August 20, 2024, Press Release from the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office: The information provided allows for a timely snapshot of events in our community. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by deputies, and may or may not be assigned to a Detective for further investigation. The information provided may be found after further investigation to be incorrect or false. Certain details of these incidents have been removed due to potential follow-up investigation into the incident and/or for privacy rights.

An Ohio City man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a van wert county home. 31-year-old Scott Keber is charged with one count of aggravated arson and is being held in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility awaiting arrangement.  According to the Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach, his office was notified when someone saw a person setting a fire at a resident in the village of Glenmore, just after midnight Sunday morning. 

The Van Wert County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday afternoon that a portion of the village of Middle Point will be closed for an unknown amount of time as authorities execute a search warrant. The search warrant was for the residence located at 304 South Adams Street. Authorities have not provided any information on what caused the search warrant, or what was found in the residence afterward. Back in 2016, an investigation took place in the same location by the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office. The investigation was for a missing 25-year-old male.