{"id":208975,"date":"2026-08-17T10:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=208975"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:21:47","slug":"vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-8-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/08\/17\/vwco-sheriffs-activity-log-8-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCO Sheriff’s activity log 8\/16\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday, August 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:48 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Bergner Road in Harrison Township for a report of a domestic dispute. Noah David Peters, 18, of Van Wert, was arrested for an underage alcohol offense. Peters was issued a summons to appear at Van Wert Municipal Court on Monday, August 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:16 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of a suspicious person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:09 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to the area of South Linn Street in the Village of Convoy to check an abandoned 911 call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:55 a.m. \u2013 Dispatched Middle Point EMS to a residence on East Jackson Street in the Village of Middle Point for a subject who was ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:32 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township for a report of a loose dog chasing vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:35 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on East Koch Street in the Village of Ohio City for a loose dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:18 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Fife Road in Union Township for a report of a deceased person. No foul play is suspected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1:23 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Augustine Road in Pleasant Township to assist a motorist locked out of their vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2:36 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on South Harrison Street in the City of Van Wert to check the welfare of dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:08 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Jones Road in Jennings Township for a report of a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:22 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Mentzer Road in Tully Township for a complaint of gunshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3:37 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on South Linn Street in the Village of Convoy to check the welfare of juveniles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:49 p.m. – Deputies responded to a residence on South Harrison Street in the City of Van Wert to check the welfare of dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:49 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Old Tile Factory Road in Pleasant Township to stand by as peace officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6:57 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of North Cherry Street in the City of Van Wert for a report of two loose dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:49 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of North Wayne Street in the City of Van Wert to assist the Van Wert Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:51 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Lincoln Highway in Pleasant Township to check the welfare of dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8:57 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Convoy Road in Jackson Township to check a report of a possible crash received from an automated 911 call. No accident was located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:35 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on John Brown Road in Pleasant Township for a report of a suspicious person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:51 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to the Village of Ohio City for a complaint of an ATV being ridden on Village streets and being reckless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:46 p.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to an area of Middle Point Road in Washington Township for a report of reckless driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:48 a.m. \u2013 Deputies responded to a residence on Bergner Road in Harrison Township for a report of a domestic dispute. Noah David Peters, 18, of Van Wert, was arrested for an underage alcohol offense. Peters was issued a summons to appear at Van Wert Municipal Court on Monday, August 17. […]<\/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-208975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-24 17:42:12","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\/208975","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=208975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208976,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208975\/revisions\/208976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}