Man reported bothering girls at campground playground

Heard on: Pickaway OH Law Dispatch Group Calls

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00:00

We're clear from stop zero one.

00:01

Do we need to start out to Deer Creek?

00:05

Hey, firm sir, if you want to start out there, I am going to try to get a hold of ODR as well.

00:09

Be at the campground site ninety-seven break.

00:14

Okay.

00:17

There's a strange male that's been hanging out at the playground.

00:20

Several campers have complained about him.

00:22

White male, blue and (description withheld), mid-20s.

00:25

Good.

00:29

He's hanging around the young female (number withheld), wanting to push them on the zip line and the swings.

00:36

Even after he's been advised to leave them alone by them and parents, he took off into the wooded area close to the playground.

00:45

You're clear. We'll start that one.

00:48

Copy, sir. 2026.

00:51

I'm gonna start that way as well in case we can't get a hold of ENR.

00:56

Unit 20.

00:59

20.

01:01

Sir, you want 60 to 35 that way as well or stay available?

01:07

Right, 35 that way.

2026-09-12 17:25 UTC

Suspicious Activity

State Pk Rd 20, Mt Sterling, OH 43143

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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies responded to a report of a suspicious man at a campground playground near Deer Creek. A man in a blue and (description withheld) was reportedly bothering young females, ignoring requests from them and their parents to leave them alone, and then ran into the nearby wooded area.