Reynoldsburg Division Of Police

Thank you to Baldwin Jr. High staff and students for your gracious gesture of giving our officers hot cocoa jars. It is greatly appreciated!

Congratulations to Officer Ben Boutot for receiving a 2023 Award of Excellence from MADD for his dedication to arresting impaired drivers. He was nominated by Sgt. Grodhaus and Lt. McDonnell.

Great job by our Special Investigation Unit. A narcotics investigation led them to executing a narcotics search warrant at 2808 Berrell Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Officer's seized 9.891 kilos of co***ne, 117 grams of methamphetamine, 264 grams of ma*****na, $146,352 in currency, and 3 handguns. One of the handguns was stolen from Fairfield County.

Lamont Hughes (45) was arrested and transported to the Franklin County Jail.

Great job by our officers on some recent cases:

On November 30th around 11am, our officers located a stolen vehicle and arrested the offenders after being found inside a local barber shop. The occupants of the stolen vehicle were ages 16, 17, and 18. The mother of the juveniles had arrived in a separate vehicle and lied to officers as she stated the juveniles came to the business with her. Surveillance video showed otherwise and she was arrested. Her 17 year old son was found with a loaded gun in his waistband. Both juveniles admitted they were arrested the previous day in a stolen vehicle.

On December 4th around 2am, our officers located a stolen vehicle and it fled from officers at a high rate of speed. The occupants stopped the vehicle and fled on foot. Three juvenile occupants, ages 14, 15, and 17 were arrested. The 17 year old juvenile was arrested less than month earlier in a stolen vehicle. On December 5th officers were notified two of the juveniles had been released from the juvenile detention center and had run away from their placement home.

December 4th around 5pm, our officers located a stolen vehicle and the occupants had fled. A 15 year old juvenile was located and arrested. Juvenile detention advised officers to release the juvenile to his mother.

Retirement - K9 Raider and K9 Summit have earned their retirement and are going home to relax and live with their handler's family. K9 Raider and K9 Summit have served the Reynoldsburg Community for over 5 years. They have caused the removal of many dangerous drugs from our streets during their time of service. Thank you and well done K9 Raider and K9 Summit.

Police K9 Bahadur will still be serving the Reynoldsburg community.

Congratulations to Sgt. Grodhaus on his graduation from the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police - Supervisor Training and Education Program (STEP). STEP was designed to develop newly promoted officers into highly effective first-line supervisors with the competency skills necessary to lead and supervise in a high performance organization. The current STEP curriculum is comprised of twenty-one modules. Great job Sgt. Grodhaus!

We are seeking sponsors for our Shop with a Cop Program this year. Each year, we take children from our community to shop for Christmas gifts. The children buy gifts for themselves and family members. The items they choose are gift wrapped and saved to be opened up on Christmas. If you are interested in supporting this program, please drop off Walmart Gift Cards to Officer King. The gift cards can be dropped off to our records personnel in the lobby of the Reynoldsburg Police Department. Thank you for your support.

Once a month RPD personnel who are available go to Wesley Ridge to take on the residents in a few friendly games of chair volleyball. We thought we would share recent photos with everyone.

Please welcome the newest officer to Reynoldsburg PD! Officer Tyler Newcomer graduated with Westerville Police Academy class #1 today. Welcome to the team, Officer Newcomer!

Congratulations to Detective Thomas. This weekend, he was recognized by Sherriff Baldwin as a Franklin County Law Enforcement STAR award recipient. Officers recognized for the “STAR” award are the epitome of a law enforcement officer. STAR stands for (S) Selflessness, (T) Teamwork, (A) Accountability, and (R) Respect. Det. Thomas is a valuable member of our team and goes above and beyond for our agency and the citizens we serve. Det. Thomas is currently assigned to the criminal investigations unit and SWAT team.

National Drug Take Back Day is tomorrow.

National Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday!

📆Date: Saturday, October 28th
⏰Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
📍Where: Reynoldsburg Police Department, 7240 East Main St.
Bring your unused medications to the police department
for disposal.
Keep them safe. Clean them out. Take them back.
https://www.dea.gov/takebackday

Whew, we've been busy the last couple of weeks with Books & Badges, thanks to Starfish Assignment Licking County and Rosehill Road Elementary School! Chief Baker, Deputy Chief Grizzell, Lt. Jackson, Officer Fulton, Officer Ryan and Officer Ighnat all took turns visiting classrooms and reading their favorite books. Every student got a personalized signed copy of the book to take home so they could remember the day. DC Grizzell taught her class her favorite word for today: FriYAY!!

Check out all of these pictures!

Great job by second shift officers last night on the recovery of two stolen vehicles.

During the first incident, Officers were dispatched to Home Depot on a shoplifting complaint. Officers made an arrest of a 41-year-old male and found the vehicle he used in the parking lot. Officers discovered the vehicle the offender was using was stolen out of Franklin County. Methamphetamine was recovered from the vehicle.

During the second incident, officers located a vehicle stolen from Columbus in the Walmart parking lot. RPD officers confronted the two offenders, ages 16 and 18, as they entered the vehicle. One offender fled into a wooded area and was apprehended by officers shortly after. A gun stolen out of Columbus was recovered from the vehicle. Ma*****na and suspected co***ne were recovered from the juvenile.

So not only is stealing the car not enough for these car thieves, they are intentionally causing more damage by breaking all the windows when they dump the car. Recovered this morning off Livingston near Brice Rd.

The reality of juvenile car theft crimes. On October 6th, officers were dispatched to Brice and Livingston on an injury crash. Two juveniles in a stolen Hyundai ran a red light at a high rate of speed and crashed into a vehicle occupied by two females, ages 59 and 61. The crash totaled the stolen Hyundai and caused disabling damage to the second vehicle.

The juveniles, ages 14 and 16, in the stolen Hyundai fled on foot and were apprehended by officers shortly after. Both had been arrested for the same crime before and had warrants for their arrest. Juvenile detention would not accept them and they were taken to a non-secure facility.

Great job by Officer Cooley and third shift officers. On September 19, 2023, Officer Cooley had a vehicle flee from him while attempting a traffic stop. Last night, Officer Cooley observed the same vehicle drive through town and boxed the vehicle in as it parked on Bairsford Dr.

The occupant, Mauhamed Bangoura (22), was not compliant and was arrested. The vehicle contained ma*****na, a rifle, three handguns, and a ballistic plate carrier.

Bangoura made his familiar trip to jail with new charges.

Good story by reporter Carly D'Eon detailing the challenges law enforcement and our community face each day.

'Please lock him up': Mother of son who keeps stealing cars in Columbus speaks out "Lock him up, do something that's going to make him pay for the things that he's out here doing,” Tiffany Hammons said.

Fantastic job by our officers today in arresting these violent offenders. Two fi****ms recovered from two offenders who can not legally possess them. The 19-year-old offender was wearing an ankle monitor.

2 taken into custody after another report of a stolen Hyundai At least two people have been arrested in Reynoldsburg after police said they tracked a Hyundai that was stolen in Columbus.Few details were immediately availab

Yesterday, the driver of a box truck heading to a concert venue in Licking County met K-9 Raider and his handler Ofc. Downing. K-9 Raider alerted on the box truck and if was found to contain 840 bottles of nitrous oxide, 625 grams of co***ne, 574 M**A pills, 17 grams of M**A powder, 46 Xanax pills and 16.89 grams of TCH.

Unfortunately for the driver, his vehicle was in Fairfield County when the narcotics were found. Today a Fairfield County judge set a bond of 1 million dollars for Milton Edward (26). Crime does not pay in Fairfield County.

RPD won the Battle of the Badges with Whitehall and TTFD again this year. Thanks to April Darling and Texas Roadhouse for hosting, we had a blast! Officers Morselli and Palombaro brought their game Monday!

Thank you Cotner Funeral Home. Each year, on September 11, Cotner Funeral Home shows thanks to our entire staff by providing lunch to them. It is greatly appreciated!

The Reynoldsburg Division of Police and the Truro Township Fire Department will be hosting a flag lowering ceremony at 10am this morning at Memorial Plaza. We invite the public to join us in remembrance of 9/11.

This is a good reminder as we are getting ready for school to begin! Please be careful everyone!

A big THANK YOU to Petland on East Broad Street for donating dog food to our K9 unit! Your support is greatly appreciated! Pictured below is Raider with Petland employee Lex.

Listen up Reynoldsburg! There were some lost items turned in at the RPD tent at the Tomato Festival. They are now in our property room: credit cards, a garage door opener, keys and a cell phone. You can call the non emergency number if you want to inquire:
614-866-6622

Last night, patrol arrested Lorenzo Winters (19) in the 7100 block of E. Main St. for burglary after he was observed by a resident in their apartment at approximately 430AM. Officers responded to the area within minutes and located Winters not far from the apartment. Upon arrest, Winters was found in possession of property taken from the victim’s residence.

Winters is known to RPD officers, as the RPD arrested him on February 11, 2023 and charged him with a residential burglary. In that incident, a victim stated he found Winters in his apartment and when confronted, Winters assaulted the victim. Responding officers found Winters near the apartment and he resisted arrest. He was released from jail on bond three days after that arrest.

Thanks to all who volunteered, participated, or came to our National Night Out event last night. We had a lot of fun spending time with you!

On July 28, 2023 patrol officers located a stolen vehicle in the area of Brice Rd. Three juveniles fled on foot from officers. Officers were able to apprehend a 13-year-old juvenile and a 14-year-old juvenile. One juvenile provided officers with a false name and was later found to have two felony warrants for attempted receiving stolen property. Juvenile lockup would not accept this juvenile and he was transported to a non-secure facility to be picked up by a guardian.

On July 31, 2023 patrol officers located another stolen vehicle in the area of Livingston Ave. and Brice Rd. Three juveniles fled on foot from officers. Officers were able to apprehend a 13-year-old offender and two 14-year-old offenders. Juvenile lockup would not accept the 13-year-old driver and she was released to a non-secure facility to be picked up by a guardian.

Many hard working people continue to be victimized by vehicle theft in the Central Ohio region. These crimes also put the public in danger as the drivers of these stolen vehicles flee from our officers at high speeds. Our officers will continue to work hard to do our part in trying to reduce these types of crimes.

Congratulations to Officer Cozart, Officer Mead, Officer Nichols, and Officer Palombaro on their police academy graduations. Each officer will now begin 17 weeks of field training where they will be paired up with an experienced Reynoldsburg Police Officer.

Please say hello if you see them out on patrol.

Our prayers are with the Columbus Police Officer who was shot in the line of duty today while confronting three dangerous criminals. Police officers risk their lives each day trying to remove dangerous people from their communities.

On July 3, 2023 officers located a stolen vehicle on Brice Rd and made a traffic stop on it. The driver, Amari Stevens (18) rammed several police vehicles and fled the scene at high speeds. The driver fled onto IR 270 before crashing the stolen vehicle on Old Dublin Granville Rd. near Hamilton Rd. Mr. Stevens survived the crash.

Officers recognized Mr. Stevens due to them arresting him 10 days earlier after he crashed another stolen vehicle after fleeing from officers. During that encounter, Mr. Stevens was unlawfully in possession of a loaded gun.

If you lost a cell phone during the July 3rd celebration at Civic Park, please call the Property Room at 614-322-6911 Monday – Friday from 8:00am to 3:00pm. Officers recovered one phone. You must be able to provide the make and description to claim the phone.