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Credit Card Skimmer Located in Local Merchant

On Sunday, November 19, 2023, at approximately 2:45 p.m. Sidney Patrol Officer Andrew Shappie was dispatched to the Family Dollar Store, located at 1024 Wapakoneta Ave, in regard to a credit card skimmer device being discovered on one of the store&rsq...

Narcotics Search Warrant Yields Nine Arrests

On Friday, November 3, 2023, at approximately 8:00 a.m. investigators from the Sidney Shelby Narcotics Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 1129 Hilltop Ave Apt C, Sidney Ohio. Due to elevated risk factors the warrant entry at the apartment w...

Sidney Police Officers Honored

On Thursday, July 13, 2023, at approximately 11:44pm, dispatchers advised police and fire personnel of a structure fire in the 1600-block of Holly Place.  Upon arrival, officers observed the residence to be fully engulfed and the elderly resident...

Narcotics Search Warrant Served

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at approximately 11:49 a.m. investigators from the Sidney Shelby Narcotics Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 200 N. Pomeroy Avenue, Sidney Ohio.

Recovered during the search were suspected fentanyl, drug par...

North Carolina Man Arrested for Murder

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 11:22 a.m. the Sidney 911 Center received a call in regards to a man down in the parking lot at 1630 Ferguson Court (Angstrom Fiber) possibly struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival of police personnel, it was discovered that a...

Check Fraud on the Rise

Due to a significant rise in the theft of checks that are being sent through the mail, it is being recommended that businesses and individuals look at other forms of payment when paying bills or mailing paychecks.  

Please contact your bank to fin...

Arrest Made in Homicide Investigation

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at approximately 2:24 a.m. Emergency Medical Services were summoned to 1023 N. Main Ave, Sidney in regard to a child not breathing. Upon arrival of law enforcement a 3 year old boy was discovered recently deceased.  Em...

Pursuit Involves Driver with Outstanding Warrants

On June 12, 2023, Lt. Burmeister was running traffic radar in the 1000-Block of North Main Avenue when a silver Ford F-150 went northbound and sped up to 51MPH.  Lt. Burmeister turned on the vehicle and activated the cruiser’s emergency...

Sidney Police Sergeants Graduate from Supervisor Training

Sidney Police Sergeants Robert Hurd and Ethan Brown graduated from STEP on May 17, 2023.  The STEP training process is designed to develop newly promoted officers, or about to be promoted officers, into highly effective first line supervisors wit...

Sidney Police Department Earns Lexipol Gold Award

The Sidney Police Department was recently recognized by the Lexipol Connect Program for achieving the Lexipol Connect Gold level for consistently and effectively disseminating policies to officers, issuing timely policy updates as laws change, and ensurin...

Traffic Stop Leads to Fentanyl/Meth Seizure

On April 30, 2023, Sidney Patrol Officer Hayden Bronne, working in conjunction with the Sidney Narcotics unit, executed a traffic stop leading to an arrest of a Sidney resident who was in possession of approximately 8 grams of Methamphetamine and 6 grams ...

Sidney PD Receives Grant to Help Children

Drug addiction impacts a community in many different ways.  Unfortunately children who have a parent that is struggling with drug addiction can be the ones who are often most affected.   Children witnessing drug addiction are too young a...

Vehicle Pursuit

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 8:06 p.m. Sidney Police Department patrol units were involved in a vehicle pursuit that started on I-75 northbound near the 93 mile marker.  

The suspect vehicle, registered out of Alabama, was observed committing a ...

New Emergency Mass Notification System for Shelby County

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has announced a new mass emergency notification system that will be utilized for local emergencies beginning March 1, 2023. Civic Ready will be the new platform; Hyper-Reach was the old platform.&nbs...

McDonough Selected to be Sidney's Next Police Chief

Earlier today, Sidney City Manager Andrew Bowsher announced that Mark McDonough has been selected to be Sidney’s next Chief of Police. McDonough most recently served as the Chief of Police for Whitehouse, Ohio. Prior to serving the community of ...

Stolen Vehicle Police Pursuit

On Monday, November 14, 2022, at approximately 9:26 a.m., Sidney Police received a stolen vehicle alert via the City’s FLOCK camera system.  The alert indicated a vehicle that was possibly stolen was westbound on Court Street at Harvard...

Fire and Police Departments Awarded Grant Funding

The Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Sidney Police Department have been awarded $46,500 through the Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention and Resilience program. The funding will be used to implement a program called &ldq...