{"id":203573,"date":"2026-03-09T20:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=203573"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:50:24","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-3-1-3-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/van-wert-police-blotter-3-1-3-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 3\/1-3\/8\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Van Wert Police<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 1 \u2013 arrested Crocker T. Wallace for domestic violence by threat and misuse of 911 systems after an incident in the 500 block of Gordon Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 1 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 200 block of E. Sycamore St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 1 \u2013 a report of telephone communication harassment was taken while in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 1 \u2013 arrested Cyle James Black, 39, of Columbus for aggravated menacing in the 600 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, March 2 \u2013 a person in crisis was reported in the 300 block of N. Wayne St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, March 2 \u2013 the police department took a report for a bond violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, March 2 \u2013 arrested Jessica Sauder, 34, of Van Wert on a warrant from Huntington County, Indiana. The arrest was made near the intersection of W. Main St. and Burt St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 arrested Cainan David Burnett, 28, of Van Wert for possession of drugs and trafficking in drugs following a traffic stop near the intersection of N. Washington St. and E. Third St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 telephone harassment was reported in the 1000 block of Oak Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 telecommunications harassment was reported in the 200 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 a bag containing suspected drugs was located in the 700 block of W. Ervin Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 officers responded to a fight in the 200 block of W. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 a welfare check was completed in the 1000 block of Haley St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, March 3 \u2013 a no-contact order violation report was taken in the 300 block of S. Wayne St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, March 4 \u2013 the Van Wert Police Department and Van Wert Fire Department responded to the 1100 block of Heritage Court for a distraught male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, March 4 \u2013 a parking citation was issued in the 400 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, March 4 \u2013 an incident report was taken in the 1100 block of Westwood Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, March 4 \u2013 a miscellaneous report was taken in the 200 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 5 \u2013 Steven W. Hall, 53, of Van Wert was arrested and jailed for OVI, driving under an OVI suspension and operating a vehicle with fictitious plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thurday, March 5 \u2013 a vehicle was towed from the 600 block of Congress St. due to a Van Wert city ordinance violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 5 \u2013 arrested Christian Melesky on an outstanding warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 5 \u2013 Seth Brinkman was arrested on an outstanding warrant by the Delphos Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 5 \u2013 officers took a menacing report for an incident that occurred in the 300 block of Taylor St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, March 6 \u2013 a report of an assault was taken while in the 100 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, March 7 \u2013 a report was made in reference to a stolen package in the 600 block of N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, March 7 \u2013 a criminal damaging report was taken in the 100 block of Bell Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, March 8 \u2013 a welfare check was done on a male in the 700 block of Susan Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, March 1 \u2013 arrested Crocker T. Wallace for domestic violence by threat and misuse of 911 systems after an incident in the 500 block of Gordon Ave. Sunday, March 1 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 200 block of E. Sycamore St. Sunday, March 1 \u2013 a report of telephone […]<\/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-203573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 14:56:13","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\/203573","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=203573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203574,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203573\/revisions\/203574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}