{"id":206743,"date":"2026-06-08T07:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206743"},"modified":"2026-06-08T07:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:11:14","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-5-31-6-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/06\/08\/van-wert-police-blotter-5-31-6-6-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 5\/31-6\/6\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, May 31 \u2013 officers conducted a welfare check in the 400 block of Zimmerman Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, May 31 \u2013 arrested Cyle J. Black in the 600 block of E. Crawford St. for persistent disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, May 31 \u2013 a report was made in reference to a possible menacing incident in the 1100 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, May 31 \u2013 fraud was reported in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 1 \u2013 arrested Zachary Craig for OVI at the intersection of E. Sycamore and N. Chestnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 1 \u2013 a dispute was reported in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 1 \u2013 a report was made in reference to an unruly juvenile in the 500 block of Woodland Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, June 1 \u2013 underage consumption was reported in the 100 block of E. Raymond St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, June 2 \u2013 criminal damaging was reported at Franklin Park. After an investigation, a juvenile was charged with criminal damaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, June 2 \u2013 an incident of aggravated menacing and menacing was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, June 2 \u2013 a parking citation was issued to a vehicle parked over two hours in the 100 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, June 2 \u2013 arrested Katrina Castle for complicity and Tara Skinner for theft in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd. Both charges are first degree misdemeanors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, June 2 \u2013 the police department took a report for a miscellaneous incident in the 700 block of E. Sycamore St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, June 3 \u2013 an officer was assigned to the 100 block of E. Main St. for a parking violation. After an investigation, a parking citation was issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 a hit\/skip crash was reported in the 200 block of W. Ervin Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 a telephone harassment report was taken in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 arrested Frank Alexander on an outstanding warrant in the 300 block of S. Walnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 violation of a civil protection order was reported in the 800 block of George St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, June 4 \u2013 arrested Noah Bloniarz on an outstanding warrant in the 600 block of N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 a domestic dispute report was taken in the 1000 block of Prospect Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 a two-vehicle non-injury accident occurred in the 300 block of N. Wall St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 arrested Barry Boroff for OVI after a traffic stop on Park St. near Dickinson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 a report of disorderly conduct was taken in the 600 block of N. Race St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 arrested Ian Taylor in the 200 block of N. Jefferson St. for driving with no operators license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 5 \u2013 arrested Michael Speakman on an outstanding warrant in the 200 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 a two-vehicle, non-injury crash occurred on Shannon St. at Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 900 block of S. Shannon St. It remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 a disorderly conduct report was taken in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 an assault report was taken in the 200 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, June 6 \u2013 criminal damaging was reported in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, May 31 \u2013 officers conducted a welfare check in the 400 block of Zimmerman Ave. Sunday, May 31 \u2013 arrested Cyle J. Black in the 600 block of E. Crawford St. for persistent disorderly conduct. Sunday, May 31 \u2013 a report was made in reference to a possible menacing incident in […]<\/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-206743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 02:08:51","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\/206743","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=206743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206744,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206743\/revisions\/206744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}