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The American Red Cross is partnering with the Payne Fire Department to install smoke detector alarms in homes that need them, and at the same time, teach residents how to be ready for home fires. The next round of installations is April 2nd beginning at 9 a.m. To request a …
Read More »Payne man died of exposure to DEET, ethanol
Information from the autopsy from a death last August in Payne has been released, and though the medical examiner’s office says the man died by exposure to ethanol and the insect repellent DEET. That man, 50-year-old Cary Parsons, had a blood alcohol level of .19, more than twice as high …
Read More »Defiance fire victim identified
The woman who died in the fire Wednesday in Defiance has been identified. The victim, Michelle Rivas, was in the home at 532 Petain St. and died before firefighters were able to get to her. The home was torn down Thursday. The fire remains under investigation. The Ohio State Fire …
Read More »Bryan man arrested for assault
Police tell us Shane Smith of Bryan was arrested for assault on Saturday just before 3 a.m. The 22-year-old was taken to the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio.
Read More »Paulding woman dies in Ohio 49 crash
A fatal crash took the life of an Antwerp woman Sunday morning. The Ohio Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Lisa Recker was a passenger in a vehicle that went off the right side of the road, then the opposite side and hit a tree. The driver, 30-year-old Bobbi Brkovic of Paulding …
Read More »Bryan police post two OVI arrests
Bryan police tell us they’ve made two OVI arrests this weekend. 55-year-old Tim Szabo of Bryan was arrested for drunk driving just after midnight. He was released on his own recognizance. A 30-year-old Montpelier woman as arrested for OVI about 2 a.m. Sunday. Elisha Roden was arrested and released on …
Read More »Suspected robbers of The Barn held
In other area crime news, two people arrested for robbing The Barn in Defiance last Monday were in court yesterday. Joshua Brown was assigned a public defender and charged with robbery. His case was continued until this morning. He has a $150,000 bond already set. The woman arrested with him …
Read More »Pair accused of robbery in Sherwood in court
The two men charged with robbing a man in the parking lot of the Village Food Emporium in Sherwood appeared in court for the first time yesterday. Dequavis Farris waived his preliminary hearing and was bound over for the county grand jury. His bond set at $150,000. The other man …
Read More »Troopers seize liquid codeine in traffic stop, arrest 4
Most of the time, The Ohio Highway Patrol finds heroin or marijuana in cars traveling through the area. This time, it was liquid codeine they found on the Ohio Turnpike in Fulton County. Four people in a car with temporary Illinois plates were arrested after the stop for speeding. After …
Read More »I-69 semi driver recovering after rollover
An update on the semi driver injured in a rollover crash on northbound I-69 near the rest area at the 344 mile marker yesterday. The 44-year-old driver is Ronald Sherard from Cairo, Ohio. He went off the right side and over-corrected, rolling his semi and snarling traffic for hours. He …
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