Police search woods near overpass for male suspect

Heard on: Scioto OH Law Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

I'm here. Give me a description again.

00:03

Got a brown shirt, brown khaki shorts, red backpack.

00:08

Just jumped over the side here.

00:10

We're going to be up underneath the overpass here somewhere.

00:17

All right, I'm in this car lot.

00:18

I'll get out on foot.

00:21

I'm gonna go westbound on 8 from the railroad coming from that way.

00:27

He jumped over on the south or north side?

00:32

South side.

00:36

Got a red shirt over here.

00:39

Got a description one more time?

00:42

Brown.

00:43

Where are you at, 2.9 ? He's going to be laying in these woods on the side of the overpass on the south side towards Burger King.

00:54

He jumped over the ledge where the chain link fence stops.

01:02

Towards the merging, you'll see my lights.

01:08

I'm directly underneath

01:10

Young Street on the west side.

01:15

Thank you, I'll be coming into the wood line here on Shorty Knipp.

7/19/2026 06:06 PM

Suspicious Activity

Young St, Portsmouth, OH 45662

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers conducted a foot search in the wooded area near an overpass by Young Street in Portsmouth for a male reportedly wearing a brown shirt, brown khaki shorts, and a red backpack after he apparently jumped over a ledge near the chain link fence by a fast-food restaurant.