{"id":208480,"date":"2026-08-03T09:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=208480"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:34:05","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-7-26-8-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/van-wert-police-blotter-7-26-8-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 7\/26-8\/2\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, July 26 \u2013 an item leased by the Van Wert Police Department was vandalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, July 26 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, July 26 \u2013 arrested Jeffery Lee Allen Kallas for menacing, a fourth degree misdemeanor. The arrest was made in the 200 block of N. Franklin St. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 27 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 500 block of N. Race St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 27 \u2013 a motor vehicle theft report was taken in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, July 27 \u2013 a criminal damaging report was taken in the 200 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 28 \u2013 officers took a theft report in the 200 block of South Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 28 \u2013 arrested Garett D. Searfoss in the 200 block of N. Vine St. on a warrant from the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, July 28 \u2013 a domestic dispute was reported in the 1100 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 officers took a report of fraud that occurred in the 1000 block of Sunrise Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 the police department located a juvenile who who reported missing from Adams County, Indiana. The juvenile was found near E. Main St. and N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 a city ordinance violation report was taken in the 300 block of Grant St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 a juvenile was arrested for assault and criminal damaging in the 1200 block of Lincoln Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 arrested Jeffery Lee Allen Kallas on a warrant from Van Wert County Common Pleas Court while in front of the 1000 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 30 \u2013 a theft occurred in the 100 block of S. Wall St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 30 \u2013 an animal complaint was reported in the 1200 block of Woodland Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 30 \u2013 property was destroyed by order of Van Wert Municipal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, July 30 \u2013 an officer took a report for an unsecured load in the 600 block of N. Jefferson St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 31 \u2013 a disorderly conduct report was taken for an incident that occurred in the 200 block of N. Chestnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 31 \u2013 an alleged motor vehicle accident report was taken in the 600 block of W. Ervin Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, July 31 \u2013 the police department assisted the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office with a traffic stop in the 12000 block of Ohio 118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, August 2 \u2013 a miscellaneous report was taken while in the 100 block of Balyeat Ave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, July 26 \u2013 an item leased by the Van Wert Police Department was vandalized. Sunday, July 26 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd. Sunday, July 26 \u2013 arrested Jeffery Lee Allen Kallas for menacing, a fourth degree misdemeanor. The arrest was made 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-208480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-20 12:31:04","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\/208480","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=208480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208481,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208480\/revisions\/208481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}