INCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 7:49 p.m., apartment in the 400 block of West Market Street. Deputy served a warrant for arrest on Trevor James Coleman, 19, of that address for battery on a person less than 14 years old, a Level 3 felony, and battery against a public safety official, a Level 6 felony. Bond set at $25,000.
Wednesday, 10:28 p.m., Praxis, 1529 W. Lancaster St. Report of a combative patient. Officers dispatched
Thursday, 12:03 a.m., 1700 block of North Main Street. Deputy pulled over a 1993 Chevrolet Suburban in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn and Suites after noticing that the license plate on the Suburban belonged on a Chevrolet HHR. The driver, identified as Christopher Matthew Bridges, 36, Indianapolis, explained the license plate belonged to another vehicle and he had just transferred the plate after purchasing the Suburban. Bridges’ driver’s license had been suspended since June, 20, 2017. He was arrested for driving while suspended with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class A misdemeanor; operating a motor vehicle with fictitious registration, a Class C infraction; and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, a Class A infraction. Bridges explained to the deputy that he was bringing his passenger, identified as Kasie Michelle New, 33, Indianapolis, to the Praxis drug rehabilitation facility, but they had arrived too late, so he was trying to find a room for them to stay for the night at the Comfort Inn and Suites. Bridges reportedly consented to a search of his vehicle. A second deputy and a Bluffton police officer who both arrived at the scene to assist, reportedly found a hypodermic syringe in a small bag that New would eventually allegedly admit was hers. She was charged with unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe, a Level 6 felony.
Thursday, 3:07 a.m. and 4:58 a.m., Utz Quality Foods warehouse, 1955 Lancaster St. Burglar alarm both times. Deputy and Bluffton police responded. No sign of foul play found either time.
County:
Wednesday, 5:06 p.m., residence on 850N west of the Ossian town limits. Caller reported surveillance cameras caught on video three men trespassing on the caller’s property. Sheriff’s deputy dispatched, however whoever had been there had left. Nothing was noted stolen.
Thursday, 8:52 a.m., residence on 900S west of 600E. Deputy served a warrant for arrest out of Adams County on Camille Wanner, who lives at the address where the warrant was served. The warrant was for violating probation from an original sentence meted in Adams Circuit Court Nov. 18 on one count of carrying a handgun without a license with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Level 5 felony. Reportedly Wanner received home detention in the case. According to the arresting deputy’s report, Wanner answered the door to her residence holding her home detention ankle monitoring system in her hands.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 7:24 a.m., Willowbrook Trail at Main Street. Arlette E. Graeflin, 70, Bluffton, was driving a 2015 Buick Regal west on Willowbrook Trail. She attempted a right turn onto Main Street and clipped the stop sign at the intersection. Damage exceeded $2,500. Graeflin was cited for violating a restriction on her driver’s license.
FIRE RUNS
Wednesday, 10:52 p.m., Lancaster Estates mobile home park, 1211 Lancaster St. 2B. Warm breaker box and occupant feeling ill. Bluffton Fire Department and Wells County EMS dispatched. Place checked for gas. Nothing found.
Thursday, 8:10 a.m. and 8:10 p.m., fire alarm, Ossian Elementary School, 213 S. Jefferson St. Ossian Fire Department dispatched. False alarm both times.
ARRESTS
George Michael Isnogle, 27, Bluffton; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond set at $500.
Kimberly Nicole Limbert, 34, Geneva; six counts of theft, each a Class A misdemeanor. Bond set at $9,000.
Briana Mercedes Ann Wright, 28, Marion; failure to appear in court, a Level 6 felony. Bond set at $5,000.
Ranard Paul De Leon Jr., 44, Bluffton; escape, a Level 6 felony. Bond set at $5,000.
TICKETS
Christopher C. Wolfe, 50, Peru; 64 mph-50 zone, Ind. 124 near Ind. 201.
Donita C. Harris, 17, rural Poneto; 63 mph-55 zone, Ind. 218 near 700W.
