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UPDATE: The Washington County Sheriff's Office saysStephen Odell has been found safe. Original story: The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 60-year-old man. Stephen Odell was last known to be near the Interstate 5 corridor just south of the Salem Airport. His family says Odell possibly went snow camping with his dog in the Mount Hood area early Saturday morning. He has not been heard from.
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County jail safety was the topic of discussion both in Columbus and in Marietta on Tuesday.
Protocols are under scrutiny at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office following an outbreak of coronavirus at the Washington County Jail at the close of January.
Meanwhile, State Rep. Jay Edwards, R-Nelsonville, also spoke at an afternoon press conference concerning a proposed remodel of funding for county jails.
¯ COVID Outbreak
Chief Deputy Mark Warden confirmed Tuesday that the county jail has experienced recent confirmed cases of the coronavirus making its way through pods of the jail.
“We’ve got a rash if it in the pods,” explained Warden. “The problem is when they are asymptomatic and we don’t have places to isolate.”
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Vincent Roberts, 40, of 1920 Roberts Road, Amesville, appears in Washington County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday via teleconference from the Washington County Jail.
(Photo by Janelle Patterson)
An Amesville man was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday in Washington County Common Pleas Court following a plea deal to a third-degree felony.
Vincent Roberts, 40, of 1920 Roberts Road, appeared in Judge John Halliday’s courtroom via teleconference from the Washington County Jail.
Roberts had previously pleaded to one count of having a weapon under disability.
The foundational case, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, saw a manhunt for Roberts in 2018 on attempted murder and aggravated burglary charges, both first-degree felonies.