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 Area residents used snowblowers, snow plows and snow shovels to dig out from a winter storm that hit late Friday and Saturday. Another storm is to hit tonight. Staff photo/William Laney MIKE BURKHOLDER
and WILLIAM LANEY
Staff Writers
A winter snow storm, which dumped as much as 3 feet in the Washington, D.C. area, hit the area with as much as 9 inches of snow in Wapakoneta and some areas of Auglaize County.
The snowfall came with high winds which created drifts as tall as 4 feet causing hazards for the city and county roadways.
Wapakoneta weather observer Dan Dietz calculated 8.5 inches of snow fell in Wapakoneta Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 10 more inches starting with a light snow at midnight with most of the snow falling throughout the day Tuesday before tapering off early Wednesday morning.
Wapakoneta Public Works Superintendent Meril Simpson said city crews hit the roads at 4 a.m. Saturday, but the high winds hampered their effforts.
Crews worked until 4:15 p.m.. Saturday and returned Sunday and worked from 7 a.m. to 1p.m. before heading back out early this morning.
“We are attempting to clear the roadways the best we can and we are dumping more salt and grit this time,” Simpson said this morning. “The temperature is still too cold for the salt to work, but if we get enough sun it may warm it up enough to help.”
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
A resident of 202 S. Rauthland Ave. was arrested on multiple charges at 1:05 a.m. Sunday after his wife called for assistance with a domestic situation.
The woman said her husband, who was allegedly inebriated, refused to let her in the house, according to a report from the Wapakoneta Police Department.
Wapakoneta Police Chief Dave Webb said Sammy Oquinn Jr., 29, was in the basement and refused to open the door for a short period of time after officers arrived.
When he did answer, he came to the door yelling obscenities at officers.
His wife was concerned that he was inside damaging property.
During conversations with Oquinn, officers warned him many times about his behavior and advised him that his wife did not want to file criminal domestic charges, but he continued to resist and was arrested for persistent and disorderly conduct.
After being placed in the back of the cruiser, Oquinn kicked at the door in attempts to get out and kicked through a window, shattering glass in a police officer’s face, Webb said.
Additional measures were taken to restrain Oquinn, who was transported to the Auglaize County Jail on additional charges of vandalism to government property, a fifth-degree felony, and resisting arrest.
Webb said they are looking into reimbursements for damage.
Wapakoneta
Police Department
• A resident of 503 W. Benton St. was surprised to find three bags of trash in the trunk of her car at 9:20 p.m. Friday.
According to the report:
Kaleen Sawmiller was not sure how the trash got there but after officers went through the bags they appeared to belong to Robert Kinsella, of Botkins.
Kinsella, who works for Mike Swaney Pontiac Buick GMC Truck, of Wapakoneta, allegedly had the vehicle out for a test drive and picked up trash from his house to take to the work dumpster, but he forgot to take the trash out.
Once he remembered about the trash, he contacted a supervisor to make contact with the vehicle’s owner, but the supervisor was unable to advise her in time. Employees planned to make contact with Kinsella after the report was filed.
• A Wapakoneta man brought his 2-year-old daughter into the station to have bruises and possible burn marks photographed at 5:55 p.m. Saturday.
According to the report:
The Cole Street man had not seen his daughter in two weeks as she had been with her mother in Findlay.
The child, who is active, could not say how she got the injuries, but the father was advised to contact the jurisdiction where they may have occurred.
• While responding to a domestic situation at 12:35 a.m. Tuesday at 1775 Bellefontaine St., officers found drug paraphernalia on a male.
According to the report:
Bridget Bell, 27, called for problems with her 18-year-old boyfriend, with whom she shares a room at the Knights Inn, 1659 Bellefontaine St.
While talking with him, the officer located the paraphernalia, which was confiscated.
Bell said she wanted him to leave her alone.
The incident is being reviewed by prosecutors with the Auglaize County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for possible charges.
• Deputies with the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office saw two boys throw a stone through a window of a truck sitting at Kinstle’s Truck Center, 1770 Bellefontaine St. at 7:25 p.m. Monday.
According to the report:
They searched the area and pond and located one of the boys, who admitted to throwing the rock.
The incident remains under investigation, but the suspects were allegedly 17- and 18-year-old boys from Wapakoneta.
• Officers responded to a fight call at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Lee’s Famous Recipe, 311 W. Harrison St.
According to the report:
Angie Hatfield confronted some juveniles in a car when they pulled up beside a small boy walking in front of her and cussed at him while telling him to get in the car.
She told them not to talk like that around her children, which started an argument, in which the motorist got out of the vehicle raising his hands.
In the meantime, the 8-year-old boy he had been talking to ran away to a relative’s house on Auglaize Street.
The occupants of the car were talked to about their language and the boy was talked to about running away by the responding officer.
He said he did it because his sister was being mean to him.
• An anonymous resident called at 5:05 p.m. Friday concerned about children living at 402 Ashland Avenue.
According to the report:
Officers made contact with Angela Rodriguez and her 10- and 13-year-old boys.
The concern was that the boys were getting locked out of the apartment, but the mother said she does that to keep them outside playing while it’s nice rather than being inside and playing video games.
She said she is giving them water bottles and had gotten complaints about them running in and out all day.
• A resident of 406 Buchanan Street called at 2:15 a.m. Sunday saying he was concerned that his girlfriend was driving reckless with him and their child in the car.
According to the report:
When the car pulled into the station, the two were having an argument that got heated about the child and the boyfriend, Dustin Clayton, 23, had gotten upset after drinking all day.
His girlfriend, Vicki Epperson, 38, of the same address, did not want to drive him around.
They agreed to go home, go to bed and talk about it in the morning.
• A woman found a small baggie of marijuana near the curb of St. Paul United Church of Christ, 101 S. Perry St., at 9:10 a.m. Sunday.
According to the report:
She turned it in to evidence and police have no idea to whom the baggie may belong.
• Two people were seen inside a green Chevy fighting at 8:20 a.m. Monday near 501 S. Wagner Ave.
According to the report:
The vehicle, which appeared to be headed toward the park, was never found.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 18 June 2009 )
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