INCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 4:04 p.m., Connecting Center. Bike theft.
Friday, 4:28 p.m., Bluffton Police Department. Crystal-like substance found and placed in evidence.
Friday, 6:50 p.m., 302 Arrowhead Trail. Deceased person found. Believed to be a 63 year old male.
Friday, 7:10 p.m., 910 West Washington Street. Standby during a property retrieval. Woman wanted to retrieve personal items and man claimed she was stealing from him.
Friday, 10:22 p.m., Landmark Recovery. Man believed to be overdosing. Two doses of Narcan administered.
Saturday, 7:24 a.m., Kroger. Multiple vehicle accident in parking lot. Report to follow.
Saturday, 7:39 a.m., Short Stop. Lights on in building and doors are locked.
Saturday, 2:28 p.m., South Bond Street and West Wiley Avenue. Branch in the roadway. Citizen stopped and assisted in removal.
Saturday, 2:44 p.m., 714 Sycamore Lane. Garage door stuck open during power outage. Officer manually shut door and advised how to operate it when the power returns.
Saturday, 2:53 p.m., 1247 Manor Drive. Trampoline in the roadway. Assisted in moving off the roadway.
Saturday, 3:06 p.m., South Main Street and East Wiley Avenue. Tree blocking all lanes of traffic. Tree and debris moved.
Saturday, 4:56 p.m., North Main Street and East Market Street. Road construction sign in northbound lane. Sign removed.
Saturday, 7 p.m., Inteva Products. Vehicle was hit while calling person was at work.
Saturday, 8:23 p.m., Linger Inn. Verbal altercation between a man and a woman.
Saturday, 9:29 p.m., 1317 Lancaster Street. Wire hanging across driveway.
Sunday, 10:44 a.m., Walmart. Two unsupervised juveniles knocking around merchandise and refusing to leave. Juveniles fled when officers arrived.
Sunday, 2:07 p.m., Willowbrook Trail and Lindenwood Drive. Tires in the roadway.
Sunday, 2:52 p.m., Reed’s Do It Best Hardware. Citation issued for 61 in a 40 mph zone.
Sunday, 4:56 p.m., West Wabash Street and North Oak Street. Caller reported a juvenile threw belongings over the trestle and left on bike.
Sunday, 8:46 p.m., Kroger. Lost wallet.
Monday, 12:10 p.m., Redimed. Subject refusing to leave this location.
County:
Friday, 12:50 a.m., Ind. 1 and East 400N. Part of a bumper found in the roadway.
Friday, 9:20 a.m., 470W 300S, rural Bluffton. Vehicle ran off the road and hit a fence. Driver suffered minor arm injury but was signed off of the scene. The property owner gave permission to leave the vehicle. The area was tagged as a crime scene.
Friday, 4:43 p.m., North 300W and West Ind. 124. The bumper of a semi-truck fell off and the truck ran over it. Parts of the bumber were removed from the roadway.
Friday, 4:12 p.m., residence on East Center Drive, Bluffton. Responded to a call of a man at this location feeling unsafe after an alleged physical altercation with two others. Deputies spoke with the individuals at the residence and it appeared the complainant was not completely coherent. Deputies later transferred the individual to Parkview Behavioral Health for voluntary evaluation.
Friday, 5:48 p.m., 11687 North Marzane Road. Flipped vehicle blocking traffic. Indiana State Police handled the accident. Vehicle towed by Freeman’s.
Friday, 9:34 p.m., Capri Apartments, Bluffton. Report of loud music coming from an unknown apartment.
Saturday, 5:34 a.m., Southeast Ind. 116 and East 200N. Vehicle ran off the road and into a field after windshield wiper’s weren’t working in the rain. AAA Insurance pulled the vehicle out.
Saturday, 2:47 p.m., North 100E and East 300N. Large black dog running in the roadway. Contacted owner indicated on the dog’s collar, who stated the dog had gotten away form their dog sitter. Dog was returned to the property.
Saturday, 9:11 p.m., South 100E and East Ind. 218. Vehicle out of gas with a dead battery on the side of the road.
Saturday, 10:37 p.m., South 900W and West 1100S. Vehicle slid off the road while trying to avoid a deer.
Sunday, 1:29 a.m., West 300S and South 200W, Liberty Center. Nathaniel R. McCullough, 29, Bluffton was driving a 2016 Ford F-150 westbound on 300S when a deer entered from the north side of the roadway and McCullough was unable to avoid collision. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Sunday, 9:32 a.m., residence on 300W, Keystone. Report of a neighbor’s dog continually coming onto the caller’s property and going after their chickens. Deputies made contact with the owner, who said it would not happen again.
Sunday, 10:02 a.m., Airplane Express and Service Station, Bluffton. Deputies executed a warrant out of Dekalb County for a Level 6 felony for forgery of checks. In the driver’s vehicle, deputies located the smell of marijuana. Marijuana shake and stems were collected as evidence.
Sunday, 3:59 p.m., 900S near 550E, Nottingham Township. Benjamin J. Shaffer, 24, Petroleum, was driving a 2013 Ford Escape when a dog entered the roadway and was unable to avoid collision. The dog was deceased on the scene. Damage exceeded $2,500.
ACCIDENTS
County:
Saturday, 11:35 a.m., Ind. 116, Uniondale. Dale McCune, 53, Markle, was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck west on Ind. 116 with a load of hay and hit his brakes after another vehicle passed quickly in front of him. This caused a bale of hay to fall out of the bed of the truck, hitting a 2008 Dodge Charger driven by Aaron Kinsey, 21, Markle. Kinsey’s vehicle was towed from the scene by Freeman’s. Damage exceeded $1,000.
FIRES
Friday, 5:48 p.m., 11687 North Marzane Road, Markle. Vehicle on its side in the roadway. One person pinned with a leg injury. Ossian and Markle fire departments responded. Indiana State Police will handle accident report.
Sunday, 3:07 p.m., residence on Pine Grove Court, Bluffton. Possible overdose.
ARRESTS
Carrie Deanne Dowell, 49, Ossian; disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
Jeffrey Joseph Basgall, 51, Ossian; disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
Michael Ashley French, 42, Bluffton; obstruction of traffic, a Class A misdemeanor, possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, operating a vehicle with PTR of .15 of higher, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. No bond set.
