www.vanwertcountysheriff.com<\/a> and clicking on the \u201cSex Offender\u201d link at the top of the page. Citizens will then click on the \u201cClick Here To\u201d link to access the Offender Watch Program.<\/p>\nIn addition to this service, Sheriff Riggenbach said there will be information available on other services provided by the Sheriff\u2019s Office, including concealed carry licenses, DARE, child seat safety and photo IDs for kids.\u00a0 Families who want to have a free photo ID of their child made can do so at the Sheriff\u2019s Office booth on Thursday, September 3, and Friday, September 4, from noon to 8 p.m., and Monday, September 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VW County Sheriff\u2019s information Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach has announced that during this year\u2019s Van Wert County Fair, the Sheriff\u2019s Office will once again be assisting citizens with registering to receive automatic emails alerting them when a registered sex offender moves near their home. Sheriff Riggenbach said that on Saturday, September 5, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:17:49","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\/67484","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=67484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Sheriff Riggenbach said those wanting to register can expect the process to take no more than 2 or 3 minutes. Information about signing up to receive automatic sex offender email alerts will be available all week during the fair at the Sheriff\u2019s Office booth. Sheriff Riggenbach encourages people to stop by the booth at any time to pick up this information, which will help citizens be more informed about registered sex offenders.<\/p>\n