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Lots Of Crime In Bryan Keeping Police Very Busy

The past 24 hours or so have kept Bryan Police on their toes. Last evening just before 6pm, Bryan PDarrested 26 year old Sally Schang of Kun­kle for Receiv­ing Stolen Prop­erty. Then at 8:00PM, 31 year old Don­ald Pursel III of Bryan was arrested for two counts of Theft. Last …

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Angola Man Killed In I-69 Crash

The man who died in a crash on the north side of Fort Wayne last Thurs­day has been iden­ti­fied. Accord­ing to the Allen County Coroner’s Office, 40 year old Nel­son Hyatt of Angola was killed in the acci­dent on I-69 north of Union Chapel Road. Hyatt was north­bound in a …

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Arrest Announced In Payne Death

In Pauld­ing County, a man has been arrested in con­nec­tion with the death of a Payne man. 26 year old Andrew Mar­tin of Payne, was charged with ille­gal man­u­fac­ture of drugs and cor­rupt­ing another with drugs… both felonies. Martin’s arrest fol­lows the dis­cov­ery of 50 year old Cary Par­son of …

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Defiance Man Arrested For Dollar General Theft

A Defi­ance man was arrested Mon­day morn­ing in con­nec­tion with a break-in at Dol­lar Gen­eral on South Clin­ton Street in Defi­ance. 20 year old Dustin Her­nan­dez is now charged with break­ing and enter­ing and is being held behind bars in the Cor­rec­tions Cen­ter of North­west Ohio. Another man, pos­si­bly dri­ving …

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Fatal Crashes On The Increase In Ohio

An uptick in fatal crashes here in Ohio, has the high­way patrol urg­ing dri­vers to use cau­tion. Statewide, there has been an increase of 38 fatal­i­ties this year over the same period last year. There are 600 con­firmed fatal­i­ties this year com­pared to the 562 fatal­i­ties that were con­firmed a …

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New Bryan School Making Good Progress

In Bryan, the new 6–12 school build­ing project is mov­ing for­ward nicely. The walls are going up, and the foun­da­tions are almost com­plete. The Bryan Times reports that the project is on sched­ule. Seed­ing of top soil should begin soon, then heavy mate­ri­als will begin to arrive as the 150,000 …

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Steuben Man Pleads Guilty To Rape

A guilty plea Mon­day in Steuben County Court by a man in response to a charge of rape. 54-year-old Frank Stetler can now expect to spend fif­teen years behind bars, if the plea agree­ment reached yes­ter­day is accepted dur­ing a sen­tenc­ing hear­ing on Octo­ber 5th. One of the orig­i­nal charges …

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Putnam Death Investigation

In Pauld­ing County, an inves­ti­ga­tion is under­way into the death of a Payne man. Pauld­ing County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home on Town­line Street in Payne on Sat­ur­day morn­ing, for an unre­spon­sive man. When they arrived, they found 50 year old Cary Par­sons dead in the kitchen. Pauld­ing …

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Auburn Officers Face Discipline

A com­mit­tee is look­ing into thefts from the Auburn Police Depart­ment evi­dence room, and has now rec­om­mended dis­ci­pline for two Auburn offi­cers. The Auburn Police Depart­ment Dis­ci­pli­nary Com­mit­tee met for over 12 hours, and poured over all the evi­dence and infor­ma­tion. Now, that com­mit­tee has rec­om­mended dis­ci­pline against two offi­cers …

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Two Jailed By Bryan Police Over The Weekend

A cou­ple of arrests kept Bryan Police busy over the week­end. On Sat­ur­day after­noon, 40 year old James J. Free­man III of South Wal­nut Street in Bryan was arrested and charged with five counts of Aggra­vated Men­ac­ing, Car­ry­ing Con­cealed Weapons, Unlaw­ful Restraint, and Using Weapons While Intox­i­cated . He was …

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