Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Meigs County, Ohio, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and five city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Meigs County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Meigs County
The Meigs County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Meigs County. It reported 48 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Middleport, 2,130 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2024.
- Pomeroy, 1,505 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2024.
- Syracuse, 769 residents.
- Racine, 659 residents.
- Rutland, 412 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2022.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Meigs County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Meigs County Sheriff's Office: 48 for 2025, 64 for 2024, 92 for 2023, 61 for 2022, 23 for 2021 and 6 for 2020.
- Pomeroy: 15 for 2024.
- Middleport: 15 for 2024, 25 for 2022 and 62 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2023 are missing months.
- Rutland: 23 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 94 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 64 in 2024 against 92 in 2023, down 30 percent.
Syracuse reported only part of 2024 (3 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Meigs County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Meigs County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 36 people, down from about 40 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 35 beds, and it ran at 113 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Meigs County Sheriff's Office at meigssheriff.org/jail (page title: Jail | Meigs County Sheriff), Monday through Friday from 8am-4pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Meigs County
Ohio does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Meigs County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Meigs County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse, Racine or Rutland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Meigs County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the five cities in Meigs County: Middleport, Pomeroy, Syracuse, Racine and Rutland.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Meigs County each year?
The Meigs County Sheriff's Office reported 48 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Meigs County sent in full, the three with every month on file reported 94 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Meigs County?
Ask the Meigs County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at meigssheriff.org/jail.
Where are people arrested in Meigs County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Meigs County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Meigs County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Meigs County Court of Common Pleas are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Ohio Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Meigs County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Meigs County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Meigs County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.