{"id":201290,"date":"2026-01-06T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=201290"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:33:52","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-1-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-1-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff&#8217;s activity log 1\/3\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5b49a0c11c6a122b975b01e8b620230b\"><strong>Saturday, January 3, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:01 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Wren Fire, Willshire Fire, Convoy Fire, Ohio City Fire, Decatur Fire, and Preble Fire from Adams County, Indiana, to a report of a residential structure fire on Ohio 49 in Willshire Township. Deputies and CERT were also on scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:11 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Dull Robinson Road in Liberty Township for a motor vehicle crash involving a deer. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:57 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Wren and Willshire Fire to the structure fire on Ohio 49 in Willshire Township for a rekindle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:50 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Venedocia St. Mary&#8217;s Road in York Township for a complaint of telecommunications harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:30 p.mm. \u2013 Deputies assisted with a funeral escort from the City of Van Wert to Woodlawn Cemetery in Liberty Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:19 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Ridge Township for a report of a vehicle traveling the wrong direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:07 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Oak Street in the Village of Convoy to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:38 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:14 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a location on Van Wert Decatur Road in the City of Van Wert for a subject with side pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:12 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Hoaglin Road in Hoaglin Township for a report of suspicious activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:38 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Dixon Cavett Road in Tully Township for a report of a vehicle setting in the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:15 p.m. \u2013 Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert Municipal Court for abandoning animals, a second degree misdemeanor. Gabriel Michael Jones, 18, of Pleasant Township, was transported to the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:39 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Sterling Road in Jackson Township for a report of a suspicious vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, January 3, 2026 12:01 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Wren Fire, Willshire Fire, Convoy Fire, Ohio City Fire, Decatur Fire, and Preble Fire from Adams County, Indiana, to a report of a residential structure fire on Ohio 49 in Willshire Township. Deputies and CERT were also on scene. 7:11 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area [&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-201290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 17:15:26","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\/201290","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=201290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201291,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201290\/revisions\/201291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}