CRIME & SAFETY

BRYAN — A Pioneer man was declared guilty here Monday of 10 felony charges — attempted murder the most serious among them — stemming from a violent domestic incident last year. Williams County Common Pleas Court Judge J.T. Stelzer declared Jochua Smallwood, 31, guilty of attempted murder, a first-degree felony; felonious assault, a second-degree felony; domestic violence, a third-degree felony; abduction, a third-degree felony; intimidation, a first-degree misdemeanor; and five counts of violating a protection order, each a fifth-degree felony. ...

DEFIANCE, Ohio — The Defiance Police Department is asking for help to locate a missing juvenile. Haley Matney, 16, was last seen at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday. She is described as 5-foot-7, 180 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing pink joggers, a...

Wagswoofs – A Fulton County man has been arrested following a drug bust in Archbold, Ohio. Michael M. Hughes, 42, got arrested on Monday when law enforcement agencies, including the Multi-area Narcotics Task Force, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Archbold Police Department, carried out a search warrant in the 100 block of West Lugbill Road in the western Fulton County village.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WFFT) - A man was injured after a tire came off of his car while driving on I-69. The crash happened on November 20 around the 324-mile marker. Police say around 10:02 a.m., Drew A. Short, 25, of Pioneer, Ohio, was headed north when the driver's side tire of his Honda Accord came off.

An east bound Norfolk Southern Freight Train struck a south bound semi tractor trailer, at the State Line Crossing, east of Edgerton, Indiana, at 3:48pm, on Thursday. The driver of the semi, saw the train and realized he was going to get hit. He exited the cab of his truck, prior to impact to the semi box trailer. The driver was not injured. The semi-trailer was empty. The railroad crew was able to get the train stopped east of Twp. Rd 11. The engineer and conductor of the train, were not injured. The rear half of the semi-trailer was on the northside of the crossing and the semi and other half of the trailer was on the southside of the crossing.

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - Police say agencies in Indiana and Ohio are responding to a crash involving a semi truck and a train along State Line Road Thursday afternoon. Leaders with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department say the crash happened around 3:45 p.m. at State Line Road and Railroad Street, near Edgerton. Officials say the semi crashed on the Indiana side of the State Line while the train is in Ohio.

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Timothy Hohenberger, 52, Napoleon, appeared for sentencing on a charge of assault, a fourth-degree felony. He was given a nine-month prison term with credit for 42 days served in jail while his case was pending. Hohenberger caused, or attempted to cause, physical harm to a Defiance police officer during an incident on Perry Street on Aug. 15. During a physical confrontation, Hohenberger grabbed a police officer and eventually was subdued with a taser. Julian Cifuentes, 36, Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty to identity fraud, a fifth-degree...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A Williams County man accused of strangling his mother in Toledo on Monday has been arrested. Cory Allen, 42, of Stryker, allegedly strangled his mother while she was lying in bed and demanded to know "where his money was," according to court documents. His mother said...

On November 20, 2023, the Multi-Area Narcotics Task force, with assistance from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and the Archbold Police Department, executed a search warrant at 110 West Lugbill, Archbold, Ohio after an investigation into potential distribution of narcotics. The action resulted in the arrest of 42-year-old Michael...