Paulding County Unofficial Summary Paulding County is certainly a red county when it comes to the national elections, but in the county the results go both ways. The most contested races appeared to be for the County Commissioner seat, where Clint Vance took the lead, winning by a 67% of the vote over Tom Sinn.…
A seven month investigation by Oakwood assistant Chief of Police and Oakwood Elementary School Resource Officer Gary Smiddy, lead to the execution of a search warrant on Thursday, October 8, 2020 which has resulted in the arrest of a local Oakwood man. During the search warrant 26 full-grown Marijuana plants were confiscated with an estimated…
Union Township – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 8:30 P.M. on Sunday evening, September 27, 2020, on US 30 just west of Convoy Road in Van Wert County. Unit 1, a 2018 Honda Fit, was eastbound in the westbound lanes of US 30. Unit…
Air Force One touched down on September 21 at the Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, at 7:35 p.m. The crowd was there to listen to President Donald J Trump speak on the tarmac of the airport. The crowd numbered in the 10’s of thousands lined up around the designated area to get into the…
Criminal/Traffic Disposition Bradley T. Willoughby, Oakwood, OH; Disorderly conduct with persistence; Guilty; Defendant to pay all fines and costs; Maintain general good behavior Michael D. Poucher, Paulding, OH; Criminal damages; Case dismissed per state, with prejudice; Costs waived John T. Hunt, Lima, OH; Assault; Case dismissed per state, without prejudice; Costs waived John T. Hunt,…
It was found on August 26 in the Village of Antwerp that the previous night there was a campaign sign that was vandalized. At the time of writing the police had not been called for the alleged crime to be investigated. Antwerp Police Chief George Clemens stated that this would be considered Criminal Damaging according…
Ridge Township – On August 18, 2020 at approximately 3:34 P.M., Troopers from the Van Wert Post responded to an injury crash at the intersection of State Route 116 and Middle Point Road in Ridge Township, in Van Wert County. John Bill Jr., age 43, of Van Wert was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe westbound…
Criminal/Traffic Disposition Shon D. Cantu, Defiance, OH; Theft; Defendant waived the preliminary hearing in open court; case shall be bound over Caleb L. Baughman, Payne, OH; Disorderly conduct; Guilty; Defendant to pay all costs; Maintain general good behavior Amanda S. Faehr, Paulding, OH; Drugs into jail; Preliminary hearing waived; Case shall be bound over Amanda…
Crane Township – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury crash which occurred on US 24 at County Road 87, in Crane Township on July 27, 2020, at approximately 8:25 A.M. A 2020 Freightliner semi-tractor trailer, driven by 33-year old Philip Hamstra of Porter, Indiana was eastbound on…
US-24 Is back open but down to one lane (right lane) in both directions. We ask all motorists to slow down, move over and proceed with Caution through the area as crews are still working to clean up the crash scene.
Defiance – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred today, July 23, 2020 at approximately 11:20 a.m. The crash occurred on US 24, near milepost 28, in the city of Defiance. A 2020 Kenworth semi-truck, driven by Darrell R. Deering, age 56, of St. Johns, Michigan, was traveling westbound on…
Criminal/Traffic Disposition Jamie D. Coombs, Paulding, OH; Aggravated menacing; Pled no contest, found guilty; Defendant to pay all fines and costs; Maintain general good behavior; No contact with victim; No unlawful contact with common child; .45 caliber Kimber shall be forfeited; All others weapons returned to a third party Juan Hernandez Ramirez, Grover Hill, OH;…
On June 16th, a resident reported that they saw a door to door salesman on Kroos Drive, the officer located the individual and explained that a permit was needed in order to sell door to door. On June 15th, a resident reported that she believed her teenage daughter had run away. The officers located the…
