{"id":204166,"date":"2026-03-25T08:13:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204166"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:14:05","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-3-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/25\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-3-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff&#8217;s activity log 3\/24\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f681643d843e2daa012df18599b5851\"><strong>Tuesday, March 24, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:20 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 697 in Ridge Township to remove debris from the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:41 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point Fire to an area of Ohio 637 in Jackson Township for a report of a field fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:30 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on John Brown Road in the City of Van Wert for a subject having a diabetic emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:41 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 224 in Hoaglin Township for a report of an injured deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:11 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 224 in Pleasant Township for a report of an injured deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:13 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Cherry Street in the City of Delphos for a report of a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:24 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Washington Township to investigate a report of a vehicle running the lights of a school bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:34 a.m. \u2013 Deputies assisted with a funeral escort from the City of Van Wert to a cemetery in Paulding County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:12 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on Kear Road in the City of Van Wert for a subject feeling dizzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:43 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of U.S. 224 in Harrison Township for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a deer. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:00 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Leeson Avenue in the City of Van Wert for a report of a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:04 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 81 in Liberty Township for a report of a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:16 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Van Wert Decatur Road in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:31 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on East Third Street in the City of Van Wert to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:45 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a commercial alarm on Lincoln Highway in Ridge Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:19 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Colwell Road in Union Township for a report of a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:48 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point Fire to a residence on Dog Creek Road in Jackson Township for a brush fire that was out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:19 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Fife Road in Hoaglin Township for an automated message of a possible crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:00 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to check the welfare of a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9:43 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Zook Road in Pleasant Township for a report of a protection order being violated. Adam John Custer, 35, of Pleasant Township, was later located on Van Wert Deatur Road and arrested for violating a protection order, a first degree felony. Custer was transported to the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, March 24, 2026 5:20 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Ohio 697 in Ridge Township to remove debris from the roadway. 5:41 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point Fire to an area of Ohio 637 in Jackson Township for a report of a field fire. 6:30 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to [&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-204166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 18:32:14","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\/204166","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=204166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204167,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204166\/revisions\/204167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}