{"id":204819,"date":"2026-04-13T06:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204819"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:35:00","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-4-5-4-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/13\/van-wert-police-blotter-4-5-4-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 4\/5-4\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, April 5 \u2013 a report of trespassing was taken while in the area of Ervin Rd. and Bell Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 a domestic dispute was reported in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 arrested Lisa Dawn Benschneider for OVI in the 1100 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 a welfare check was conducted in the 300 block of South Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 a non-criminal report was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 arrested Ethan P. Moore for assault for an incident in the 1000 block of Oak Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 6 \u2013 Brandon M. Clark was arrested on a warrant near Ervin Rd. and S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 7 \u2013 arrested Jonie Pierce for OVI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 7 \u2013 a report was taken after a welfare check was conducted in the 300 block of S. Vine St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 8 \u2013 a telephone harassment report was taken in the 600 block of N. Market St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 8 \u2013 a domestic violence incident was reported in the 100 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 9 \u2013 a domestic dispute was reported in the 200 block of Keplar St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 9 \u2013 an animal cruelty incident was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 9 \u2013 a mental health report was taken in the 1100 block of Olympic Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, April 10 \u2013 a report was made in reference to a trespassing incident in the 100 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 a three vehicle hit-skip crash occurred in the 700 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 an assault was reported in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway. The incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 a report was made in reference to a menacing issue that had occurred a couple of days prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 arrested Tyler C. Enmark in the 900 block of Glenn St. on a warrant for his arrest out of Mercer County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 a disorderly conduct report was taken in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 menacing was reported in the 500 block of S. Tyler St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 arrested Christopher Runyon in the 100 block of Bonnewitz Ave. on a warrant from Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 11 \u2013 officers were called to the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway for an assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, April 5 \u2013 a report of trespassing was taken while in the area of Ervin Rd. and Bell Ave. Monday, April 6 \u2013 a domestic dispute was reported in the 500 block of E. Main St. Monday, April 6 \u2013 arrested Lisa Dawn Benschneider for OVI in the 1100 block of […]<\/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-204819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 10:47:56","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\/204819","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=204819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204820,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204819\/revisions\/204820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}