Crime & Safety
Driving While Barred, Public Intox Arrests: Johnston Police Blotter
The Johnston Police Department investigated a number of calls through Aug. 4. Take a look at the reports.

Editor's note: All information below is provided by the in incident reports through Aug. 4. Dates below are when the incident was reported or occurred, not when an arrest or charges were filed. Charges do not always result in convictions. All individuals listed below are innocent until proven guilty.
Aug. 3
A 20-year-old man came to the Johnston Police Station to report a suspicious text message he received.
Joshua Fales, 33, was arrested in the area of Northwest 50th Street and Four Pines Street for driving while barred, operation of a vehicle without registration and theft for driving a vehicle with a stolen registration sticker.
Aug. 4
Joshua Scott, 32, was arrested for public intoxication after officers responded to Stoney Creek Inn in reference to a family dispute. Officers had responded to another family dispute call involving the same family on Aug. 3.
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