One person is in custody, another is on the loose after a police chase in Hancock County around midnight. Findlay police officers tried to do a traffic stop on Main Street, but the car took off. Other law enforcement joined the chase. The suspects' car traveled around 11 miles into Wood County, just south of North Baltimore, then stopped. Two people got out of the car and ran into a cornfield. Officers formed a perimeter around the cornfield, and the police drone was deployed. The Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter was called in. The helicopter found one of the suspects but could not find the second. 

A man accused of robbing Findlay's Tiffin Avenue Walmart didn't get far. According to the Findlay Police Department, they took a report of a robbery just before 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon at the east side Walmart. Witnesses say a man committed a theft from the store and was confronted by a citizen and an asset protection associate. He then appeared to be pointing a gun towards them from inside his pocket. He then fled the scene in a vehicle, that was stopped in Fostoria, by the local police.

A Michigan woman is arrested after a trooper finds a variety of drugs during a traffic stop. 32-year-old Constance Harrison of Flint, Michigan, is in the Hancock County Jail on a charge of possession of ecstasy. If convicted, she could face up to eight years in prison and a $15,000 fine. On November 9, 2019, troopers stopped Harrison for a speed violation. A trooper noticed the smell of marijuana and conducted a search of the vehicle. During the search, they found marijuana, ecstasy pills and powder, as well as, liquid codeine, totaling $3,250.

A Findlay man was flown to a Toledo hospital after he was struck from behind while riding his bicycle. The Findlay Police Department say that 55-year-old Kenneth Bender was riding north on Main Street around 8 o'clock Friday morning when 36-year-old Kory Conley drove up behind and hit him. Bender was dragged for a distance by Conley and hit a parked car.

The Arlington man accused of assaulting a mother and a daughter with a hatchet is facing more charges. The Hancock County Grand Jury has indicted 37-year-old Brandon Pinks on single counts of attempted murder, possessing criminal tools, tampering with evidence, and motor vehicle theft. More charges could be added at a later date.

The man who has been charged with attacking a mother and a daughter with a hatchet in Arlington has been charged with two counts of felonious assault. 37-year-old Brandon Pinks was arraigned on the charges and is being held in the Hancock County Jail on a $250,000 bond. The case will be presented to a grand jury for possible additional charges.

Hancock County is taking steps to remedy the overcrowding problem at the county jail.