{"id":211346,"date":"2026-10-19T06:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=211346"},"modified":"2026-10-19T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:32:30","slug":"van-wert-police-blotter-10-11-10-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/10\/19\/van-wert-police-blotter-10-11-10-17-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert Police blotter 10\/11-10\/17\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Sunday, October 11 \u2013 officers issued a traffic citation in the 800 block of N. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, October 12 \u2013 telecommunications harassment was reported in the 300 block of Center St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, October 12 \u2013 a welfare check was made at a residence in the 200 block of Burt St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, October 12 \u2013 a telephone harassment report was taken at the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, October 12 \u2013 a criminal damaging report was taken while in the 300 block of Towne Center Blvd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 officers took a report of criminal damaging in the 200 block of Brooks Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 a stolen vehicle was recovered at Thistlewood Apartments. The driver was later identified and charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 officers arrested David Michael Willke, 37, for disorderly conduct in the 1000 block of S. Walnut St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 a theft was reported in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 a report was taken for a theft that occurred in the 100 block of Christopher Crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 menacing was reported in the 300 block of W. Crawford St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 domestic violence was reported in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 officers took a report of an unruly juvenile in the 300 block of S. Fulton St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 officers were dispatched to the 200 block of N. Market St. for a welfare check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 a fraud report was taken in the 10000 block of Ohio 118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 an Ohio license plate was found at the intersection of Rosalie Drive and Jennings Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, October 14 \u2013 a protection order violation report was taken at the police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, October 15 \u2013 arrested Tyler K. Barbaree for obstructing official business, criminal damaging and a felony warrant from Alabama. The arrest was made in the 100 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, October 15 \u2013 arrested Jodi Rutter on an outstanding warrant from Van Wert Municipal Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, October 15 \u2013 arrested Elijah Zimmerman on an outstanding warrant in the 1200 block of Industrial Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, October 16 \u2013 arrested Daniel J. Lewis on an outstanding warrant from the Allen County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The arrest was made in the the 500 block of S. Harrison St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, October 16 \u2013 found property was recovered in the 500 block of E. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, October 17 \u2013 arrested Jonathan A. Horine, 45, on an active warrant issued by Huntington County (IN) Superior Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, October 17 \u2013 arrested Titus Hoover and Dawn Wilhelm on outstanding warrants from the Mercer County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The arrests were made in the 1100 block of S. Washington St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert Police Sunday, October 11 \u2013 officers issued a traffic citation in the 800 block of N. Washington St. Monday, October 12 \u2013 telecommunications harassment was reported in the 300 block of Center St. Monday, October 12 \u2013 a welfare check was made at a residence in the 200 block of Burt St. Monday, […]<\/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-211346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawenforcement"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-26 10:19:30","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\/211346","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=211346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211347,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211346\/revisions\/211347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}