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June 2024 Bluffton Police Department docket

Posted by Staff on July 21, 2024 - 6:00am

The Bluffton Police Department provided the following docket of calls and responses for June 2024

POLICE DOCKET – JUNE 2024

June 2
Officers responded to the 100 block of Garmatter Street for a criminal damage complaint.

June 3
Officers arrested a Lima resident for driving without a valid driver’s license following a traffic stop in the area of Snider Road near Main Street for a speeding violation. The case is pending in Lima Municipal Court.

Officers responded to a business in the 100 block of South Main Street for a complaint of a subject passing bad checks.

June 4
Officers responded to the 100 block of North Jackson Street in reference to a theft complaint.

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Thayer-Dixie Hwy injury accident on July 16

Posted by Staff on July 18, 2024 - 10:56am

The Lima News reported that a Bluffton woman was injured in a two-vehicle collision at Thayer Rd and N. Dixie Highway on July 16.

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Allen County OVI checkpoint on July 19

Posted by Staff on July 18, 2024 - 10:02am

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Allen County on the evening of July 19. The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers.

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End of Watch memorial to visit Bluffton, July 13

Posted by Staff on July 10, 2024 - 7:16am

On Saturday, July 13 at 3:00 p.m., the Beyond the Call of Duty “End of Watch Ride to Remember” will be arriving in Bluffton to honor fallen Bluffton Police Officer Dominic Francis (EOW March 31, 2022). 

The rolling memorial will be arriving at the Bluffton Dairy Freeze, 595 S Main St, around 3:00 p.m. and leaving around 4:30 p.m. with a police escort through downtown Bluffton.

Beyond the Call of Duty and the End of Watch Ride to Remember is an organization out of Spokane Valley, WA that travels the country with their rolling memorial every other summer to honor the officers that were killed in the line of duty in the previous two years. 

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Lack of safety belt usage prevalent in July 4th weekend traffic fatalities

Posted by Staff on July 9, 2024 - 6:00am

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 16 people lost their lives in 15 traffic crashes during the July Fourth reporting period, which began Wednesday, July 3 at midnight and ended Sunday, July 7 at 11:59 p.m.

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Focus on sober driving this holiday weekend

Posted by Staff on July 4, 2024 - 6:00am

The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be highly visible and cracking down on impaired drivers during the Fourth of July holiday reporting period, which begins at midnight on Wednesday, July 3 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 7.

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