PERRYSBURG Twp., Ohio (WTVG) - A local law enforcement task force was created to crack down on retail theft in Wood County. Just hours after the group became official, it made its first arrest.

Smith, commander of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry, of the 24th Infantry Division, led the 500-man delaying force, dubbed Task Force Smith, who were airlifted from Japan on July 2, 1950.

In the summer of 1950, a small but determined American force known as Task Force Smith found themselves on the front lines of the first encounter against North Korea. This clash, set against the ...

James Haley, 30, of Columbus, and Shondel Tyshon Smith, 27, of Reynoldsburg, were arrested May 28 by investigators with the Northwest Ohio Regional Retail Crime Task Force, according to a press ...

How North Korean Tanks Overran the Army’s Task Force Smith in Korea On June 25, 1950 eighty-nine thousand soldiers of the North Korean People’s Army launched a devastating surprise attack on ...

Smith will serve on the task force with co-chair Mayor Steve Williams of Huntington, West Virginia as it focuses on enhancing prevention programs, increasing access to treatment and advocating for ...

BCA extracts video from Winston Smith Jr.’s cellphone of task force fatally shooting him in 2021 The disclosure marks the first time the agency independently corroborated the video’s existence ...

The task force is also supported by many community partners, including Restore Hope/100 Families—Sebastian County, Arvest Bank, Fort Smith Media Group, Fort Smith Public Schools, Fort Smith Boys and ...

The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Perrysburg Township Police Department on this task force. Smith said their hope is to not only stop the people stealing at stores, but to ...