MANSFIELD — Charlie will be a new, four-legged student this fall at Mansfield City Schools. But on Tuesday night, the 9-month old Mini Goldendoodle was the star of the show during a City Council meeting. An emotional support dog in training, Charlie will join veteran Mansfield police officer Matt Brewster, the school resource officer at […]
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Juvenile shot in arm as Mansfield police handle two Sunday night gunfire reports
MANSFIELD — A juvenile victim was shot in the arm Sunday night in Mansfield, one of two reported shooting incidents overnight, according to police. Chief Jason Bammann said Monday morning officers first responded to a report of multiple shots fired after 9 p.m. near the Wood Street apartments. No one was shot at the scene, […]
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Open Source: Why was there a SWAT team on Chambers Road in Ontario?
ONTARIO — Two suspects were detained at an Ontario residence Thursday and are under investigation for allegedly receiving stolen property, according to the Ontario Police Department. The Ontario Police Department and the Richland County Allied Special Operation Response Team, in coordination with the Mansfield Police Department, joined forces Thursday in executing a search warrant at […]
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Mansfield police plan events to make Peace Officers Memorial Day, National Police Week
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Police Department has announced two public events to mark Peace Officers Memorial Day and National Police Week in May. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as National Police Week. “In Mansfield and across […]
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Mansfield NAACP chief pushes for revamped, stronger Police Review Commission
MANSFIELD — The leader of the Mansfield Chapter of the NAACP said Monday evening he will seek to have the city’s civilian Police Review Commission revamped and strengthened. Alomar Davenport, elected president of the local civil rights organization in December, said during a “Town Hall” meeting that the board “in its current form has no […]
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Mansfield police followed department policies during Blymyer Avenue arrest, police chief says
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police officers “acted within the policies” of the department on April 9 during an arrest on the front porch of 139 Blymyer Ave., Chief Jason Bammann said in a press release Sunday afternoon. That announcement came after an internal investigation that was reviewed and confirmed by Safety Services Director Keith Porch, the […]
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Blue Envelope: Local police aim to improve traffic stops involving drivers with autism
MANSFIELD — Can a five-by-seven inch blue envelope make a difference in the interactions of a law enforcement officer and a motorist with autism? Mansfield police Chief Jason Bammann and other law enforcement agencies around Richland County believe so. That’s why the MPD and other local agencies are participating in the Blue Envelope Project — […]
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Grieving parents seek justice for son in 16-month-old Mansfield murder case
MANSFIELD — Fred Antrican was not there the night his son was shot to death in a Brookfield Drive apartment complex hallway in 2023. But the imagined sounds of those gunshots — three of which struck and killed 42-year-old Jason Antrican on Oct. 10 –must still reverberate in the father’s mind at night. “It’s been […]
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Mansfield police, Lexington Moose lodge help create child IDs
MANSFIELD — Police officers helped record the child’s height, weight, fingerprints and photos to store on a CD to help locate them in an emergency.
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Mansfield man faces 7 felonies after crash when METRICH finds gun, drugs & cash
MANSFIELD — Bradley Fisher, 32, of Mansfield, faces at least seven felony charges after a traffic stop led to a car chase, and a crash with a Richland County Sheriff’s cruiser on Thursday. METRICH officials stated in a press release that Fisher was incarcerated and charged with Failure to comply with order or signal of […]