Bluffton Police responded to an alarm at the Marathon station at 205 S. Main St. on July 25, according to Matt Oglesbee, Bluffton police sergeant. While the thief was not captured in person, he was captured on the store video camera.
Oglesbee told The Icon that officers discovered a window on the front door had been broken and the business had been entered. The owner of the business reported several items had been taken during the break in.
A security video from the business reveals an unidentified white male entering the building through the broken window.
A Bluffton man faces charges in Lima Municipal Court following June 26, incident on North Lawn Avenue, according to Rick Skillier, Bluffton police chief.
Police officials were called to investigate a report of gunshots followed by someone screaming. While investigating the complaint, officers discovered the source of the commotion to be from a residence in the area of Lawn Avenue and Washington Street.
The investigating officers learned the incident stemmed from a neighborhood dispute involving an adult male and two juvenile females.
A rural Bluffton man faces charges in Lima Municipal Court following a May 25 incident at Buckeye Park and the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool, according to Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief.
Police officials were called to investigate a report of fire being set to a portable restroom and in the swimming pool bathroom. While investigating the complaint, officers discovered two separate fires were set in each of the areas.
Investigating officers identified a suspect through the course of conducting several interviews of witnesses in the area at the time.
Bluffton emergency officials were called to an injury traffic crash involving a golf cart at 11:01 p.m. on Sunday, June 19. The crash occurred on Riverbend Drive near Sycamore Court, which has a 25 m.p.h. speed limit.
Officers investigating the crash discovered Jessica J. Brockert, a 16- year-old Bluffton female, was on the back of the golf cart when she fell from the vehicle to the ground. At this time, it is not clear what caused the girl to fall from the moving cart, according to Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief.
