{"id":205280,"date":"2026-04-27T06:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=205280"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:46:05","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-4-19-4-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/27\/van-wert-police-blotter-4-19-4-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 4\/19-4\/25\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, April 19 \u2013 an officer was dispatched to the 200 block of Fisher Ave. for a report of criminal damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, April 19 \u2013 a disorderly conduct incident was reported in the 100 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, April 19 \u2013 an officer took a theft report while in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, April 19 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 600 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, April 19 \u2013 a report of domestic violence and menacing was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 20 \u2013 arrested Derek B. Eland, 33, of Van Wert, for felonious assault following an incident in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 20 \u2013 a report of telephone harassment was taken while in the 200 block of Keplar St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 20 \u2013 a miscellaneous motor vehicle report was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, April 20 \u2013 criminal trespassing was reported in the 100 block of Garden Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 arrested Tyreal Brought for disorderly conduct by intoxication in the 300 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 a trespassing incident was reported in the 200 block of Middle St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 officers assisted EMS in the 200 block of Raymond St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 officers assisted a distraught male in the 300 block of Bonnewitz Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 officers responded to an animal complaint in the 300 block of Burt St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 21 \u2013 the Van Wert Police Department handled a dispute in the 1100 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 fraud\/theft was reported in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 100 block of Spencer Drive after an internet scam occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 500 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 criminal trespassing was reported in the 800 block of W. Main St. The incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a report was taken in the 11000 block of Ohio 118 after a civil protection order violation was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a non-criminal report was taken after property was found in the 200 block of N. Market St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a menacing report was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 criminal mischief was reported in the 200 block of Fisher Ave. The incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, April 22 \u2013 a probation violation report was generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 23 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 300 block of Pleasant St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 23 \u2013 a protection order violation report was taken at the police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, April 23 \u2013 a female at Casey\u2019s was believed to have a warrant for her arrest. After an investigation, the female\u2019s identity was mistaken and she was released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, April 24 \u2013 trespassing was reported in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd. No charges were filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, April 24 \u2013 a domestic dispute report was taken in the 800 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, April 24 \u2013 an assault report was taken while in the 100 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 25 \u2013 criminal trespassing was reported in the 200 block of N. Walnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 25 \u2013 criminal trespassing was reported in the 200 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 25 \u2013 a juvenile was arrested for assault in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, April 25 \u2013 a criminal mischief report was taken in the 1200 block of S. Shannon St.
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Van Wert Police Sunday, April 19 \u2013 an officer was dispatched to the 200 block of Fisher Ave. for a report of criminal damaging. Sunday, April 19 \u2013 a disorderly conduct incident was reported in the 100 block of E. Crawford St. Sunday, April 19 \u2013 an officer took a theft report while in the […]<\/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-205280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 16:30:29","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\/205280","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=205280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205281,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205280\/revisions\/205281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}