{"id":202384,"date":"2026-02-06T07:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202384"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:07:17","slug":"local-man-arrested-on-active-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/06\/local-man-arrested-on-active-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Local man arrested on active warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Van Wert man wanted on an active warrant for felonious assault and who allegedly made threatening remarks about a former law enforcement officer was taken into custody without incident last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle, Devin Allen Couch, 21, was arrested after a traffic stop at W. Third St. and N. Jefferson St. at appoximately 9 p.m. Thursday. A Van Wert Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9 alerted on the vehicle and inside it, officers found what appeared to be meth.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Devin-Couch-2-6-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202385\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Devin Couch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The felonious assault charge, a second degree felony, stemmed from an incident on January 19, when Couch allegedly assaulted a male victim in the 200 block of N. Wall St. When the male retreated to his home, Couch ran after him and entered his home without being invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The responding officer to that incident arrived and arrested Couch at the scene and according to Weigle, Couch showed signs of intoxication. Couch\u2019s cell phone was seized and a search warrant was obtained to extract evidence from the phone. It was discovered Couch was talking about killing a retired police officer and a family member. He also discussed shooting it out with law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Due to the those concerns, the Van Wert City Police Department is very happy he was taken into custody without incident,\u201d Weigle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couch remains in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility pending court proceedings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information A Van Wert man wanted on an active warrant for felonious assault and who allegedly made threatening remarks about a former law enforcement officer was taken into custody without incident last night. According to Van Wert Police Chief Doug Weigle, Devin Allen Couch, 21, was arrested after a traffic stop at [&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-202384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 15:43:34","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\/202384","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=202384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202399,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202384\/revisions\/202399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}