MEDINA, Ohio—On Wednesday, July 6 a change of plea was filed for Dante D. Tate in Medina County Common Pleas Court; he has pleaded guilty to charges of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and receiving stolen property.
Tate was taken into custody in Elyria on March 31 after Officer Dominic Francis was struck and killed at Bluffton while attempting to deploy stop sticks on I-75.
On June 5, Staff Lieutenant William N. Bowers was promoted to the rank of captain by Colonel Richard S. Fambro, Patrol superintendent. Captain Bowers will remain in his current assignment to serve as commander of the Findlay District Headquarters.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 16 people lost their lives in 16 traffic crashes during the 4th of July reporting period, Friday, July 1-Monday, July 4.
Troopers made 444 arrests for impaired driving and 239 for drug-related charges. The Patrol responded to 559 crashes and made more than 33,000 traffic contacts in total. Troopers also provided assistance to more than 2,588 motorists.
The Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an injury airplane crash that occurred on June 13, 2022 at approximately 5:15 p.m. The crash occurred in a field south of the Bluffton Airport.
Robert S. Searfoss, age 48, of New Bavaria Ohio, was flying a 1968Cessna 172 when he lost control of the air craft crashing into a field.The air craft struck nose first and flipped over. Mr. Searfoss suffered serious injuries and was flown to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo Ohio. Mr. Searfoss was using his safety belt.
