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CRIME & SAFETY
Public assistance sought solving cold case homicide in Lima
Jul. 2—LIMA — The Lima Police Department has asked for the public's assistance in solving an almost 20-year-old murder of a Lima man. According to a Crime Stoppers news release, on Sept. 25, 2005, at 11:45 p.m., Lima police officers were dispatched to the area of Market Street and Metcalf Street in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a white Cadillac with Lucious Upshaw Jr., ...
Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Wanted Persons of the Week - July 2, 2024
Here is this week's wanted list from the Lima/Allen-Putnam County Crime Stoppers Program. Law enforcement is also seeking assistance in solving the cold case homicide of 53-year-old Lucious Upshaw Jr. Cold Case Homicide Lucious Upshaw Jr. On September 25, 2005 at 1145 pm, Officers from the Lima Police Department were...
Lima SWAT team trains Shawnee police for active shooters
Jul. 3—SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — The Lima Police Department SWAT team conducted active shooter drills with the Shawnee Township Police and Fire Departments Wednesday at Shawnee High School. The drills train patrol officers, who are the first to respond to active-shooter calls, in SWAT techniques so officers are better prepared to respond to active shooters or mass-casualty events. "It might take a ...
Standoff on Crestwood Drive in Lima ends peacefully after two hours
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A Lima man allegedly refused to leave his home when Allen County Sheriff deputies tried to execute a protection order. 26-year-old John Peterson III walked out of 807 Crestwood Drive after a two-hour negotiation with the sheriff's department after he barricaded himself inside the home. Deputies were trying to execute a court-ordered protection order when Peterson closed the door and refused to come out.
Sentences handed down for obstructing justice, other charges
SIDNEY — The Shelby County Common Pleas Court recently handed down several sentences for attempted domestic violence, obstructing justice, violating community control and drugs, among other charges. Jacqueline M. Caudill, 39, of Sidney, was sentenced to five years community control, with 13 days of jail credit granted, on one...
Five crash fatalities reported this year in Allen County
LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Safe Community Coalition recently reported there have been two fatalities due to traffic crashes in Allen County during May and June, increasing the county’s crash fatalities in 2024 to five. Of the fatal crashes in May and June, one resulted in the death...
City record: June 28 to July 1
-3:30 p.m.: crash. In the parking lot of Walmart on Michigan Street, Donald R. Hall, 70, of Sidney, pulled out of a parking spot and struck the unoccupied vehicle of Erica E. Heitkamp, of Minster. He struck the rear taillight and drove away without leaving his information. Police checked the security footage and tracked the car back to Hall and he was charged with operation without reasonable control, not stopping after an accident and now has a mandatory court appearance.
Jack Arrested on Possession Charges
Matthew Jack, 32, of Shelbyville, Indiana, was lodged in the Logan County Jail on possession charges early Monday morning. Logan County Sheriff Deputies were called to a business in Russells Point after employees saw a vehicle behind the building in the grass. As deputies approached the vehicle, they saw Jack...
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