INCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 3:47 p.m., 200 block of West Market Street. Report of a civil issue, advised to coordinate property retrieval at future time with landlord.
Monday, 3:49 p.m., Masonic Lodge. Caller reported suspicious activity at lodge.
Monday, 6:01 p.m., 800 block of West Market Street. Caller requested restraining order and no trespass warning against subject.
Monday, 6:11 p.m., 3700 East 1200 North. Caller reported individual not giving back bike after he loaned it to him.
Monday, 6:45 p.m., 200 block of East Silver Street. Caller reported mother in law attempted to get into house, caught on camera. Woman not welcome.
Monday, 6:59 p.m., South Baldwin Street and West Central Avenue. Vehicle with smell of marijuana, one male juvenile detained.
Tuesday, 12:48 a.m., Bluffton City Hall. Car parked outside of City Hall, requested to get restraining order for someone.
Tuesday, 7:55 a.m., 500 block of Normandy Drive. Report of a theft of a vehicle.
Tuesday, 11:48 a.m., 1000 West Washington Street. Report of a man and woman walking behind dumpster and arguing. Jacket left near dumpster.
Tuesday, 1:29 p.m., 500 block of Eastmoor Drive. Welfare check requested for subjects after they failed to answer their phones for one hour.
County:
Friday, 3:11 p.m., 5700 South Meridian Road, Poneto. Report of fraud.
Friday, 3:54 p.m., Wells County Jail. Alexandra Gaskill turning herself in on warrant.
Friday, 4:21 p.m., 2000 East 350 North, Bluffton. Caller reported a dead deer on their property. Requested tag; permit issued.
Friday, 4:54 p.m., 6700 South 600 East, Bluffton. Caller reported a man asked them for directions. Subject was elderly and confused.
Friday, 5:34 p.m., Ind. 124 and North 450 East, Bluffton. Report of plywood with 2x4s on it in roadway.
Saturday, 6:09 p.m., Ind. 1 and East 500 South, Bluffton. Car versus deer. Deer currently on the run.
Saturday, 5:11 p.m., 5161 Northwest Ind. 116, Markle. Caller reported that he loaned a subject he did not know very well his vehicle. Subject claimed they were in the hospital and did not know where the vehicle was. Caller advised he would give the subject more time to recover.
Saturday, 7:00 a.m., 1200 East 200 South, Bluffton. Subject on side of road, had a flat tire and waited for girlfriend.
Saturday, 10:34 p.m., Irish Acres. Report of suspicious behavior. Subject advised she was waiting for parent to get home to go inside. No further issues.
Sunday, 3:04 a.m., Ind. 1 and East 400 North, Bluffton. Officer pulled subject over after visually estimating him to be speeding approximately 10 miles over the limit. Officer noted the smell of burnt marijuana and alcohol. Officer also wrote that the subject had a green tongue and that this happens as a result of smoking marijuana. Subject had 0.09 BrAC. Transported to county jail.
Sunday, 2:37 p.m., 3800 East Ind. 218, Bluffton. Report of an injured deer. Deer put out of its misery and permit issued.
Sunday, 3:43 p.m., 200 block of South Ogden Street. Officer arrived to issue warrant for arrest for subject. Subject’s brother spit in officers face and then headbutted him. Subject finally stopped after threatened with taser and joined his brother in jail. Trevor Bodwell was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer with bodily waste, a Level 5 felony, battery on a law enforcement officer, a Level 6 felony, assisting a criminal and resisting law enforcement, both Class A misdemeanors.
Monday, 4:12 a.m., 2100 East 800 South, Keystone. Caller reported subject knocked on her door and it scared her. Officer located the subject who was Amish and struggling with buggy lights, admitted to knocking on the door. Officer smelled alcohol from the man, who then blew a 0.149 PBT. Subject transported to Bluffton Regional Medical Center for a blood draw and horse and buggy taken home by separate subjects. Subject was charged with operating while intoxicated 0.08 or greater, a Class C misdemeanor, operating while intoxicated — endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor, and received a citation for no tail lights.
Monday, 7:33 p.m., 8900 South Main Street, Petroleum. Caller reported someone called and threatened to kill him and his girlfriend. Stated subject sounded like they were laughing while talking. Advised to not answer and lock doors.
Monday, 11:04 p.m., 1500 North 100 East, Bluffton. Caller requested vehicle be towed due to being parked on property and in roadway. Officer noted vehicle was off the road and not a hazard, however, had it moved.
Tuesday, 7:23 a.m., South Meridian Road and East Main Street, Poneto. Car versus deer.
Ossian:
Saturday, 7:52 p.m., East 1200 North and Ind. 1, Ossian. Caller reported driver was tailgating them.
Sunday, 8:05 p.m., 5600 North 450 East, Ossian. Caller reported subject on property that would not leave.
Monday, 9:58 a.m., 200 block of South Ogden Street, Ossian. Registry check completed, officer found subject Avery Bodwell has failed to complete reporting requirements for several employers. Two counts for failure to register, both Level 6 felonies, have been requested.
Tuesday, 10:32 a.m., 700 East Ind. 224, Ossian. Caller requested officer check her home.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Thursday, 10:43 a.m., Ind. 1 and Market Street. Brittany Grayson and Jane Searles both entered the intersection at the same time, causing a collision. Video footage from the courthouse showed that the light was clearly red for Grayson. Damages did not exceed $25,000.
Sunday, 11:04 a.m., 600 block of South Bennett Street. Sarah Owen advised she was pulling into a parking space in a gravel lot and misjudged the distance. Owen’s For Escape collided with a parked and unattended Pontiac G6. Damages did not exceed $2,500.
Sunday, 11:27 a.m., Wendy’s. Jack Flaugher was in the drive-thru lane when his Chevrolet Equinox struck the rear end of Laurie Hoffacker’s GMC Yukon. Damages did not exceed —. No injuries were reported. No visible damage to unit 1 and minimal to 2.
Monday, 6:04 p.m., Washington and Bond streets. Brandon Singleton was headed eastbound on Washington Street when he reported his steering went out, which caused him to collide with several parked vehicles on the road. Singleton’s Dodge Ram was towed by Freeman’s due to steering issues. Damages did not exceed $10,000.
ARRESTS
Steven Carl Thomas, 61, Holgate, Ohio, family offense — invasion of privacy. Bond set at $50,000.
Avery Dean Bodwell, 33, Ossian, possession of child pornography, a Level 6 felony. No bond set.
Joshua Aaron Keeton Ashby, 38, Bluffton, criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, and unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, a Class B misdemeanor. No bond set.
Henry Lyle Hilty, 23, Portland, operating while intoxicated .08 or greater, a Class C misdemeanor, operating while intoxicated — endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor, and cited for improper tail lights. Bond set at $1,500.
Roger Lee Fox, 20, Bluffton, resisting law enforcement using a vehicle, a Level 6 felony. No bond set.
Austin Caleb Tate, 32, Fort Wayne, court ordered sentence for a probation violation.
