INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 2:36 p.m., 100 block of North Main Street. Someone abandoned a bicycle in the parking lot at the corner of Main and Perry streets. The bicycle had been in the parking lot for the past three weeks.
Friday, 3:47 p.m., apartments at 120 N. Johnson St. Caller reported hearing a man and a woman arguing loudly and possibly the man was hitting the woman. Officers responded. Altercation was verbal only and the male half was warned for disorderly conduct. The two were separated and the woman left.
Friday, 6:06 p.m., residence in the 900 block of West Market Street. Caller reported the title to his house was stolen by a relative.
Saturday, 2:26 a.m. Lancaster Street at Baldwin Street. Caller, driving a Chevrolet Traverse, reported coming across a three-year-old girl standing in the roadway by herself. The caller took the child into the vehicle and called police. Officers managed to locate the girl’s mother at a residence in the 1000 block of West Lancaster Street. Information was taken for a report.
Saturday, 3:50 p.m., residence in the 900 block of West Wabash Street. Officers served a warrant for arrest on Gilbert Martinez, 22, Bluffton, on one count of assisting a criminal, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond set at $1,500. Bonded.
Saturday, 4:38 p.m., Monroe Street at Fieldcrest Drive. Rear driver’s side wheel of a vehicle came off. Tow service contacted and police officer gave a ride to the driver to a residence in the 200 block of North Marion Street.
Sunday, 11:30 a.m., America’s Best Value Inn, 100 Charles Deam Court. Officer requested to check out a large, heavy bag left behind by a guest.
Sunday, 1:35 p.m., Praxis substance abuse treatment facility, 1529 W. Lancaster St. Officers and Wells County EMS requested for a female patient threatening self-harm.
Sunday, 2:12 p.m., residence in the 1400 block of West Central Avenue. Report of a physical altercation between a man and a woman at the residence. Officers responded. Parties separated. Information taken for a report.
Sunday, 4:38 p.m., residence in the 500 block of South Indiana Street. Caller reported someone sprayed oil on the front window of the residence.
Sunday, 7:40 p.m., 1500 block of Kensington Drive. Caller reported a long object with lights on it was flying over her property.
Monday, 12:41 a.m., residence in the 700 block of South Dougherty Street. Report of a possible burglary in progress. Officers and sheriff’s deputies responded, however no sign of foul play or anyone in the house who didn’t belong there were found.
County:
Friday, 12:23 p.m., Ind. 3 at 625S. Deputy requested to put down an injured fawn by the side of the road.
Friday, 4:47 p.m., residence on 900S at 700W. Caller reported his neighbor threatened him when he went next door to ask about compensation for damages to his property when his neighbor’s tree fell onto the caller’s property.
Friday, 5:53 p.m., residence on Ind. 124 east of 450E. Sheriff’s deputy served a warrant for arrest on Drew Kurtis Ringger, 18, rural Bluffton, for criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor; distribution of an intimate image-revenge porn, a Class A misdemeanor; and providing obscene material to minors, a Level 6 felony. Bond set at $14,500. Bonded.
Saturday, 11:21 a.m., residence on 1000S east of 200E. Sheriff’s deputy removed unwanted coyote hunters trespassing on the property.
Saturday, 2:12 p.m., Ind. 116 just northwest of the Adams County line. Report of an Amish man lying in a field with people gathered around him. Sheriff’s deputy responded. Discovered it was just boys playing.
Saturday, 7:44 p.m., Ind. 218 east of 200E. Pickup truck hit and killed a deer. The driver of the pickup truck declined filing an accident report.
Saturday, 9:02 p.m., residence on Ind. 301 south of 200S. Caller reported someone knocked on her door and then left but when she went to check, she thought she saw shadows of a person on the side of the house. Sheriff’s deputy responded but no one was found.
Sunday, 1:56 a.m., Ind. 1 north of 700N. Sheriff’s deputy clocked a northbound 2018 Kia Optima at 71 mph-55 zone and started following it. The deputy observed in his report that the vehicle was weaving in its lane. The deputy pulled the vehicle over just south of Ossian. The deputy noted in his report that the driver of the Optima, identified as Cody Allen Alejandro, 29, Ossian, appeared intoxicated, failed field sobriety tests and blew a .123 percent alcohol concentration equivalency on a Breathalyzer test. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor, and speeding 70 mph-55 zone, a Class C infraction.
Sunday, 4:13 a.m., 100E at 400N. Deputy removed two animal carcasses from the roadway.
Sunday, 2:04 p.m., residence on Walnut Street in Poneto. Altercation between a mother and daughter over Social Security benefits. The parties had separated before sheriff’s deputies arrived. Sheriff’s deputies returned at 6:48 p.m. for a call of the same nature. The situation was calmed and the parties were separated.
Sunday, 8:51 p.m., caller reported receiving a photo through Snapchat that showed a cellphone with what appeared to be an explosive device attached to it with the message “#thebomb.” After some investigation, a deputy was able to track down the sender of the message — a teenage boy — who claimed that the message was intended to be a prank and that he had taken the cellphone with the device attached to a friend’s house. The teen contacted the friend by cellphone. The friend said he still had the device and would bring it to school tomorrow and then hung up. The deputy then tracked down the friend who had the device. The deputy determined that the device, although it appeared to be a bomb, was not a bomb. The deputy then explained to the two boys and their parents the serious nature and potential consequences of making a device that looks like a bomb and then threatening on social media to take that device to a school.
Ossian:
Friday, 7:04 p.m., Jefferson Street at Hillcrest Road. Black 2015 Acura northbound on Ind. 1 driving erratically. Deputy pulled the vehicle over and spoke with the driver, Shan Shu, 42, Fort Wayne. Reportedly Shu would not respond to the deputy but instead communicated through a female passenger in the back seat of the car. The deputy observed in his report that Shu smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated, but the deputy did not perform standardized field sobriety tests because of the language barrier. Shu reportedly blew a .136 percent alcohol concentration equivalency on a certified breath test, which is above Indiana’s legal limit for intoxication of .08 percent. Shu was charged with operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalency of .08 percent or more and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, both Class C misdemeanors. Bond was set at $500. He bonded.
Sunday, 7:03 p.m., Archbold-Wilson Memorial Park. Officer explained to a person talking on a cell phone in her vehicle in the park’s parking lot that the park closes at dark.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 5:32 p.m., Ind. 124 near Westfield Drive. Brice A. Birch, 34, Bluffton, hit a deer with his 2018 Hyundai Elantra. The deer ran out of the Fairview Cemetery and when the car hit it, it flew up into the windshield of the car and smashed it. The deer then rolled off and ran away. Damage to the car exceeded $1,000.
Saturday at 2:49 p.m., Main Street at Market Street. Ada D. Abbett, 74, Zanesville, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox north on Main Street when she attempted to change lanes to the right of her and collided with a northbound 2009 Volkswagen Routan driven by April M. Vannette, rural Decatur. Damage exceeded $5,000. One of the drivers reported suffering back pain and Wells County EMS was dispatched to the scene.
County:
Friday, 8:53 p.m., 200E at Ind. 218. Michael Danielle Coleman, 27, Ossian, was driving south on 200E when she failed to stop at Ind. 218. The road jogs at the intersection and the 2005 Pontiac G6 she was driving continued straight south into the field directly across from where 200E from the north connects with Ind. 218. Damage exceeded $5,000. Wells County EMS, Poneto Fire Department first responders, Nottingham Township Fire Department first responders and Wells County EMS were also dispatched to the accident scene. Coleman was not injured, but she had no recollection of ever having been the driver of the car. A SoToxa test performed by a sheriff’s deputy at the scene of the crash reportedly showed the presence of methamphetamine and amphetamine in Coleman’s body. Coleman was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony; unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony; operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor; operating a vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in his body, a Class C misdemeanor; disregarding a stop sign, a Class C infraction; and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, a Class A infraction. As she was being booked into the Wells County Jail, jailers reportedly found small clear plastic bag containing a brown powdery substance consistent with heroin and a clear, hard plastic container hold a crystalline substance consistent with methamphetamine. Tucked inside her bra reportedly was an uncapped hypodermic syringe. The cap allegedly had fallen out of her clothing while she was being led into the jail.
Sunday, 3:41 a.m., U.S. 224 east of Norwell High School. Bryce P. Paxson, 24, rural Ossian, hit a deer with a 2012 Chrysler 300. Damage to the car exceeded $5,000.
Monday, 7:02 a.m., Marzane Road near 1100N. Kurt A. Bremer, 60, New Haven, hit a deer with a 2008 Ford Taurus registered to K&K Tool Design Inc. of Markle. Damage to the car exceeded $2,500.
FIRE RUNS
Friday, 7:13 p.m., residence in the 700 block of West Wiley Avenue. Smell of natural gas in the house. Bluffton Fire Department dispatched. Source of the smell was traced to a malfunctioning oven in the kitchen of the residence. The source of the gas was turned off to the oven.
Saturday, 12:16 p.m., Capri Meadows apartments, 125 Capri Court. Smoke in the bathroom of the apartment. Bluffton Fire Department dispatched and Liberty Township and Ossian fire departments dispatched to provide mutual aid. When firefighters arrived, the smoke had dissipated but there was still the smell of something very hot inside the apartment. Firefighters managed to trace the source of the smell to two baseboard heaters — one in the bathroom and the other in the kitchen — that were heating up to temperatures exceeding 300 degrees. Power to the heaters was cut and the building’s maintenance supervisor and the Bluffton City Building Inspector were contacted. Liberty Township and Ossian were also advised to disregard the fire run.
Saturday, 5:18 p.m., Peyton’s Northern, 1111 S. Adams St. Semi trailer on fire at loading dock 50. Bluffton Fire Department dispatched. Peyton’s personnel towed the trailer to the semi overflow parking area called the bullpen across the street. When firefighters arrived, they discovered the trailer had smoke pouring from it. Food products in the front half of the semi trailer were on fire. Product was removed from the rear portion of the trailer to allow firefighters access to the area that was burning. It was then discovered that a number of smaller blue totes had gotten so hot that they had melted into one large blob. Because of the danger removing the burning material posed, the fire department used a deluge gun to extinguish the blaze.
ARRESTS
Emily Leanne Wynn, 28, Decatur; failure to appear in court on a civil matter. No bond set.
Cody Allen Alejandro, 29, Ossian; operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor. Bond set at $500.
Ashlie Lynn Sills, 34, Bluffton; probation violation. No bond set.
Marshall Dillon Smith, 29, Bluffton; probation violation. No bond set.
