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Feb 10, 2025

Cridersville woman faces felony charges of harassment with a bodily substance


52 year old Melissa Lowry of Cridersville faces a 4th degree felony charge of harrassment with a bodily substance stemming from a February 3rd incident in the Cridersville area. According to online records, the case began in Auglaize County Municipal Court with Lowry facing charges of assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief and harrassment by an inmate knowingly carrying the virus that causes, aids, Hepatitis Virus, or Infected With Tuberculosis and Causes or Attempts to Cause Other Person to Come in Contact With Bodily Substances. Lowry is free on bond. A date for her to appear in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court has not been set. 


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