INCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 3:41 p.m., Hott Family Dentistry, 706 N. Main St. Burglar alarm. Officers responded. Employee was accidentally locked in the building and had triggered the alarm.
Tuesday, 7:03 p.m., alley next to Dollar General, 123 W. Market St. Bicycle abandoned in the alley.
Tuesday, 10:32 p.m., residence in the 1000 block of South Williams Street. Someone broke the head and tail off a wooden eagle statue in the front yard of the residence. The head was taken but the tail was left behind.
Wednesday, 6:46 a.m., Stogdill Road at Ind. 116. Officer assisted a motorist whose vehicle was out of gas.
Wednesday, 1:26 p.m., officer pulled over a vehicle in the parking lot of Pak-A-Sak, 904 S. Main St., and arrested the driver, Tony J. Worthington, 41, Huntington, on a warrant out of Grant County for battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor. During the arrest process, the officer reportedly located a substance with the appearance of methamphetamine. Worthington was subsequently charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony.
County:
Tuesday, 7:16 p.m., U.S. 224 at 100E. Sheriff’s deputy assisted a motorist with the changing of a vehicle tire.
Tuesday, 7:53 p.m., Ind. 116 at Meridian Road. Sheriff’s deputy removed trash cans that had blown into the road.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Wednesday, 12:03 p.m., 1100 block of South Liberty Street. Howard R. Hull, 77, Bluffton, backed a 2006 Dodge pickup truck out of his driveway and crashed into the side of a 2008 Chevrolet Impala driven by John T. Brown, 39, Bluffton. Damage estimated at less than $1,000.
County:
Tuesday, 2:45 p.m., 100E south of 500N. Skylar R. Symons, 18, rural Warren, was rounding a curve in the road when the back tires of the 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck she was driving dropped off the edge of the road. Symons overcorrected and the truck spun around 90 degrees, traveled off the road and barrel rolled once completely, landing on its wheels. Bluffton Fire Rescue and Wells County EMS were dispatched to the scene. Symons nor her two passengers were injured. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Tuesday, 11:15 p.m., 1200N near 200W. Kyle M. McAfee, 22, Ossian, hit a deer with his 2001 Dodge Ram. Damage to the pickup truck exceeded $5,000.
FIRE RUNS
Tuesday, 6:09 p.m., Star Engineering and Machine, 1717 W. Lancaster St. Water flow alarm. Bluffton Fire Department dispatched. No fire. Alarm triggered accidentally.
ARRESTS
Trent Howard Boyle, 48, Bluffton; probation violation. No bond set.
Thomas Edward Roach, 39, Markle; domestic battery, a Level 6 felony. Bond set at $25,000.
Andrew Curtis Dickerman, 37, Fort Wayne; vehicle theft and unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, both Level 6 felonies; and criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond set at $11,500.
Mark Dylan Moore, 30, Bluffton; probation violation. No bond set.
Ashley Rena Jarrett, 35, Bluffton; driving while suspended with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class A misdemeanor; and operating a motor vehicle without insurance with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond set at $2,000. Bonded.
Nichole Marie Colwell, 35, Bluffton; operating a motor vehicle without ever having obtained a driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor. Released on her own recognizance.
