{"id":207789,"date":"2026-07-13T07:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=207789"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:11:54","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-7-5-7-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/van-wert-police-blotter-7-5-7-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 7\/5-7\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, July 5 \u2013 a burglary was reported in the 200 block of N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 6 \u2013 an unwanted person was reported at Casey\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 6 \u2013 a report was made in reference to telecommunications harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 6 \u2013 arrested Jared Lee Ebel for aggravated menacing. The arrest was made in the 800 block of Kear Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 6 \u2013 the police department received a 911 call about someone firing a gun at Franklin Park. Upon arrival, officers learned there was a physical altercation that took place between a couple of individuals. During the scuffle, a different person fired a weapon. No injuries were reported and the suspects had fled prior to officers arriving at the scene. The case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 7 \u2013 a credit card was turned over to the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 7 \u2013 a miscellaneous report was taken in the 600 block of Burt St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 8 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 8 \u2013 disorderly conduct was reported in the 300 block of Frothingham St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 8 \u2013 a protection order violation was reported in the 900 block of Glenn St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 an abandoned bicycle report was taken in the 700 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 a trespassing report was taken in the 400 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 officers took a report of a hit-skip accident in the 800 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 officers took a trespassing report for an incident that occurred in the 300 block of Webster Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 a report was taken after a welfare check was taken in the 300 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 a telecommunications harassment report was taken at the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 arrested Joshua Lipps for domestic violence in the 200 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 9 \u2013 a group of unruly juveniles was reported in the 600 block of Woodland Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 10 \u2013 fraud was reported in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 10 \u2013 arrested David Torman Jr. for contempt of court due to his behavior during an active court trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 10 \u2013 a juvenile was arrested for assault and menacing in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 10 \u2013 arrested Maria A. Pugsley on a warrant in the 600 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 10 \u2013 a telecommunications harassment report was taken in the 300 block of S. Race St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 11 \u2013 a welfare check was conducted in the 300 block of N. Harrison St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 11 \u2013 a report was taken for an assault that occurred in the 100 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 11 \u2013 a theft was reported near the area of Fulton St. and Grant St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 11 \u2013 a menacing report was taken in the 200 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, July 5 \u2013 a burglary was reported in the 200 block of N. Franklin St. Monday, July 6 \u2013 an unwanted person was reported at Casey\u2019s. Monday, July 6 \u2013 a report was made in reference to telecommunications harassment. Monday, July 6 \u2013 arrested Jared Lee Ebel for aggravated menacing. 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-207789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 06:55:27","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\/207789","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=207789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207790,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207789\/revisions\/207790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}