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.
Morgan County, Ohio, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Morgan 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: Morgan County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Morgan County
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Morgan County. It reported 72 arrests for 2025.
One city in Morgan County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- McConnelsville, 1,633 residents: 32 arrests reported for 2024.
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 Morgan 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.
- Morgan County Sheriff's Office: 72 for 2025, 59 for 2024, 106 for 2023, 89 for 2022, 128 for 2020 and 229 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- McConnelsville: 32 for 2024, 37 for 2023, 25 for 2022, 32 for 2021, 39 for 2020 and 34 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 91 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 91 in 2024 against 143 in 2023, down 36 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Morgan County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Morgan 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 17 people, down from about 19 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 16 beds, and it ran at 106 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Morgan County
For Morgan County the place to look is the case index of the Morgan County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at morgancounty-oh.gov/clerkofcourts.html, phone 740-962-4752).
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 Morgan County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Morgan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in McConnelsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Morgan County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at morgancounty-oh.gov/clerkofcourts.html, phone 740-962-4752.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Morgan County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Morgan County: McConnelsville. Malta, Stockport and Chesterhill have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Morgan County Court of Common Pleas.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Morgan County each year?
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office reported 72 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Morgan County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 91 between them.
Where are people arrested in Morgan County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Morgan County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Morgan 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 Morgan County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Morgan 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 Morgan 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.