INCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 9:38 p.m., residence on South Oak Street. Report of suspicious individual parked in a black van. Individual advised the officer she was driving the property owner somewhere early in the morning and had permission to park on the property.
Wednesday, 11:06 p.m., Premier Flats. Two individuals using drugs in a vehicle. They admitted to the officer they had been smoking, but that there wasn’t any more in the vehicle. The officer searched the vehicle and was unable to locate any contraband. Subjects were warned.
Wednesday, 11:45 p.m., Bluffton Fire Department. Individual walking around looking for a lost pill. Officer asked him to leave and transported him home.
Thursday, 2:02 a.m., Airplane Express Service Station. Report of unwanted party. Individual had been previously warned for trespassing at same location. Chandler J. Farrante, 20, Bluffton, issued a ticket for unlawful possession of tobacco or vape by a minor.
Thursday, 7:03 a.m., residence on Hillcrest Road. Caller reported a friend had thrown a boulder and broken their SUV windshield.
Thursday, 10:01 a.m., residence on West Wabash Street. Caller reported a fraudulent wheelchair vendor.
County:
Thursday, 2:40 a.m., East Logan Street at North Clark Street, Markle. Officers and sheriff’s deputies pulled over a vehicle after receiving a 911 call from the vehicle’s driver. The driver implied that she was afraid that her male passenger might hurt her. After speaking with both parties it was determined that the male passenger had not threatened the female driver. The two were separated and a deputy transported the man to his home in Bluffton.
Thursday, 5:59 a.m., 300W near 200S. Deputy clocked a vehicle at 50 mph-30 zone on 300W through Liberty Center and pulled it over. The driver, identified as Jason Andrew Dillard, 46, rural Muncie, informed the deputy he had specialized driving privileges, however the deputy discovered that the privileges had expired last year. The deputy released Dillard and sought a warrant to be issued for his arrest.
Thursday, 10:02 a.m., Norwell High School, 1100E-U.S. 224. Bluffton Fire Department first responders, Wells County EMS and sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a 15-year-old female student suffering from an elevated heart rate and decreased oxygen status.
Ossian:
Wednesday, 5:40 p.m., residence in the 600 block of Davis Road. Deputies and officer attempted to serve a protective order on Cole M. Sands, 38, Ossian, at his residence when he allegedly spit on one of the deputies. He was then arrested on one count of battery by bodily waste to a public safety official, a Level 6 felony. He was held without bond.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 4:59 p.m., Harrison Road at the intersection of Plaza Street. Roger A. Sherer, 67, Bluffton, was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town and Country van and did not stop in time for a 2000 Dodge Ram truck driven by Shan I. Bailey, 62, Marion, who was waiting to turn into the Kroger parking lot. Damage exceeded $2,500.
FIRES
Wednesday, 2:01 p.m., Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School. Student pulled alarm.
Wednesday, 6:14 p.m., business on 2401 North Main Street. Fire alarm. Reported smoke in the hallway and heat coming from a closet. Bluffton Fire Department responded. Employees advised drywall dust from a vacuum had set off the alarms.
