{"id":208028,"date":"2026-07-20T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=208028"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:44:02","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-7-12-7-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/07\/20\/van-wert-police-blotter-7-12-7-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 7\/12-7\/18\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, July 12 \u2013 parking citations were issued in the 800 block of E. Sycamore St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, July 12 \u2013 officers took a report of disorderly conduct in the 200 block of S. Fulton St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 13 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 400 block of Neel Ave. due to a city ordinance violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 13 \u2013 officers took a theft report in the 100 block of Hawthorne St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 13 \u2013 a telephone harassment report was taken in the 300 block of Webster Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 13 \u2013 an animal complaint report was taken in the 700 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 13 \u2013 an unruly juvenile was reported in the 700 block of Maplewood Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 14 \u2013 arrested Bethany Blair, 25, of Van Wert for OVI and no operator\u2019s license following an incident in the 800 block of Kear Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 14 \u2013 officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Glenn St. in reference to an aggravated menacing incident. After an investigation, Harry Torres was arrested for obstructing official business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 14 \u2013 issued a summons to Dustin Thomas for theft in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 15 \u2013 a burglary report was taken in the 200 block of N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 15 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 400 block of Taylor St. due to a city ordinance violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 15 \u2013 officers responded to the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway for a report of a runaway juvenile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 16 \u2013 arrested Jorel Longarder on an outstanding warrant from Van Wert Municipal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 16 \u2013 a traffic citation was issued in the 100 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 16 \u2013 arrested Daniel Vibbert on an outstanding warrant in the 800 block of E. Sycamore St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 a theft report was taken at the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 a protection order violation was taken at the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 arrested Peter B. Simpson, 35, for domestic violence following an investigation in the 900 block of Glenn St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 a welfare check was conducted in the 100 block of Keplar St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 arrested Alexander Stump on a warrant in the 300 block of Webster Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 a report of trespassing was taken while in the 900 block of Hughes St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 17 \u2013 a trespassing report was taken in the 600 block of S. Market St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 18 \u2013 multiple arrests were made in the 200 block of W. Main St. for illegal use of marijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 18 \u2013 a report of telephone harassment was taken while in the 200 block of Middle St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 18 \u2013 arrested Stefan Dirham on an outstanding warrant in the 500 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, July 18 \u2013 an unruly juvenile report was taken in the 700 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, July 12 \u2013 parking citations were issued in the 800 block of E. Sycamore St. Sunday, July 12 \u2013 officers took a report of disorderly conduct in the 200 block of S. Fulton St. Monday, July 13 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 400 block of Neel Ave. due to […]<\/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-208028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 08:54:14","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\/208028","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=208028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208081,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208028\/revisions\/208081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}