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Defiance County deputies warn of scam calls where the caller claims to be a member of the Sheriff’s office…claiming they are investigating unpaid debts. No one in law enforcement does it that way…so hang up.

Clarence Hoskins of Tennessee is sentenced in a Steuben County courtroom to over 11 years in prison. Hoskins is accused of breaking into a Fremont home and terrorizing a 12-year-old boy. Hoskins will serve his time in an Indiana prison.

Two Lucas County men plead guilty to a string of thefts in Henry and Williams counties. Rodney Polansky of Toledo and Edward Polansky of Holland were pulled over Maumee after a pursuit…there, a slew of stolen items from 2015 to 2017 were retrieved.

Icy roads are to blame in a DeKalb County motorcycle accident. Randall Hire of Fort Wayne, was northbound on I-69 when he hit some black ice near mile marker 329 and the exit for State Road 8 in Auburn. Hire was thrown, suffering a broken arm.

A hearing yields no decision as to whether evidence will be suppressed in the case of Nicholas Evanoff, a former Napoleon police officer accused of possessing child pornography. A response to the motion is due by May 7, and a plea deadline has been set for Evanoff for May 31

Deshler Police Chief, Ryan Bowersox appeared in a Henry County courtroom and pleads not guilty to three counts of the unauthorized use of the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway. Bowersox was placed on paid administrative leave in March after search warrants were executed at his home and at the Deshler Police …

Two crashes on Defiance’s Domersville Road bridge closes the roadway for nearly two hours. Two people go to the hospital…five vehicles are towed from the scene.

The man wanted in the death of a woman found shot to death in Paulding County Sunday is caught in Nevada. Elko County officials there say Matthew Dempsey was arrested in the town of Carlin, 400 miles north of Las Vegas. He was pulled over and with officers approaching the …

No one is hurt after a two car crash in DeKalb County. Officers told reporters Logan Hegerfeld was proceeding in his van through the intersection of County roads 63 and 40, when he was hit by another vehicle. Both cars are totaled. The roadway was closed for a time while …

Mark Cormack of Wauseon is sentenced to 30 days in Stryker, along with two years of community control, and ordered to pay prosecution costs for aggravated assault. The judge also ordered Cormack have no contact with the victim. When he is free, he then must abide by a curfew and …