{"id":191209,"date":"2025-03-28T06:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=191209"},"modified":"2025-03-28T06:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:48:07","slug":"meth-and-guns-seized-city-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/03\/28\/meth-and-guns-seized-city-man-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Meth and guns seized, city man arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Van Wert man was taken to jail Thursday, after a traffic stop and ensuing search warrant at his home turned up meth and firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Justin-Blom-3-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191210\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Blom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Justin Allen Blom, 33, was arrested on a charge of possession of drugs, a second degree felony. He remains in custody at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release from Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle, the Van Wert Police Department and the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office worked closely together to gather information to obtain a search warrant for 215 S. Vine St. It was alleged that Blom was selling narcotics and did not go anywhere without a gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blom was pulled over and a gun was located inside the vehicle. Shortly afterward, the search warrant was executed at the house. A large amount of methamphetamine was located with other firearms. The suspected meth was field tested and the preliminary test showed a positive result for the narcotic. A preliminary weight was obtained and it exceeded five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk, and Blom was subsequently arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weigle said as a result of the investigation, the case against Blom and other suspects will be taken to a Van Wert County grand jury for additional charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said if anyone in the community has information about illegal drugs, contact the Van Wert Police Department at 419.238.2462 or call Crime Stoppers at 419.238.STOP.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Meth-guns-seized-3-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191211\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Thursday afternoon search of a S. Vine St. home turned up guns and suspected meth and led to one arrest. <em>VWPD photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information A Van Wert man was taken to jail Thursday, after a traffic stop and ensuing search warrant at his home turned up meth and firearms. Justin Allen Blom, 33, was arrested on a charge of possession of drugs, a second degree felony. He remains in custody at the Van Wert County [&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-191209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 17:27:46","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\/191209","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=191209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191215,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191209\/revisions\/191215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}