Monroe Township, Putnam County – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Lima Post is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on January 27, 2025 at approximately 8:25 P.M, on State Route 15 near County Road 21 in Monroe Township, Putnam County. A 2021 Chevrolet Equinox, operated by Erica Shafer, age 32, of Continental, Ohio was…
Paulding – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash, that left four people deceased and two injured on US24 near MP15 in Paulding County, Emerald Township, at approximately 9:13 P.M. on January 24, 2025.Gary Wayne Woods, age 72 , of Clio, Michigan was traveling eastbound on US…
ARTHUR – The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle injury crash involving a pedestrian and a school bus. The crash occurred November 25 at 7:33 a.m. on County Road 209 near Township Road 184 in Auglaize Township in Paulding County. The preliminary investigation revealed a Paulding Exempted Village…
Cecil– The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle, fatal traffic crash that occurred on South Main Street near the intersection of Plum Street in the Village of Cecil. At approximately 0259 Hrs. a 2001 GMC Yukon driven by Michael Dean Geiger, Age 58, of Bryan Ohio was…
The message from state officials was clear: Come early, stay late for last week’s solar eclipse. New data shows that most people did just that, avoiding the post-eclipse gridlock other states experienced. “I’m grateful to all our state and local partners who spent more than two years planning for this event. Because of their hard…
March 10, Antwerp Police Department was contacted with a request to assist Ohio State Highway Patrol with blocking off the east bound traffic at the overpass on 49. March 15, Antwerp Police Department received a request to do a welfare check. It was determined that the individual did not live in Antwerp but in Van…
Haviland– On November 30, 2023, at approximately 9:27 A.M., troopers responded to a traffic crash at the intersection of State Route 114 and County Road 87 in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County. A 1991 Ford F-150 operated by Hayden Matthew Smith, age 16, of Rossburg, Ohio was traveling southbound on County Road 87 and failed to…
COLUMBUS – Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest travel periods each year. As Ohioans and our visitors travel throughout the state, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers will be enforcing safe driving. Troopers will be highly visible and cracking down on impaired drivers and those failing to wear a safety belt from Wednesday, November…
Napoleon residents Colin Sabins, Brewer Sabins and Allison Boles joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club today after their safety belts saved them from sustaining life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred on state Route 191 in Williams County on July 22, 2023. Ohio State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Rustun K. Schack, Defiance Post commander, presented them with…
COLUMBUS – Three suspects have been indicted in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on a combined 116 counts of conveyance-related charges after an investigation by troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Office of Investigative Services and investigators from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction’s Chief Inspector’s Office. The investigation began on…
Middle Point resident Paul Andrew Guinther joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club after his safety belt saved him from sustaining life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred on U.S. 224 in Van Wert County on October 11, 2022. Ohio State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Joseph R. Sisco, Van Wert Post commander, presented him with a “Saved by…
The Kiwanis Club of Paulding County was privileged to have Trooper Wes Ditto (Van Wert Post, Ohio State Highway Patrol) as the guest speaker at the March 9, 2023, club meeting. Trooper Ditto came at the invitation of Jane Gray (Kiwanis Club of Paulding County Member). Trooper Ditto spoke to the Kiwanians about the new…
Mill Creek Township – On January 14, 2023, at approximately 8:33PM, Williams County area law enforcement was notified by Indiana State Police of an eastbound motor vehicle pursuit involving a black 2019 Cadillac XT5 on US20 near the Ohio-Indiana State Line. Indiana State Police terminated their pursuit at the state line. At approximately 8:37PM, a trooper with…
