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May 2023 Bluffton area crash information

Posted by Staff on June 24, 2023 - 5:57am

By Paula Scott

Have intersections that you avoid or fear as a driver? The Icon hears complaints about a variety of locations. Here's a May 2023 vehicle crash report compiled from the Ohio Department of Public Safety crash report website.

05/06/2023 - Failure to yield right of way on SR 103 at SR 235, 3 vehicles - OSHP - Orange Twp. - Property Damage 

05/13/2023 - 1 vehicle on U.S. 30 struck a deer - OSHP - Richland Twp. - Property Damage 

05/13/2023 - 1 vehicle on County Rd. 304 struck a deer - OSHP - Orange Twp.  - Property Damage 

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UPDATED OVI Checkpoint on SR 309 on June 23

Posted by Staff on June 23, 2023 - 7:53am

LIMA–The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that an OVI checkpoint will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on June 23 on State Route 309 near mile post 17, in Allen County.

The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers.

The checkpoint will also be held in conjunction with nearby saturation patrols to aggressively combat impaired driver-related injury and fatal crashes.

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Two fatal traffic crashes during April and May on Allen County roads

Posted by Staff on June 20, 2023 - 6:55am

The Lima/Allen County Safe Community Coalition reports there were two fatal traffic crashes on Allen County roadways during April and May 2023.

Thus far, there have been a total of 6 fatalities on Allen County roadways due to traffic crashes in 2023. In comparison, during 2022 there was one fatal crash through May.

See attached tables for further details.

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UPDATED Reward offered for information on June 7-8 theft

Posted by Staff on June 19, 2023 - 2:17pm

CORRECTION: The Bluffton Police Department has reissued this notice with the incident date corrected to June 7-8.

On June 8th, 2023, at approximately 0945 hours, the Bluffton Police Department received a complaint of Breaking and Entering that occurred at the Bluffton Swimming Pool sometime after the close of business on June 7th, 2023. The unknown suspect(s) took the following items: keys to the cash register, HP laptop with power cord estimated value $500.00, photographic optical equipment value at $143.00, and a safe containing money and checks in the amount of $930.00.

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Passenger sentenced in connection to death of Officer Francis

Posted by Paula Scott on June 14, 2023 - 9:45am

The Findlay Courier has reported that a Columbus man was sentenced in Hancock County Court to 33 months in state prison, having pled guilty to charges related to the March 31, 2023 death of Bluffton police officer Dominic Francis.

In March 2023, Zachary Love pleaded guilty to three felony charges: tampering with evidence, posession of guns after a prior offense and improper handling of firearms.

Judge Reginald Routson sentenced Love on June 12. Love is the third of three defendants to be sentenced in relation to the death of Francis.

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EMS call report May 2023

Posted by Paula Scott on June 5, 2023 - 2:33pm

On Monday, June 5, the Icon received a call from a witness to a crash involving a single pickup on I-75 at the County Line Road overpass the prior day. What had happened to the driver? They had seen the the vehicle flying through the air, flipping over.

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