INCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 4:49 p.m., residence in the 500 block of West Central Avenue. Altercation between a man and a woman. Officers responded. Parties separated. Information taken for a report.
Monday, 6:13 p.m., Connecting Center, 116 S. Johnson St. Caller reported a group of juveniles were trying to fight him. They left before officers arrived. Officers checked the area but did not see anyone who matched the description. They reportedly returned at 7:41 p.m. and officers responded again, but they had left again. Information taken for a report.
Monday, 11:30 p.m., residence in the 700 block of South Main Street. Verbal altercation between a man and a woman. Officers responded. Situation calmed, parties separated, information taken for a report.
County:
Monday, 7:54 a.m., 300W at 100N. Vehicle slid off the road into a field.
Monday, 8:07 a.m., 900S at Meridian Road. Chevrolet Impala slid off the road up against an electric pole. Caller could not verify if anyone was trapped or injured. Sheriff’s deputies, Wells County EMS, Nottingham Fire Department first responders and Bluffton Fire Rescue dispatched. The driver was uninjured and was picked up by his parents who did not request an accident report be done. There was no damage to the pole.
Monday, 8:09 a.m., residence on 400N east of 200E. Trash can stolen.
Monday, 10:28 a.m., woman came to the sheriff’s department and reported a GMC Envoy she left at a residence she owns in Poneto had been stolen overnight. Prior to the Envoy being reported stolen it was located in a ditch on 400W at 700S where it had apparently slid off the road. The woman told the sheriff’s deputy she reported theft to that she did not want to file a report as she intended to have the vehicle scrapped.
Ossian:
Friday, 11:44 p.m., Jefferson Street south of Industrial Parkway. Sheriff’s deputy clocked a northbound Cadillac Escalade at 79 mph-45 zone and pulled the vehicle over in the parking lot of the BP station. Jose Luis Niño Jr., 22, Fort Wayne, was cited into Wells Superior Court for driving while suspended, a Class A infraction, and speeding, a Class C infraction. The sheriff’s deputy noted in his report that the two passengers in the vehicle with Niño also had suspended driver’s licenses.
Saturday, 11:26 a.m., residence in the 300 block of West LaFever. Officers, Ossian Fire Department first responders and Wells County EMS responded to the residence on a report of an unresponsive male. Wells County coroner contacted.
Tuesday, 8:39 a.m., 700E south of 1100S. Pile of trash dumped on the road.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 1:20 p.m., Market Street at Bennett Street. Janae M. McConnehey, 42, Bluffton, was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox north on Bennett Street. She stopped but a parked vehicle on the street blocked her view of a westbound 2018 Chevrolet Equinox on Market Street driven by Mary J. Beer, 66, rural Bluffton. McConnehey proceeded into the intersection and the Equinoxes collided causing more than $2,500 damage.
County:
Saturday, 5:35 a.m., 300S near 100W. Gavin M. Newman, 23, Liberty Center, hit a deer with his 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. Damage to the car exceeded $10,000.
Sunday, 9:56 a.m., 900S just west of 400W. Kailey P. Kenyon, 19, Warren, was driving a 2008 Toyota Rav4 west on 900S when the sport utility vehicle slid out of control on the snow-covered roadway, slid off the road and slammed into a tree in the front yard of Kevin Oliver, 4090W-900S. The momentum of the vehicle caused to continue westward where it wiped out a mailbox, then slid across the driveway before finally rotating 90 degrees and coming to a rest half on and half off the road perpendicular to the road facing north. Kenyon was not injiured. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Sunday, 10:57 a.m., Ind. 218 west of 400W. Julie M. Thompson, 52, rural Poneto, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox east on Ind. 218 when the sport utility vehicle slid out of control on the snow-covered roadway, slid off the right side of the road and crashed into an Indiana Michigan Power electric pole, breaking the pole in half. Thompson was not injured. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Monday, 1:20 a.m., Ind. 1 near 700N. Jovohn J. Kelsaw, 43, Fort Wayne, was driving a 2018 Nissan Rogue north on Ind. 1 when the vehicle slid out of control just south of 700N, crossed the center line sideways and slid off the west side of the road where it came to a rest facing north in the ditch. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Monday, 6:31 a.m., 300N west of 450E. Ashlyn Mechling, 24, rural Bluffton, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala east on 300N when the car slid out of control on the icy roadway, slid off the road and struck and Indiana Michigan Power electric pole with the driver’s side of the Impala. Damage exceeded $2,500. Mechling suffered a shoulder injury in the crash and Wells County EMS was dispatched to the scene, however she declined transport by ambulance to the hospital.
Monday, 9:04 a.m., Hoosier Highway near Ash Road. Lindsey Eads, 39, Bluffton, was driving a 2017 Toyota Prius west on Hoosier Highway when the car slid out of control on the icy roadway, slid off the right side of the road, spun counterclockwise 90 degrees and came to a rest in the ditch. Wells County EMS was requested to make the scene to check on Eads but she was not injured. Damage exceeded $2,500.
Tuesday, 7:08 a.m., 700E south of Ind. 218. Dean Burgess, 33, rural Pennville, was driving a 2004 Ford F-340 north on 700E when he hit a slick spot, the truck spun sideways, slid off the road, and upon hitting the ditch yawed and rolled onto its top. Bluffton Fire Rescue, Nottingham Township Fire Department first responders and Wells County EMS dispatched. Burgess was trapped under the steering wheel of the truck and had to be freed firefighters. He suffered neck and shoulder injuries and was taken by Wells County EMS to Bluffton Regional Medical Center for treatment. Damage to the pickup truck exceeded $10,000.
ARRESTS
Mauresha Shania Ross, 24, Fort Wayne; operating a motor vehicle while never having been issued a driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond set at $500.
