INCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 9:46 p.m., Pak-A-Sak convenience store, 204 W. Wabash St. Man dressed all in gray walking around the parking lot and approaching vehicles. Officer responded but did not see the man.
Wednesday, 9:47 p.m., 700 block of North Main Street. Caller reported hearing someone firing what sounded like a small caliber gun twice. Officer checked the area but did not see anyone.
Thursday, 2:57 a.m., Market Street at Morgan Street. Tree blew down into the street. Bluffton Street Department contacted to remove the tree.
Thursday, 5:45 a.m., Top Notch Auto Sales, 1170 N. Main St. Deputy removed a banner that had blown into the road.
Thursday, 10:32 a.m., Praxis substance abuse treatment facility, 1529 W. Lancaster St. Report of three people with their possessions around them huddled outside of the building. Officer responded and learned the three — who were all from out of town — were awaiting a ride home.
Thursday, 11:18 a.m., Praxis substance abuse treatment facility, 1529 W. Lancaster St. Officer requested for a crisis intervention team evaluation of a suicidal/homicidal patient.
County:
Thursday, 6:23 a.m., Ind. 116 at Meridian Road. Large tree blown down in the roadway. Indiana Department of Transportation notified.
Ossian:
Wednesday, 4:49 p.m., Ossian police officer received a driving complaint on a 2007 Dodge pickup truck southbound on Ind. 1 from I-469. The officer did a license plate check based on information provided by the complaining party and discovered that the registered owner had a suspended driver’s license. The officer pulled the truck over at Silo Farms and issued a summons into Wells Superior Court to Alfredo Mendez, who lives in the mobile home park, for driving while suspended and no proof of insurance, both Class A infractions.
Then, at 7:05 p.m., the same officer reported seeing the same truck southbound on Jefferson Street at Industrial Parkway. The officer followed the truck and pulled it over on 900N west of 150E. This time, however, the truck was being driven by a 16-year-old boy who told the officer he was unaware that the truck was not insured. The truck was then impounded and the boy’s mother came and picked him up.
FIRES
Thursday, 9:07 a.m., Temp Masters, 5975N-300W. Fire alarm. Markle Fire Department dispatched. No fire. Work being performed on the alarms caused the alarm to trip.
ARRESTS
Robert DeWayne Connett, 47, Bluffton; probation violation. No bond set.
TICKETS
Anthony J. Amaya Leyva, 26, Speedway; 47 mph-35 zone and no valid driver’s license in his possession.
Patrick D. Evans, 20, rural Ossian; 70 mph-45 zone, 450E north of 500N.
Kati M. Christlieb, 43, Fort Wayne; 70 mph-55 zone, 300W at 800N.
