Suspicious individuals observed near Barnes & Noble in Columbus, Columbus OH
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Suspicious ActivityAccording to the dispatch call, officers observed a suspicious adult male with two juveniles wearing masks and dark clothing near Barnes & Noble on High Street in Columbus. The individuals carried bags and were possibly targeting theft or related activity.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin OH Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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You can pull up cameras and put them in front of Barnes & Noble.
00:04
One individual that comes in every day.
00:09
And then he's got two young individuals with him with surgical masks on, face masks on,
00:16
dark clothes.
00:17
You can just keep that on there.
00:21
Okay.
00:24
I'll get you a clothing description of the two younger individuals in a second.
00:29
Copy.
00:32
Or if you can get that description, they just walked into Barnes & Noble, High Street.
00:39
It's about me.
00:41
(number withheld).
00:43
(number withheld).
00:47
(number withheld) April.
00:52
We found a camera with a better picture of it.
00:55
It looks like there's one male with a brownish, maybe camo-type coat, black backpack, gray fans wearing a gray hat, right?
01:04
The two juveniles looks like they're both wearing black coats.
01:08
One both have white shoes.
01:10
One's got like a white bag flowing around their shoulder and the other's got a black bag.
01:15
Copy. If you can send out images of those three, and they have satchels on them, and they don't seem to have anything in them, they're definitely not college age.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH 43240
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