PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Agents with the Southern Ohio Organized and Major Crimes Task Force assisted the United States Marshal Service and Ohio Adult Parole Authority in serving an arrest warrant on a parolee at the Rodeway Inn in Rosemount on Wednesday.
Arrested was Nathan Willis of Portsmouth, for an outstanding drug warrant. Parole officers with the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, assisted by agents, located a total of 15 grams of suspected cocaine and digital scales in Willis’ motel room and vehicle, said Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman. The case will be forwarded to the Scioto County Prosecutor’s Office to be presented to a Scioto County Grand Jury for consideration of charges.
On Tuesday, the Sheriff said the same agents visited a home of a parolee located on Summit Street in Portsmouth. Inside, they found a loaded .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun. Robert L. Howard was arrested for violating the terms of his parole. The firearm was seized and the case will be forwarded to the Scioto County Prosecutor’s Office for consideration of additional charges.