{"id":203303,"date":"2026-03-02T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=203303"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:05:44","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-2-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/02\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-2-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff&#8217;s activity log 2\/28\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3cfd466a79b86076c2c977b0a4b6783b\"><strong>Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:43 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township for a motor vehicle crash involving a deer. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:16 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Ridge Township for a report of reckless driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:50 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Glenn Street in the City of Van Wert for a report of two loose dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:10 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Franklin Street in the City of Van Wert for a report of a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:26 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Rockford Road in the Village of Willshire for a report of theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:41 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Mason Street in the Village of Middle Point for a report of an ATV being driven on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:39 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Beamer Street in the Village of Convoy for a complaint of a protection order being violated. Shawn Clouatre Jr., 32, of Van Wert, was arrested and transported to the Van Wert County Correctional Facility. Charges were filed for violation of a protection order, a first degree misdemeanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:45 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to check the welfare of a juvenile playing near the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:32 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 49 in Willshire Township for a report of debris in the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:42 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lare Road in Tully Township for a report of loud explosions. It was discovered that two subjects were shooting Tannerite in a field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:39 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Allen Drive in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, February 28, 2026 3:43 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township for a motor vehicle crash involving a deer. No injuries were reported. 10:16 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 30 in Ridge Township for a report of reckless driving. 10:50 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded [&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-203303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 03:53:55","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\/203303","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=203303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203304,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203303\/revisions\/203304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}