INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 5:30 p.m., police received a report that two intoxicated people — a man and a woman — had just left the Airplane Express station walking southbound on Main Street. Two officers stopped in the parking lot of Hardee’s restaurant and started walking north toward the Main Street bridge. Both saw the two people approaching from the north walking south. The man and the woman abruptly crossed Main Street in traffic, causing a vehicle to slam on its brakes. The officers then got back into their patrol vehicle and crossed over to the west side of Main Street and parked just south of the bridge. The male reportedly started to cross back across Main Street but then half lay down in the roadway, bringing traffic to a complete stop. The officers got the two to exit the roadway and spoke with them. Neither were reportedly very cooperative and the female was reportedly resistant to officers’ attempts to place her into handcuffs. The male allegedly uttered threatening statements to the officers. Mitchelle Dale-Allen Herrick, 31, Bluffton, was charged with intimidation of a law enforcement official, a Level 6 felony, and public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. Courtney Ann Goodwin, 25, Berne, was charged with resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, and public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. Bond for Goodwin was set at $2,500 and it was set at $5,500 for Herrick.
Friday, 6:34 p.m., Pine Grove Apartments. Burglar alarm. Officers responded. No sign of foul play found.
Saturday, 8:50 a.m., Kroger, 1555 S. Harrison Plaza. Officers, Wells County EMS and Bluffton Fire Department first responders were dispatched to Krogers on a report of an older man suffering from difficulty breathing near the self-checkout aisle.
Saturday, 11:55 a.m., report of a Great Dane and another dog running on River Road near 400E and the Great Dane was carrying a deer leg in its mouth. Officer responded, located the owners and they picked up the dogs.
Saturday, 4:27 p.m., Hale Street down by the Wabash River. Four all-terrain vehicles and a motorcycle tearing up the area. Officer spoke with the people and told them they would need to ask permission from the city before riding on city-owned property.
Saturday, 10:47 p.m., Bluffton police were dispatched on a report of a van stuck in the mud between two houses in the 1000 block of West Cherry Street. While en route, they learned that the van, in an attempt to get out of the yard, had struck a set of steps at a residence and then had left the area. An officer located a vehicle matching the description and pulled it over on Silver Street near Morgan Street. There was damage to the rear passenger side of the van. The driver, identified as Pedro Coj-Quixan, 20, Bluffton, reportedly appeared intoxicated, failed field sobriety tests and blew a .156 percent alcohol concentration equivalency on a certified breath test conducted at the Wells County Jail. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle while never having received a driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor; leaving the scene of a property damage accident, a Class B misdemeanor; operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .15 percent or more, a Class A misdemeanor; and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond was set at $3,000.
Saturday, 8:58 p.m., residence in the 500 block of Creek Drive, Bluffton Woods mobile home park. Officer responded to a 911 hang-up call. When the officer arrived, the owner of the phone advised that the call was accidental. The officer then noticed a bong in plain view from the doorway. The bong was turned over to the officer to be destroyed.
Sunday, 9:11 p.m., apartment in the 600 block of Beth Avenue. Warrant for arrest served on Thad Martin Eley, 53, of that address for failing to appear for a jury trial on charges of public nudity, a Class A misdemeanor, and public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. No bond set.
Sunday, 11:04 p.m., Main Street at Jackson Street. A sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle southbound on Main Street at 70 mph-55 zone. While speaking with the driver, identified as Spencer Michael Ondersma, 22, Fort Wayne, the deputy observed what appeared to be a blue butane torch-type lighter lying on the driver’s lap. The deputy observed in his report that small butane torches tend to be used by people who consume illegal substances to heat up the end of glass pipes. The deputy obtained permission to search the vehicle and during the course of the search allegedly found a green leafy plant material in a small plastic bag that had the odor and appearance of marijuana, a white crystalline substance in a makeup container that had the appearance of methamphetamine, and two prescription pills for which neither Ondersma nor his passenger reportedly had a prescription. Ondersma allegedly admitted to having smoked marijuana earlier in the day. Ondersma reportedly failed field sobriety tests. In the process of placing him under arrest, the deputy also allegedly found two small plastic bags in his right sock. One reportedly contained a green leafy substance inside with the odor and appearance of marijuana and the other contained a crystalline substance with the appearance of methamphetamine. Ondersma was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 5 felony; possession of a legend drug, a Level 6 felony; possession of marijuana with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor; and speeding, a Class C infraction. No bond was set.
Monday, 9:41 a.m., residence in the 300 block of East Central Avenue. Trailer reported stolen.
Monday, 12:12 p.m., mobile home in the 800 block of Sharon Drive, Bluffton Woods mobile home park. Report of a loud verbal altercation between a woman and her former boyfriend. The man was warned for disorderly conduct and issued a trespass warning. He returned at 12:59 p.m. but left before police arrived.
County:
Friday, 7:20 p.m., 700E at Railroad Street in Craigville. Crossing gates for the Wabash Central Railroad malfunctioning. Attempt made to contact someone from the railroad to fix the problem.
Sunday, 5:39 p.m., residence on 900N east of 450E. Husband, wife, and teenage daughter in a verbal altercation over the husband feeling disrespected. Deputies and Ossian police responded. Situation calmed, parties separated.
Sunday, 7:54 p.m., residence on Ind. 1 north of 1050N. Sheriff’s deputy served a warrant for arrest on Charity Kathern Sullivan, 54, of that address, was arrested on a warrant for two counts of theft, both Class A misdemeanors.
Sunday, 7:59 p.m., residence on 100S east of Meridian Road. Child reported there was a man in a black hooded sweatshirt knocking on one of the windows of the residence. Deputy responded and checked the area but saw no one matching the description.
Monday, 4:20 a.m., residence on 100N east of 400E. Forty-five-foot-long recreational vehicle became stuck in the ditch while trying to back out of the driveway of the residence. Sheriff’s deputy responded. Wrecker service contacted.
Ossian:
Sunday, 7:14 p.m., residence in the 400 block of West LaFever Street, Ossian. Report of a husband, wife and daughters involved in a loud verbal altercation over possession of an automobile. Apparently the quarrel was a continuation of an altercation that sheriff’s deputies and Ossian police responded to earlier in the day. Situation was calmed, parties were separated.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 9:10 p.m., Main Street south of Arrowhead Trail. Richard L. Trusty, 24, Huntington, changed lanes in a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee and collided in a same direction sideswipe style crash with a 2012 Volkswagen Passat driven by Ashton B. Hostetter, 24, Bluffton. Damage exceeded $2,500.
Saturday, 2:25 p.m., Division Road at Main Street. Austin J. Lewis, 17, Bluffton, tried to make room for a semi turning from Main Street on Division Road and backed his 2005 Toyota Avalon into a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van driven by Rachel N. Quillen, 43, Bluffton, that was stopped behind him. Damage exceeded $1,000.
Monday, 8:32 a.m., Main Street at Elm Street. Viola R. Cline, 74, Portland, made a left turn from Elm onto Main and crashed her 2010 Chrysler Town and Country van into the left rear side of a southbound 1996 GMC Sonoma pickup truck driven by Steven J. Hatfield, 63, Bluffton. Damage exceeded $1,000.
Sunday, 12:23 p.m., Main Street at Wiley Avenue. Alicia M. Howe, 22, Pennville, was northbound on Main Street in a 2016 Dodge Ram when she failed to stop in time and the pickup truck rammed into the back of a stopped 2018 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Christen R. Johnson, 32, Bluffton. Damage exceeded $2,500.
County:
Friday, 2:40 p.m., Norwell High School parking lot, 1100E-U.S. 224. Peyton R. Bronnenberg, 18, Fort Wayne, was backing a 2006 Honda Civic out of a parking space when he turned too quickly and scraped the right front corner of the Honda down the rear left fender of a parked 2005 Ford Mustang registered to Nicole Graft, rural Bluffton. Damage was estimated at less than $1,000.
Saturday, 4:28 p.m., 200S at 300W. Deborah Mossburg, 69, rural Liberty Center, was making a right turn from 300W onto 200S in a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. She turned too wide, crossed over slightly into the opposite lane of travel and clipped a westbound 2017 Nissan Frontier pickup truck stopped at the intersection. That pickup truck was being driven by Aaron Pickering, 42, Anderson. The Frontier was registered to Utiliquest of Alpharetta, Ga. Damage exceeded $1,000.
Ossian:
Monday, 6:15 p.m., Jefferson Street at 900N. Nicole Lynn Morgan, 29, Bluffton, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer with a stove strapped to the top of the vehicle. She was headed south on Jefferson when she heard a loud snap noise and then lost all control of the steering of the sport utility vehicle. It veered to the left across the center line and crashed into the rear tires of a northbound feed semi truck driven by Jeffery Wayne Hathaway, 58, rural Silver Lake. That caused the left front tire of the Trailblazer to break off and fly forward where it hit a northbound 2017 Dodge Ram pickup truck. It was unknown at first if anyone was injured in the crash, so Wells County EMS and Ossian Fire Rescue were dispatched to the scene, however no one was transported to the hospital. Damage exceeded $10,000.
FIRE RUNS
Sunday, 5:38 p.m., Ossian Fire Department requested to send an engine to 2024 Hughes Drive on the far south side of Fort Wayne near Ferguson Road to provide mutual aid for a house fire.
Monday, 9:10 a.m., NAPA Auto Parts, 101 N. Jefferson St. Smell of kerosene in the building. Ossian Fire Department responded. No gas detected by the department’s gas reading meter.
ARRESTS
Kambra Chey Mortimer, 29, listed as homeless; probation violation. No bond set.
