January 2025 docket for Bluffton Police Dept.
Provided by the Bluffton Police Department
Total Calls for Service – 564
January 5
Officers received a civil complaint from a S. Spring St. resident.
January 8
Officers arrested a Bluffton resident on outstanding warrants issued by the Allen County Sheriff’s Office and Hancock County Sheriff’s Office.
January 16
Officers responded to a business in the 100 block of N. Main St. reference a suspicious person. After removing the individual from the business, officers located the individual and issued him a criminal trespass notice to not return to the property. The subject was also charged with Disorderly Conduct and Menacing.
January 19
Officers received a theft complaint from a Bluffton resident. Items were stolen out of the victim’s vehicle while at the individual’s place of employment.
January 20
Officers received a complaint of the subject who was trespassed from the business earlier in the month being back at the business. After the subject did not locate what he was looking for at the business, he contacted the police to make a complaint. The subject left the police department before officers could arrive to speak with him. Officers observed a Main Street decorative steel trash bin holder in the roadway and orange papers scattered throughout the area. Officers checked the town hall security cameras and noticed the subject came into the town hall lobby, grabbed a stack of papers, and went outside and threw them. Security camera footage also showed the subject was the one who pushed the steel trash can holder into the roadway. In addition to being charged with Criminal Trespass, the subject, a Bluffton resident, was also charged with Criminal Mischief, and Littering. The cases are pending in Lima Municipal Court.
A Pinebrook St. resident called police to report a fraud complaint.
January 24
Officers received a theft complaint from a S. Main St. resident.
January 26
Officers responded to the university in reference to a theft from a motor vehicle during the overnight hours.
January 27
Officers received a complaint of a theft from a motor vehicle during the overnight hours.
January 29
Officers responded to a Kibler St. residence for an unruly juvenile complaint.
Stories Posted This Week
Friday, October 16, 2026
- Production offers a modern take on the story of St. Clare of Assisi
- Bluffton volleyball edged in 5 by Van Buren
- Pirate girls soccer tie O-G
- October 16 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Bluffton Council recap: Officers honored for 25 years of service
- Bluffton Clean Up teams up with Troop 3256 Cub Scouts
- Ada FFA: Feeding the Farmers
- Nov. 7 Fall Community Day at Bluffton University
- Quarry Farm Nature Preserve news for Fall 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
- DeWine announces $200M Rural Health Transformation program award
- Herb program with Marge Lafollette, Oct. 15
- Prairie seeding activity at Bluffton University, October 24
- Food for thought: Choline for the brain
- Results for 5K on October 2, Bluffton University Homecoming event
- 15 minutes with Sherry Miller, senior center activities coordinator
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 14
- CANCELLED Main St. closure on October 15
- Frederick Clyde Warren founded True-2-Form Plastics
- Pirate boys soccer beats Wapak in regular season finale
- Pirate girls soccer defeats Liberty Center
- Mennonite pastor to explore ‘good news’ in creation
- Bluffton University earns recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings
- Obituary for Deborah "Debbie" Welch, 74
- Spirits and exorcism presentation during University Spiritual Life Week Forum
- Dodging bullets: Bluffton oral history 90+ years after Dillinger robbery
- Nora Matthews named BHS Student of the Month for September 2026
- ICAPP analysis on charter status and local autonomy
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines, October 13
- Bluffton area Women in Business meeting October 15
- Leo club glasses collection
- Night at the (Swiss Historical) Museum, October 24
- Woodcarving ornament workshop at Swiss Heritage Center
- Barefoot nature walks at the Nature Preserve
- Pirate volleyball seeded 4th
- Beavers sports roundup, October 6-11
- Bluffton leaf pickup scheduled for last week of October
- Pirate boys soccer shuts out Bellefontaine
- Watch an after school movie at the Bluffton Public Library
- Dunlap awarded OSBA humanitarian award