Crime & Safety
OWI, Assault: Johnston Police Blotter
The Johnston Police Department investigated a number of calls March 14. Take a look at the reports.

Editor's note: All information is provided by the Johnston Police Department in incident reports through March 14. 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.
March 14
Phillip Duke, 32, was arrested for operating while intoxicated, interference with official acts and given citations for open container, speeding and violation of liability coverage.
Officers dispatched to residence in regards to assault in progress. Female subject arrested for assault with a weapon, which was a hammer, and child endangerment when victim reported 2 year old child was next to offender when she brandished the hammer.
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