{"id":119770,"date":"2019-06-28T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=119770"},"modified":"2019-06-28T08:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:04:44","slug":"van-wert-man-arrested-on-meth-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/06\/28\/van-wert-man-arrested-on-meth-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert man arrested on meth charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent news<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tip about drug activity and sales led to a search warrant, the discovery of suspected crystal meth and the subsequent arrest of a Van Wert man earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Michael-Reichert-6-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119769\"\/><figcaption><strong>Michael A. Reichert<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information released Friday morning by the Van Wert Police Department, Michael A. Reichert, 36, was arrested Tuesday after officers executed a search warrant at his Blue Valley Complex apartment on West Main Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the execution of the search warrant, officers found several bags (6.5 ounces) of suspected meth with a street value of $5000 to $7000. The meth has been taken to Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation crime lab to be tested and determine the official weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reichert was charged with bulk amount, possession of  methamphetamine a felony of the first degree and taken to the Van Wert County Jail.  A preliminary hearing was held in Van Wert Municipal Court and Judge Jill Worthingon Straley set bond at $200,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of the investigation have been turned over to Van Wert County Prosecutor Eva Yarger to determine what additional charges will be taken to grand jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office was also involved in the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent news A tip about drug activity and sales led to a search warrant, the discovery of suspected crystal meth and the subsequent arrest of a Van Wert man earlier this week. According to information released Friday morning by the Van Wert Police Department, Michael A. Reichert, 36, was arrested Tuesday after officers executed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 10:19:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}