to give her free food, then she would say “no.”

One of the officers warned the woman that if she returned to the store, she would be charged with criminal trespass.

She allegedly smiled again and said, “Come on, baby. You do what you gotta do, and I’ll sue the f*** outta you.”

Meanwhile, the coordinator and nurse at the preschool heard of the situation and rushed to the scene. They allegedly found the boy covered in a blanket, slouched in his car seat with the outside temperature around 80 degrees.

Paramedics arrived to tend to both the boy and his grandmother, who said she had asthma and needed her inhaler.

The boy’s mother arrived, then his father with the medicine. The grandmother allegedly spoke with the mother (her daughter), called the lead investigator an a******, then left. The boy was released to his parents.

When the officer re-entered the store to collect the employees’ written statements, the boy’s mother was allegedly causing a disturbance and also had to be removed.

October 25

12:59 am Three men (two age 20 and one age 18) were allegedly cited for underage possession of marijuana, alcohol, and an open container of vodka after an officer pulled over their Hyundai Genesis near Stonecreek Drive South for not properly displaying a license plate.

1:53 am Police cited a 19-year-old man for driving on a suspended license after an officer pulled over his Nissan Sentra near the intersection of Hill Road and Tussing Road for expired registration.

2:43 pm Witnesses told police that a 15-year-old boy in their class at Pickerington High School Central sat behind a girl, pulled her ponytail, and called her a b****. He allegedly then grabbed her by the throat, covered her mouth, and said, “Now, I’m going to f****** kill you.” The girl told police that she did not know the boy outside of him being a classmate.

7:10 pm An officer pulled over a motorcycle on Hill Road near Cross Creeks Boulevard for not having a license plate. The driver did not have a motorcycle endorsement on his license.

October 26

12:53 pm Multiple people reported hearing gunshots fired in Pickerington Village. One witness told police that the sound came from near the gravel lot on the corner of Town Square Drive and Hill Road. A ring camera captured the bangs, and an officer confirmed that it sounded like gunfire. Pickerington Police and Fairfield County Deputies searched the area but found no bullet casings or other evidence.

8:41 am Staff at Tractor Supply Company reported that, overnight, a log-splitter valued at $2,800 had been stolen from the front of the store. Video surveillance allegedly showed an unknown person wearing a hoodie unplug the security cable and then leave. Moments later, officers arrived to investigate the alarm. After they completed their search and left the premises, the hooded figure allegedly returned and disappeared with the log splitter.

10:23 pm An officer pulled over a Chevrolet Tahoe near Brandy Hill Avenue and Stonebridge Boulevard for an expired plate. The plate allegedly belonged to a different vehicle, and the 23-year-old man driving the vehicle had a suspended license.

10:25 pm The parent of a Pickerington High School Central student informed police that members of an anonymous Instagram group called PHSC.Confessions had posted lies about his daughter being promiscuous. He reported that group members had posted inappropriate comments about teachers too.

There were also recent posts threatening violence, including one saying, “Am gonna bomb the school.”

Police Reports September 22 – October 12, 2024