{"id":209509,"date":"2026-08-31T06:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=209509"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:48:36","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-8-24-8-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/08\/31\/van-wert-police-blotter-8-24-8-30-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 8\/24-8\/30\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c793a583857f98c1cf266d46ff919d33\"><strong>Van Wert Police<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, August 24 \u2013 a breaking and entering report was taken in the 100 block of Sibley St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, August 24 \u2013 officers arrested Jacob Sage on an outstanding warrant in the 300 block of W. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, August 24 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 200 block of Middle St. due to a city ordinance violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, August 24 \u2013 a report of trespassing was taken in the 700 block of E. Central Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 arrested Austin Keith Coyne-Grogg on warrants from Van Wert Municipal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 arrested Melanie Ann Eyink, 48, on an active warrant issued by Paulding Municipal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesdsay, August 25 \u2013 a citation was issued in the 500 block of Bonnewitz Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 charged Stephanie Stone of Fort Jennings with theft after an alleged incident at Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 200 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 an endangering children report was taken in the 500 block of E. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, August 25 \u2013 a trespassing report was taken in the 700 block of Fox Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, August 26 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 300 block of Frothingham St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, August 26 \u2013 a miscellaneous drug offense report was taken in the 300 block of Frothingham St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, August 26 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 400 block of S. Tyler St. due to a city ordinance violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, August 26 \u2013 property was found in the 200 block of S. Shannon St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, August 27 \u2013 officers arrested David Bashore, 53, for domestic violence following an incident in the 200 block of N. Chestnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, August 27 \u2013 a domestic dispute occurred in the 600 block of N. Franklin St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, August 27 \u2013 a report of a suspicious person was taken in the 600 block of W. Ervin Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, August 28 \u2013 criminal damaging was reported in the 300 block of N. Race St. The incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, August 28 \u2013 a criminal trespassing report was taken while in the 1000 block of Jennings Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, August 29 \u2013 a sex offense report was taken in the 200 block of W. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, August 29 \u2013 a traffic citation was issued in the 300 block of E. Ervin Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, August 29 \u2013 a theft report was taken in the 300 block of Frothingham St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday, August 29 \u2013 a dispute was reported in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, August 30 \u2013 telecommunications harassment was reported in the 600 block of N. Race St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert Police Monday, August 24 \u2013 a breaking and entering report was taken in the 100 block of Sibley St. Monday, August 24 \u2013 officers arrested Jacob Sage on an outstanding warrant in the 300 block of W. Crawford St. Monday, August 24 \u2013 a vehicle was removed from the 200 block of Middle [&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-209509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-09 22:57:05","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\/209509","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=209509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209510,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209509\/revisions\/209510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}