Police Log

Were you awakened last night between 2 and 2:30 a.m. to what may have sounded like guns firing?

No such thing.

Rick Skillier, Bluffton police chief, informed the Icon this morning that several residents called the department about hearing "gun shots" in the early morning hours.

Skillier said that what residents heard were fireworks being shot off in the area of Bluffton University.

"There was no public safety hazard to the noises reported last night," Skilliter said. "Residents heard fireworks being shot off."

Rick Skilliter, Bluffton police chief, provided the Icon with the January Bluffton police log, which follows:

On Monday, Jan. 6, Beaverdam-Richland Township Fire Department responded to a house fire with Cairo. The firemen ended up covered in nearly an inch of ice. The first picture is of Ed Montgomery's safety vest frozen and standing on its own.
- Sent to the Icon by Amy Mortimer

Bluffton Police Department Public Docket for October
October 3
-Police responded to a S. Main St. Residence in response to a Domestic Violence complaint.
October 5
-Police arrested Carrie Donaldson, 34, Bluffton for DUS following a traffic stop on Kibler St. for a Stop Sign violation.  The case is being handled in Lima Municipal Court.    
October 6
-Officers responded to a hit-skip traffic crash in the 100 block of W. Kibler St.  
October 8