January 6, 2025, press release from the Delphos Police Department: On 12-29-2024 officers spoke with a female in the 1200 block of N. Washington St, who reported that an item was missing from her residence. She believed that an acquaintance took the item during a previous visit. On 12-29-2024 officers responded to the 400 block of S. Cass St, after a female reported an unknow male in her residence. Officers arrived and did not locate anyone but the female in the residence. The residence was secure, and it did not appear anyone else had been there. On 12-30-2024 officers were sent to perform a well being check on a male in the 900 block of Lima Ave, after his home health nurse could not make contact with him. Officers located the male, who needed medical assistance, inside his residence.

Gervens Justilien, the man accused of the March 2024 murder of an American Township woman, will have his trial postponed. Originally scheduled to begin on January 14, 2025, Judge Jeffrey Reed allowed a motion for continuance entertained by Justilien's defense. A new trial date has not been set. The postponement is to allow an independent DNA expert to complete their investigation of collected evidence and release their findings.

Bradley McCrary is in the Multi-County Correctional Center and facing charges of  felonious assault.  

Call Log for Delphos Police Department December 15 through December 28.

Director Annette Chambers-Smith talked about the Christmas attack by Rashawn Cannon, who is accused of taking the life of Corrections Officer Andrew Lansing.

The Auglaize County Grand Jury charged Bailey Luckett with three charges from the October crash that left a Lima man dead.  

A Mansfield man takes a plea deal before his trial was set to begin next week on charges from a stabbing incident that happened in March 2024. 30-year-old Rocky Hayner pleaded guilty to the charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault. He will be sentenced on those charges in January 2025.

A trial date has been set for a father who is facing charges for the death of his daughter in a car fire this fall. A March 2025 trial date has been set for 33-year-old Nicholas Stemen after he waived his right to a speedy trial. He pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder, aggravated arson, involuntary manslaughter, and endangering children.

November 20, 2024, Press Release from the Delphos Police Department: On 11-03-2024 officers were sent to a residence in the 500 block of S. Franklin St, for a loud music complaint. On 11-03-2024 officers responded to the 800 block of Skinner St, for a Domestic Violence complaint. Upon arrival officers met with a male and a female at the residence. After investigating the incident, officers found probable cause to arrest the male, 32-year-old Jarrett Catlin, of Delphos, for Domestic Violence.

Lima Police detectives say a possible argument in a bar led to a shooting later in a driveway on Weadock Ave.