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An arrest is made in connection to the robbery of a Napoleon convenience store earlier this month. Anthony Wright is charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony. He was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, pending an arraignment. Prosecutors say he robbed the Circle K on Scott St. …

An Auburn woman is hurt in a solo crash in DeKalb County. Julie Meyer was driving her motorcycle northeast on State Road 1, when she started to turn right onto County Road 68. Meyer told deputies the back tire started to slide out, causing the motorcycle to fall. Meyer then …

A Defiance man is accused of domestic violence against a 7-week-old girl in a Ayersville Avenue home. Dominic Torrez was indicted by a grand jury on one count each of felonious assault, and domestic violence.

For the second time in two months, emergency workers have pulled a body out of a lake along Hoagland Road, east of Poe…this after a report of a vehicle in a lake. It’s not clear how long the vehicle was in the water. Crews arrived and discovered the body inside …

Wauseon Police is warning area businesses about a potential scam. Apparently, a man is going around to local gas stations, telling people he is a detective. He says he had bought some beef jerky at the store to make care boxes for troops overseas. But he returns the beef jerky, …

Two people are hurt after a crash on Ohio 18 at The Bend Road, near Sherwood. Witnesses say Shea Willard of King, N.C., didn’t stop at the intersection and was hit by Kerry Samples of Defiance. Samples was flown to ProMedica Regional in serious condition. Willard was taken a Defiance …

Two Bryan area men are accused of selling medical marijuana they got in Michigan. Joseph and Joshua Ludeker were indicted in Defiance County Court for trafficking marijuana. A search of Ludeker’s home netted more than 1,000 grams packaged for sale.

Cell phone records collected by crime experts show Sierah Joughin and James Worley were in the same area the night she went missing in 2016. Investigators on Friday, specializing in cell phone analysis, testified in a Fulton County courtroom in day five of Worley’s murder trial. Joseph Jensen, a member …

Chaina Nafziger, a sixth-grader at Archbold Middle School, will be presented Monday with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, as one of Ohio’s top two youth volunteers of 2018. Chaina organized a bake sale with a friend at her church and …

A Steuben County judge sets bond at $10,000 for a former Fremont High School coach, arrested and charged with five counts of child seduction. Moses Castillo’s pre-trial conference is scheduled for April 16. A no contact order was entered on behalf of the alleged victim. Castillo resigned as the coach …