Crime & Safety
Five-Year-Old Suffers Dog Bite: Johnston Police Blotter
The Johnston Police Department investigated a number of calls from April 15 and April 16. Take a look at the reports.
An adventure turned painful for a young Johnston resident on April 15.
A five-year-old girl climbed a six-foot fence to get into her neighbor's yard in the 5200 block of Northwest 57th Avenue.
The neighbor's dog, who was loose in the yard, bit the young girl.
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Editor's note: All information is provided by police in incident reports through April 16, the most recent available. Dates below are when the incident occurred, not when an arrest or charges were filed. Charges do not always result in convictions.
April 16
A 12-year-old girl was charged with harassment for verbally threatening two members of the staff at Summit Middle School.
Officers took a report of a counterfeit $100 bill that was presented at a bank by two women. The money was not accepted by the bank and the suspects were told they did not know who or where they originally obtained the money.
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