{"id":203891,"date":"2026-03-17T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=203891"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:57:19","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-3-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/17\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-3-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff’s activity log 3\/16\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Monday, March 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:14 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Wren EMS and Van Wert EMS to a residence on U.S. 224 in Harrison Township for a subject having a diabetic emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:43 a.m. \u2013 Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court for a burglary, a second degree felony, and an additional count of burglary, a third degree felony. William Ernest Tracy, 61, of Lima, is being held at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:47 a.m. \u2013 Deputies assisted a stranded resident from Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township to the City of Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:32 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Lincoln Highway in Washington Township for a report of a vehicle parked on the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:45 a.m. \u2013 Deputies assisted with a funeral escort from the City of Van Wert to the Scott Cemetery in Union Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:07 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Beamer Street in the Village of Convoy to stand by as a peace officer while a subject retrieved property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:06 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Sprague Street in the Village of Willshire to check the welfare of a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:43 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence on Bent Brook Drive in Ridge Township for a subject who fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:43 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Dull Robinson Road in Pleasant Township to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:49 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Sunrise Court in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:40 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of North Franklin Street in the City of Van Wert for a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:49 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Mendon Road in York Township for a report of a utility pole leaning and low wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:12 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a location on Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township for a subject with chest pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:24 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Van Horn Road in Tully Township for a report of a missing juvenile. The juvenile was located at a residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5:48 p.m.- Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on Lorber Street in the Village of Convoy for a subject who fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:41 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence on State Road in Ridge Township for a subject who was ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:10 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. Route 127 in Union Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash. A 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by Ava Showalter of Van Wert was traveling south on U.S. 127, just south of Feasby Wisner Road. The car hit a patch of ice, slid off the right side of the road, flipped, and was stopped after hitting a utility pole. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:21 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Beamer Street in the Village of Convoy for a report of a protection order being violated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:24 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Convoy EMS to a residence on Franklin Street in the Village of Convoy for a subject who had fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:37 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Wetzel Road in Hoaglin Township to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:12 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 127 in Union Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash. Details of the crash are not yet available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, March 16, 2026 8:14 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Wren EMS and Van Wert EMS to a residence on U.S. 224 in Harrison Township for a subject having a diabetic emergency. 8:43 a.m. \u2013 Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert County Common Pleas Court for a burglary, a second degree felony, and an additional […]<\/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-203891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 14:34:22","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\/203891","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=203891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203892,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203891\/revisions\/203892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}