INCIDENTS
City:
Monday, 4:54 p.m., 900 block of West Lancaster Street. Caller requested officer stand by while retrieving property.
Monday, 5:23 p.m., Advance Auto Parts. Driver on bicycle issued warning.
Monday, 6:07 p.m., 400 block of South Johnson Street. Report of an abusive male at location, safety plan and sober driver established.
Monday, 7:19 p.m., Short Stop. Report of a lost debit card, returned to owner.
Monday, 8:11 p.m., Save On Liquor North. Caller reported a white truck unoccupied for about 45 minutes.
Monday, 8:51 p.m., 1300 West South Street. Caller requested officers check residence after hearing a noise. Officers did not locate any issues.
Monday, 11:05 p.m., 1200 South Main Street. Report of a Little Debbie’s box truck missing or stolen.
Tuesday, 2:10 a.m., 1300 block of West South Street. Caller reported seeing possible subjects outside of window. Officers checked the area and were unable to locate any issues.
Tuesday, 10:57 a.m., 1300 block of West South Street. Male caller reported that someone was trying to kill him. A female subject took the phone and said they wanted an ambulance for the threats. Officer sent.
Tuesday, 12:03 p.m., 900 block of Riverview Drive. Subject reported that her wallet was stolen in Chicago, and that Chicago would not file a report.
Tuesday, 1:50 p.m., North Main Street and East Dustman Road. Caller reported a yellow and white propane trailer leaking. Officers located and stopped the tanker.
County:
Friday, 2:56 p.m., N 100E and E 500N, Bluffton. Citation issues for speeding.
Saturday, 4:55 a.m., NW Ind. 116 and N 300W, Markle. Complaint of semi truck swerving on the roadway. The driver stated he was tired and needed to pull over to rest.
Saturday, 7:34 p.m., Life Community Church, Bluffton. Car alarm going off in the area for approximately 10 minutes. Located the owners and shut the alarm off.
Sunday, 2:03 a.m., 2809 W Market St., Liberty Center. Possible underage man under the influence. The man consented to a portable breath test, which returned a zero percent. The man indicated he wanted his ex-girlfriend warned for trespassing, which the deputy conducted.
Sunday, 5:30 a.m., N 300W and W 200N, Bluffton. Sheep in the roadway. Neighbors advised the sheep had been running loose since Friday.
Sunday, 8:18 a.m., 4449W 300N, Bluffton. Report of sheep running westbound on 300N. Unable to locate.
Sunday, 11:02 a.m., S Ind. 1 and E 800S, Bluffton. Citation issued for 84 in a 55 mph zone.
Sunday, 1:46 p.m., residence on 200W, Liberty Center A man reported issues with a company he had hired to prepare his modular home for moving. The man stated he wanted to file a police report and would pursue civil action.
Sunday, 2:32 p.m., Country Corner Deli, Liberty Center. Report of a vehicle driving away without paying for their gas. An employee advised she believed the subject was 50-60 years old with white hair and driving a John Deere tractor. A deputy was unable to locate a tractor matching the description but heard the subject later returned and paid for the fuel.
Monday, 11:17 a.m., residence on 200W, Uniondale. Homeowner reported that someone had entered the residence through a window, taken two saws and removed copper pipe from the home. The pipe and the saws were estimated at a $850 value.
Monday, 7:02 p.m., 3988W 300S, Liberty Center. Mailbox hit by a vehicle. The homeowner said she saw the vehicle go into the ditch and continue westbound kicking up gravel and smoke. She believed the vehicle may have popped a tire. While checking the area, a deputy observed another mailbox had also been recently struck.
Sunday, 9:53 p.m., 4250S Meridian Road. Report of an individual shining a green laser into a vehicle’s moving windshield. Deputy made contact with the homeowner, who was unaware of the situation, but collected and surrendered the laser.
Ossian:
Friday, 5:26 p.m., Norwell High School. The school administration asked an apparently intoxicated male subject to leave after he was being belligerent to students. The subject was given a ride by a family member and left without incident.
Saturday, 12:37 a.m., residence on South Melching Drive. Civil dispute between family members. The complainant wanted family members removed from his rental property. Deputy advised the complainant, who was intoxicated, to return to his residence and file paperwork with the courthouse to have the individuals removed.
Saturday, 7:19 a.m., N 100E and E 900N. Citation issued for 64 in a 45 mph zone.
Saturday, 10:19 a.m., Silo Farms. The Sheriff’s Department received notice that a man with an active warrant for his arrest was at this location. The man’s girlfriend was outside the location and advised the man was not present. She initially denied access to the residence, but later confirmed he was home and gave entry. Prior to his arrest, the man advised he was very ill and had been for several weeks. He then requested to be evaluated by EMS and was transported to Bluffton Regional Medical Canter. BRMC then advised he needed to be transported to Lutheran Hospital.
Saturday, 11:45 p.m., 7601N 400E. Caller reported damage to a mailbox. A deputy observed that the mailbox looked like it had been “blown up” and there was a black powder inside. The homeowners said they heard an explosion around midnight the night prior and sounds of a truck leaving. They didn’t initially note the sound because they were unsure where it came from, but then found the mailbox the morning afterward. The homeowners advised this was the third time their mailbox had been vandalized. They advised they had an idea who had done it and wanted them to pay for a new one.
Saturday, 8:38 p.m., 11565N 100E. Caller reported they struck another vehicle when they were pulling out of their driveway.
Saturday, 11:18 p.m., residence on Shady Lane. Loud music. Homeowner advised he would turn down the music for the night.
Sunday, 6:10 a.m., N Ind. 1 and Hillcrest Drive. Citation issued for speeding.
Sunday, 7:24 a.m., N Ind. 1 and E U.S. 224. Citation issued for 70 in a 55 mph zone.
Monday, 4:50 p.m., 613 Shady Lane. A juvenile traveling on an ATV at a high rate of speed.
Monday, 8:26 p.m., Shady Lane and Homestead Avenue. An intoxicated male on an ATV reportedly approached a woman. The man stated he was asking neighbors if they had reported him earlier. The deputy advised the man of laws regarding operating a golf cart on the roadway.
Monday, 8:26 p.m., Ossian Deli. Two-vehicle accident. Parties exchanged information and left the scene without requiring a report.
Tuesday, 9:18 a.m., 2046E 800N. Assisted with tire change.
ACCIDENTS
City:
Friday, 2:20 p.m., near the corner of Marion and Ohio streets. Lisa Jack was parking her vehicle in front of her residence when she turned too quickly. Jack’s Hummer scratched the drivers side of a Mitsubishi Endeavor that was parked and unattended. Damages not exceeding $1,001.
Friday, 2:50 p.m., 984 North Main Street. Samuel Hellwarth stated he was in the drive thru when his foot got stuck under the brake pedal, resulting in Hellwarth’s Buick Enclave colliding with Kathleen Tanner’s Dodge Grand Caravan. Damages not exceeding $2,500.
Friday, 3:09 p.m., intersection of Main and Perry streets. Timothy Sipe advised he was driving when an unidentified driver abruptly stopped, causing the front end of Sipe’s Ford Explorer to collide with the rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle fled the scene. Elizabeth Hartman’s GMC Yukon then collided with the rear end of Sipe’s Explorer. Sipe’s vehicle sustained damage to both the front and rear end, and Hartman’s vehicle sustained damage to the front end.
County:
Friday, 11:10 a.m., U.S. 224 at the intersection of N 100W, Uniondale. Janice M. Braun, 57, Markle, was driving a 2022 Toyota Sienna van southbound on N CR 100W and stopped at a red flashing signal. Braun stated she did not see any vehicles approaching the intersection and continued, and was unable to stop when she did see a 2009 Buick Lucerne driven by Janice I. Groff, 78, Huntington. Braun’s vehicle struck Groff’s on the driver’s side. Damage exceeded $5,000.
Tuesday, 8:27 a.m., CR 500N, Craigville. Terry Myers, 39, Ossian, was driving a 2012 Ford F-350 truck eastbound on 500N and slowed to stop at an intersection. Myers said because of the sun he did not see a bicyclist, and his vehicle’s side mirror struck the bicyclist’s helmet, throwing the woman off the bike. The bicyclist had some cuts and scrapes and complained of pain; a friend agreed to transport the woman to the hospital. Damage did not exceed $1,000.
ARRESTS
Tyler Lee Collins, 30, Huntington; theft, a Class A misdemeanor. Booked and released.
Jill Ann Sweeney, 55, Elsie, Mich.; child solicitation, a Level 4 felony. No bond set.
Dennis Allen Bower, 42, Poneto; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor.
Trista Myonne Simpson, 41, Fort Wayne; driving while suspended with a prior suspension, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond set at $1,500.
Joseph Thomas Anderson, 28, Fort Wayne; possession of a legend drug or precursor, a Level 6 felony, and possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor. Bond set at $11,000.
