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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

One motor­cy­clist is in cus­tody and another is still on the loose fol­low­ing a police chase Mon­day night that started in DeKalb County and ended in Angola. It began when cops tried to stop two motor­cy­cles head­ing north on County Road 39 from the Water­loo area for speed­ing. They refused …

Williams County Sher­iffs Deputies have been busy so far this week. 50 year old Bir­dine Cole Sr. of Mont­pe­lier was arrested Mon­day on 2 secret indict­ments from the Williams County Com­mon Pleas Court. Cole is a reg­is­tered sex offender that absconded. His ini­tial indict­ment in July is for fail­ure to …

A Fre­mont man will spend 10 years of a 20 year sen­tence behind bars, fol­low­ing his sen­tenc­ing on Mon­day in Steuben Supe­rior Court. 23 year old Jere­miah Bates entered a guilty plea to a Level 2 felony of Deal­ing Metham­phet­a­mine. Bates was also placed on pro­ba­tion for five years and …