FINDLAY | Findlay Police Daily Calls for Service: Oct. 23, 2026

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FINDLAY — The Findlay Police Department logged 82 calls for service on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, according to the department’s daily media release. The most common were 14 traffic stop calls, 8 check doors calls and 6 special assignment calls. The log covers calls from 1:51 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Notable Calls

Four people taken into custody

Dispatch notes show four people were taken into custody during the day. The release does not list charges in any of the cases:

• 5:46 p.m., 500 block of West Main Cross Street: Officers were called about a wanted person, and the person was taken into custody within minutes.
• 9:17 p.m., 100 block of Madison Avenue: Officers attempting to serve a warrant took a person into custody.
• 10:05 p.m., 100 block of Filmore Street: Officers checking a suspicious-activity call detained one person, who was taken into custody.
• 11:59 p.m., 1900 block of Park Street: Officers attempting to serve a warrant took a person into custody shortly after midnight.

Crashes, including a hit-skip on Tiffin Avenue

• 8:34 a.m., 1000 block of West Sandusky Street: A parked car was struck.
• 11:24 a.m., Lima Avenue near State Route 15: A car struck a sign. The caller, a towing company, told dispatchers the driver was cooperating.
• 4:14 p.m., 1900 block of Tiffin Avenue: A pickup and an SUV collided in the roadway and pulled into a parking lot. No injuries were reported, no airbags deployed, damage was minimal and the drivers did not want a report.
• 5:33 p.m., 2000 block of Tiffin Avenue: A caller reported being hit by another vehicle on the road and said they had followed the other driver to a nearby restaurant parking lot. The release does not say how the call was resolved.

At 6:47 p.m., officers also handled a disabled car that was left in the road in the 200 block of Crystal Avenue after its front axle appeared to drop. The vehicle was removed from the roadway.

Door-pounding reports on the south side

Two calls logged as burglaries came in 10 minutes apart Friday night. At 8:40 p.m., a caller in the 2200 block of Honeytree Court reported that someone tried to get in the front door and then the back door. At 8:50 p.m., a caller reported someone pounding on the front and back doors of a home in the 400 block of Scarlet Oak Drive. In both cases officers checked the area and found no one, and nothing was reported taken.

Fraud, tire slashing and a vandalized car

• 2:36 p.m., 700 block of Fifth Street: A woman reported receiving a bill from a collections agency that had been opened with her personal information.
• 4:00 p.m., 500 block of West Main Cross Street: A caller reported that tires had been slashed.
• 6:55 p.m., 800 block of Selby Street: A caller reported that someone had been using the caller’s credit card, for at least $120.
• 1:17 p.m., 800 block of Maple Avenue: A caller reported that someone had poured a liquid on the caller’s car and left items on it. The officer found no permanent damage, and the caller did not want a police report.

Disputes, threats and an assault report

• 9:30 a.m., 1200 block of Crystal Glen Boulevard: A domestic dispute reported by a third party turned out to be a verbal disagreement.
• 5:18 p.m., 1400 block of South Main Street: A woman said two women had yelled vague, threatening comments at her earlier in the day. The officer advised her the comments were not direct enough for police to take action.
• 8:32 p.m.: A woman reported that a man struck her in the face earlier that afternoon, hitting her glasses. She reported no injury and said she only wanted to seek a protection order, and the officer explained how to get one. No criminal report was taken at that time.
• 9:32 p.m., 1900 block of Kirkwood Court: After several hang-up calls, a woman told dispatchers a man had shown up and refused to leave. Dispatch notes include a description of the man, and the release does not say how the call was resolved.
• 9:59 p.m.: A woman reported a months-long pattern of a man showing up at her workplace and in public. The officer noted no direct threats had been made and answered her questions about civil protection orders.
• 10:39 p.m., 300 block of North Main Street: A caller reported a man banging on her car and trying to start a fight in an alley. He was gone when officers arrived.
• 11:02 p.m., 700 block of Dayton Avenue: A reported domestic dispute was an argument, with nothing physical and no threats.

Other calls

• At 4:29 p.m., a woman in the 1100 block of West Trenton Avenue reported that a man waved at her in a store parking lot and then followed her around the store. Officers checked the area and could not find him.
• At 7:15 p.m., a man in the 600 block of South Main Street told dispatchers a cab had taken his money and dropped him off at the wrong place. He later declined to speak with an officer.
• At 12:21 p.m., officers were called to the 500 block of Howard Street for an opossum that had been hit by a car. It was already dead when they arrived.
• Officers also handled a neighbor’s complaint about a driver speeding past homes on Candlewick Drive, a loud-party complaint in the 1000 block of South Blanchard Street, a trespass request at a South Main Street business and a canceled business alarm on Fostoria Avenue.

Traffic enforcement made up a large share of the day, with 14 traffic stops, including a stop at South Blanchard Street and Blanchard Avenue for a driver who passed a stopped school bus and several warnings to bicyclists and a motorbike rider. Officers also completed eight overnight business door checks, six special assignments, four summons services and two school walk-throughs.

Anyone taken into custody or charged is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

The daily media release is a log of calls as they were dispatched, with brief notes from dispatchers and officers. It is not a final police report, and details can change as cases are investigated. The Findlay Police Department can be reached at 419-424-7150 for non-emergencies, or through the City of Findlay Police Department page. Residents can also learn how to report a crime in Findlay. In an emergency, call 911.

Sources

• Findlay Police Department, Daily Media Release for Oct. 23, 2026 (call log spreadsheet provided to The Fostoria Free Press)
• City of Findlay Police Department – https://www.findlayohio.gov/government/city-departments/police
• City of Findlay, Report a Crime – https://www.findlayohio.gov/government/city-departments/police/report-a-crime

Data in this report comes from the Findlay Police Department daily media release. Names, house numbers and details involving juveniles or medical conditions have been left out.