{"id":208788,"date":"2026-08-12T07:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=208788"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:51:44","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-8-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/08\/12\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-8-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff&#8217;s activity log 8\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6dca6a3b29846a878a10045b0c37fcc7\"><strong>Tuesday, August 11, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2:36 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert Fire to an area of Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of utility lines down and sparking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:02 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Carpenter Road in Washington Township for a report of a stop sign being down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:30 p.m. \u2013 Deputies spoke with a resident from the Village of Ohio City regarding a complaint of child neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:55 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert EMS to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a subject having a diabetic emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:13 p.m. \u2013 Deputies served a warrant issued by Van Wert Common Pleas Court for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. Sonny Andrew Metzger, 51, of Van Wert, is being held at the Van Wert County Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:03 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a location on Mendon Road in Ridge Township to check the welfare of horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:22 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on South Central Street in the Village of Ohio City to check an open line 911 call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7:45 p.m. \u2013 Deputies spoke with a resident from Hoaglin Center Road in Hoaglin Township regarding a complaint of animal cruelty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:44 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Mayfair Street in the City of Van Wert to assist the Van Wert Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, August 11, 2026 2:36 p.m. \u2013 Dispatched Van Wert Fire to an area of Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of utility lines down and sparking. 3:02 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Carpenter Road in Washington Township for a report of a stop sign being down. 3:30 p.m. \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/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-208788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-20 07:33:20","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\/208788","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=208788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208789,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208788\/revisions\/208789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}