INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 4:25 p.m., Parlor City Pawn, 2357 N. Main St. Deputy served a warrant for arrest out of Adams County on Dale E. Slater Jr., Bluffton, who allegedly failed to appear for an initial hearing in Adams Superior Court on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person with a prior conviction for the same offense, a Level 6 felony; operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor; and possession of a Schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.
Monday, 4:47 p.m., Walmart Supercenter, 2100 N. Main St. Store’s surveillance video caught images of someone stealing merchandise from the store.
Monday, 10:34 p.m., residence in the 100 block of West South Street. Officer dispatched to remove an unwanted man.
Tuesday, 6:09 a.m., residence in the 200 block of Columbian Avenue. Report of a loud verbal altercation between a husband and wife. Officers responded. Situation calmed, parties separated.
Tuesday, 11:57 a.m., Airplane Express and Service station, 407 N. Main St. Duress alarm. Officers responded. Alarm accidentally tripped.
County:
Friday, 7:09 p.m., Ind. 218 between 600E and 700E. Large area of ponded water creating a traffic hazard. Indiana Department of Transportation contacted.
Friday, 11 p.m., Ind. 116 east of 400E. Report of an older male driver who missed his turn. He tried doing a three-point turnaround on Ind. 116 and in the process got his vehicle stuck in the muddy ditch. The vehicle was creating a hazard for traffic on Ind. 116, so a sheriff’s deputy responded. While the deputy was speaking the man, noticed that the man was unsteady — likely due to age not intoxication — and the man lost his footing and tumbled down a steep ditch bank and into the water in the ditch. The deputy helped the man out of the water. He reportedly told the deputy he was fine, the car was pulled out of the ditch with no damage and the man did not want an accident report.
Saturday, 3:34 a.m., Crossroads Pantry, 115 W. Logan St., Markle. Caller reported a man driving a white Pontiac G6 with Texas license plates got out of his vehicle, saw the convenience store was closed, threw a flashlight at the door shattering the glass, got back into the car and drove away east on U.S. 224. A sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle matching the description on 300W south of Zanesville and conducted a high-risk traffic stop. The driver, who allegedly matched the description of the person given by the witness, was ordered out of the vehicle at gunpoint. The driver told the deputy he was driving from his home state of Texas to Michigan and reportedly admitted to having passed through Markle around 6 or 7 p.m. the previous night after having bought gas at the Sunoco station across the road from Crossroads Pantry. The deputy observed in his report that much of what the driver was saying did not seem to make a lot of sense but he did not appear to be under the influence of anything. information was taken down, a flashlight that was in plain sight in the vehicle was confiscated and he was let go pending further investigation.
Saturday, 2:12 p.m., 300S west of 500W. Report of two motorcycles stopped in the road, the riders were off them walking around and yelling angrily at each other. Sheriff’s deputies dispatched. The riders were gone by the time deputies arrived.
Saturday, 3:38 p.m., residence on 250N west of Ind. 1. Report of a minor physical altercation between a juvenile girl and her teenage boyfriend who had been living with her. Deputies and officers responded. It was determined by officers that the physical altercation between the two had been minor and neither combatant showed signs of a fight. However evidence of drug use and paraphernalia was located and Xavier Shuman, 18, rural Bluffton, was charged with possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond was set at $1,500.
Sunday, 8:21 p.m., Report of juveniles riding four-wheel all-terrain vehicles through Keystone. Deputy responded and spoke with the boys about riding their vehicles on the road.
Monday, 10:14 a.m., semi crashed through the downed arm of the railroad crossing gate on Ind. 218 at the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing in Poneto.
Monday, 8:32 p.m., report of a large travel trailer that appeared to have become unhooked from the vehicle towing it and was left behind on 300S just west of Ind. 1. By the time a sheriff’s deputy arrived, the trailer was gone.
Tuesday, 5:46 a.m., 900S at 400W. Chester Township Fire Department dispatched on a report of wires down across the road. American Electric Power contacted and was on scene to make repairs at 6:44 a.m.
Ossian:
Monday, 8:12 p.m., Ossian Subway, 502 S. Jefferson St. Officer requested to remove an unwanted person from the restaurant.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Tuesday, 3:42 p.m., Main Street at Ind. 124 East. Larry Reinhard, 69, Craigville, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck north on Main Street. Izaac Goodman, 22, Bluffton, was driving a 2012 Honda south on Main Street. Goodman made a left turn into the path of Reinhard. Damage exceeded $5,000. Wells County EMS and Bluffton Fire Rescue were both dispatched to the scene because at first it was unknown if anyone was trapped or injured. No one was trapped and all of the parties involved declined transport to the hospital.
County:
Monday, 10:14 p.m., Ind. 3 near 700S. Rose R. Nevil, 21, Van Buren, hit a deer with her 2018 Jeep Renegade. Damage to her Jeep was estimated at less than $1,000.
Tuesday, 4:46 a.m., 100W just north of Ind. 218. Stalled car in the roadway hit from behind by another vehicle. No one injured. No further information available.
Tuesday, 5:40 a.m., Ind. 116 southeast of 600E. Sondra S. Bower, 58, hit a deer with her 2010 Ford Focus. Damage to the car exceeded $2,500.
FIRE RUNS
Friday, 3:43 p.m., 800N about a half mile east of Meridian Road. Large fire. Markle Fire Department dispatched. Turned out to be a controlled burn of a brush fire.
Sunday, 6:40 a.m., 1111N-500W residence of Jason and Holly Anne Cocklin. Report of smoke coming from the eaves of a garage. Markle and Southwest Allen County fire departments dispatched. Fire under control in a half an hour.
ARRESTS
Troy Jacob Shake, 37, rural Huntington; probation violation. No bond set.
Christopher Michel Dennis Sr., 48, Fort Wayne; probation violation. No bond set.
TICKETS
James R. Miller, 51, rural Bluffton; 54 mph-35 zone, Lancaster Street at Westgate Road.
Laura R. Bedwell, 39, Bluffton; 41 mph-30 zone, Monroe Street at Commerce Drive.
