From Put-in-Bay Police Department on Facebook at 7:40 pm, Thursday:
ATTENTION PUT-IN-BAY & SURROUNDING AREA RESIDENTS!
Put-In-Bay is currently experiencing an issue with Verizon phone service. This is affecting our departments phones. There are approximately 12 Verizon towers down, with no estimated time on getting them fixed.
As always, if you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you are unable to call the Put-In-Bay Police Station please contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office. We will update you when we hear anything further. Thank you.