{"id":200031,"date":"2025-11-30T20:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=200031"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:43:00","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-11-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/30\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-11-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff&#8217;s activity log 11\/29\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-046096d1df71ebfe70fbeb62002c3635\"><strong>Saturday, November 29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:02 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Washington Township for a report of reckless driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:24 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of theft that occurred earlier in Ridge Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:05 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence on Poe Road in Ridge Township for a subject with severe leg pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:03 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Normal Street in the Village of Middle Point for a report of a sign being struck by a vehicle. The vehicle had left the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:41 a.m. \u2013 Deputies spoke with a subject for a report of domestic violence that had occurred on an earlier date on Towne Center Boulevard in the City of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:54 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Ohio City Fire to a location on U.S. 127 in Mercer County for a possible structure fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:02 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence in Austin Place in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:04 a.m. \u2013 Deputies spoke with a subject regarding a complaint of trespassing at a location on Church Road in Hoaglin Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:21 p.m. \u2013 Deputies, along with Middle Point Fire and EMS, responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Washington Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash. No crash was located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:24 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Wren Landeck Road in Liberty Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash. A vehicle stopped on Wren Landeck Road at the intersection of Ohio 118. The vehicle backed up and struck the vehicle that was stopped behind it. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:24 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a subject who fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:45 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Jefferson Street in the Village of Ohio City for a complaint of minibikes riding on the streets being reckless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:02 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 127 in Liberty Township for a report of a stranded motorist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:33 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Ridge Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the road into a ditch. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:35 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Ridge Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the road into a ditch. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:43 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of State Road in Washington Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the roadway, striking a utility pole with lines down in the roadway. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:45 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the roadway, striking a sign. The accident was investigated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:57 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township for a report of a vehicle that lost control, spun, and was facing the wrong direction. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:08 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Hoaglin Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the roadway. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:24 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Schumm Road in Willshire Township for a complaint of trespassing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:04 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township for a report of a vehicle that slid off the roadway. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:11 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Ohio 118 in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:16 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to an area of U.S. 30 in Pleasant Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash. The accident was investigated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:55 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 118 in Liberty Township to check the welfare of two subjects walking along the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:53 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Bergner Road in Pleasant Township for a noise disturbance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:58 p.m. \u2013 Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court for possession of drugs. Dustin Lehmkuhle, 36, of Van Wert is being held at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 29, 2025 7:02 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Washington Township for a report of reckless driving. 8:24 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of theft that occurred earlier in Ridge Township. 9:05 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point [&hellip;]<\/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-200031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 02:20:30","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\/200031","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=200031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200032,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200031\/revisions\/200032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}