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…
Madison Township, Ohio – The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a school bus crash that occurred on October 6, 2022, at approximately 11:15 a.m. The crash occurred on County Road 16 at U.S. Highway 20 in Madison Township, Williams County.Aaron D. Mullins, age 52, of Pioneer, Ohio, was driving a…
The Ohio State Highway Patrol has entered the American Association of State Troopers (AAST) “Best Looking Cruiser” contest. Through August 25, visit the Patrol’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages and click the link in any of our contest posts. You can also visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QHXV8ZS to cast your vote for Ohio for the best looking state…
Paulding resident Earl Chapman joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club today after his safety belt saved him from sustaining life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred on State Route 637 at State Route 613 in Paulding County on June 25, 2022. Ohio State Highway Patrol Lieutenant Tim Grigsby and Trooper Kevin Krill presented him with a…
Van Wert resident Roderick K. Bowen joined Ohio’s “Saved by the Belt” Club after his safety belt saved him from sustaining life-threatening injuries. The crash occurred on Wren-Landeck Road in Van Wert County on May 12, 2022. Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Adam L. Saylor presented him with a “Saved by the Belt” certificate signed…
Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Michael P. Dirr has been selected the 2021 Trooper of the Year at the Van Wert Post. The selection of Trooper Dirr, 41, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2021. Fellow officers stationed at the Van Wert Post, chose Trooper Dirr based on his leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous…
