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Van Wert Police<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 3, 1:07 a.m. – investigated a miscellaneous drug offense in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 3, 11:21 a.m. – investigated a report of a robbery was reported at Walmart. It remains under investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 3, 12:10 p.m. – received a 911 call from a female passenger on a bus requesting assistance. The police department contacted the cellular provider and the bus was located. The information was passed on to the Columbus Police Department for follow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 3, 12:50 p.m. – An employee of Verizon on Fox Road reported being menaced by a disgruntled customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 3, 11:43 a.m. – received a report from a man who said his 12-year-old son was getting text messages from a person not known to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, July 4, 6:44 p.m. – investigated a disorderly conduct incident in the 500 block of N. Race St. A citation was issued later to Richard Bendele. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, July 4, 7:37 p.m.- A firecracker was thrown in a yard in the 200 block of W. Ervin Rd. which caused a small grass fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 1:55 p.m. – received a report of a\u00a0 motor vehicle theft in the 200 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 3:30 p.m. – arrested Dillon Nihiser, 26, of Van Wert for burglary and possession of a drug abuse instrument, after allegedly walking into an apartment at Van Wert West Apartments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 4:21 p.m. – arrested Jordan D. Conn, 30, of Van Wert on an active warrant out of Allen County, Indiana Common Pleas Court while in the 10000 block of St. Rt. 118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 5:01 p.m. – received a report of theft of cash and change from a motor vehicle in the 300 block of S. Chestnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 6:30 p.m. – received a report of menacing in the 300 block of S. Chestnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, July 5, 8:57 p.m. – arrested Kevin O. Davies Jr., 32, of Van Wert was arrested for an outstanding warrant out of Van Wert Municipal Court while in the 1100 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, July 6, 12:59 a.m. – arrested Christopher L. Runyon, 46, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Van Wert Common Pleas Court while in the 800 block of N. Washington St. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, July 6, 12:59 a.m. conducted a drug investigation following a suspicious person call in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, July 6, 12:47 p.m. – arrested Bryant DeShawn Hunt, 19, on an outstanding warrant from Van Wert Municipal Court while in the 100 block of Hawthorne Dr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, July 6, 5:44 p.m. – took a criminal trespassing report in the 100 block of E. Raymond St. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Van Wert Police Sunday, July 3, 1:07 a.m. – investigated a miscellaneous drug offense in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd. Sunday, July 3, 11:21 a.m. – investigated a report of a robbery was reported at Walmart. It remains under investigation. Sunday, July 3, 12:10 p.m. – received a 911 call from a female […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 02:05:43","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\/155946","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=155946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155950,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155946\/revisions\/155950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}