{"id":155304,"date":"2022-06-20T03:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=155304"},"modified":"2022-06-20T03:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:57:35","slug":"vwpd-looking-for-info-on-home-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/06\/20\/vwpd-looking-for-info-on-home-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"88-year-old man injured in burglary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>VW indepe<em>ndent news<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Police Department is asking for the public\u2019s help in finding the person or persons responsible for a weekend home invasion and assault that sent an 88-year-old man to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Police-siren-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155309\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release from the police department, officers were dispatched to 512 Burt St. at 5:40 a.m. Saturday, after a person or persons entered the home through the front door, waking the resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After calling out, the victim was struck on the head, then the intruder or intruders placed a bag on his head and tied his hands behind his back. He freed himself after about 30 minutes and went to a neighbor\u2019s home to call the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intruder or intruders stole money and the victim\u2019s Ford Ranger pickup truck. He was taken to Van Wert Health by Van Wert Fire and EMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evidence was taken from the scene and the truck was later recovered by the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Department near U.S. 224 and Marsh Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the Van Wert Police Department at 419.238.2462.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent news The Van Wert Police Department is asking for the public\u2019s help in finding the person or persons responsible for a weekend home invasion and assault that sent an 88-year-old man to the hospital. According to a press release from the police department, officers were dispatched to 512 Burt St. at 5:40 a.m. [&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-155304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 06:40:54","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\/155304","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=155304"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155317,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155304\/revisions\/155317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}