A suspicious object turned up in downtown Auburn on Friday morning, and it was found to have contained methamphetamine related items. Auburn Police say it was a brown suitcase that was found sitting close to a building in the 100 block of West 5th Street. That suitcase turned out to …
Read More »Defiance Sheriff Chooses Not To Run Again For Health Reasons
68 year old Defiance County Sheriff David Westrick has announced that he will not seek re-election because of health concerns. Westrick has seraved for more than three decades. He suffered a mild heart attack earlier this year and says he has also been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Westrick is currently …
Read More »Auburn Man Caught With Drugs In Vehicle
The investigation continues following the arrest of an Auburn man after Auburn Police found illegal drugs and possible drug related and stolen items in his vehicle. 23-year-old Brandon Robertson was stopped for driving on a suspended drivers license. Robertson was also wanted out of Noble County for Failure to Appear, …
Read More »Bryan Fountain Vandalized
A vandalism complaint at One Courthouse Square led deputies to find that someone had carved grafittie on the rim of the fountain there. The graffiti referred, in graphic detail, to the 1946 murder of Emily Abernathy, who was murdered by James R. Engle in the basement of the Williams County …
Read More »Payne Man Pleads Not Guilty
In Paulding County Court, a man man this week pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge and three drug-related charges. 26 year old Andrew Martin of Payne, was indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter, a felony; two counts of corrupting another with drugs, also a felony; and illegal …
Read More »Paulding Police Investigating Arson At Skate Park
The Paulding Police Department is investigating an arson at the village skate park. On Monday, they say someone placed a mattress on the middle skate ramp and set it on fire. The Paulding Fire Department rushed to put the blaze out. The park was immediately closed and must now remain …
Read More »Concern Mounting Over Future Of CCNO
Officials at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio were told to come up with a plan to deal with Toledo not fully paying their $1.389 million invoice after the City gave notice that it may not be able to pay its Oct. 1 bill. The news all surfaced during Wednesday’s …
Read More »Former Paulding County Official Indicted On Felony Charges
The former director of probation services for Paulding County has been indicted on felony charges. 46 year old Emily Munger was indicted this week for theft in office, a third-degree felony, and tampering with records, also a third-degree felony. She will be arraigned in Paulding County Common Pleas court on …
Read More »Williams Sheriff Tight-Lipped On Arrest Details
A quick note from the Williams County Sheriffs Department, saying that Deputies made an arrest on Wednesday. 38 year old Robert Barker of Bryan was arrested on a Williams County Common Pleas court warrant for Trafficking in Drugs. He was taken to the Corrections Center of NW Ohio. No other …
Read More »More Local Drug Arrests
Two Angola women were arrested Tuesday afternoon by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department, when what started out as the service of an arrest warrant, turned into a methamphetamine bust. 21-year-old Andrea May Parker of Angola was wanted on a warrant charging her with misdemeanor theft. While she was being taken …
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