Capsule Report - Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025

Hit pedestrian

A Dunkirk resident complained of pain after an Upland woman hit him with her car at the intersection of Meridian and Water streets in Portland about 9:30 p.m. Friday.

Tessa Mozden, 28, was driving her 2017 Jeep Patriot on Water Street and turning north onto Meridian Street when she noticed a pedestrian, Scott E. Bragg, in the road. She told police she wasn’t able to stop her car before crashing into him.

Bragg complained of lower back pain. He refused treatment on scene. Damage is estimated at less than $1,000.

Intersection crash

A Portland woman crashed into a Portland man’s car at the intersection of Ship and North streets about noon Saturday.

Veronica K. Wilson, 63, was driving her 2019 Chevrolet Equinox west on North Street and stopped at its intersection with Ship Street. She told police she didn’t see the oncoming southbound 2017 Chevrolet Pacifica driven by 22-year-old Logan D. Schroen, and continued into the intersection. Schroen told police Wilson failed to yield the right of way, and he wasn’t able to stop before crashing into her.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. Wilson’s vehicle was towed.

Avoided deer

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000 after a Ridgeville man swerved off U.S. 27 to avoid a deer and lost control of the vehicle he was driving, causing an accident about 11:51 p.m. Sunday.

Draven B. James, 22, was driving a 2006 Hyundai Tiburon south on the highway near county road 650 South when he noticed a deer in the road. He swerved into the opposite lane and back into the southbound lane, and he lost control of the vehicle. The car continued into a ditch west of the highway and hit a culvert under the driveway at 6692 S. US. 27. He continued south into an embankment, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report, and bounced back into the road.

James sustained a back injury and was transported to IU Health Jay. The car he was driving was towed.

Lost control

A Portland man complained of pain after the vehicle he was driving went off county road 900 East and into a ditch about 5:35 a.m. Friday.

Arais Campuzano-Alonzo, 24, was driving a 2013 Ford Escape north on county road 900 East just south of county road 200 North when he drove off the east side of the road. His passenger side’s tires went off the road, and he overcorrected, causing the car to spin counterclockwise. The car went across the road and into a ditch west of county road 900 East, where it rolled onto its roof. 

Campuzano-Alonzo complained of upper arm pain. He refused to be transported by emergency medical personnel. 

He was cited for driving without a license and driving without financial responsibility.

The vehicle he was driving was towed, with damage estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. 

Hit bridge

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Bluffton man crashed his truck along county road 300 North about noon Saturday.

Ryan P. Kemp, 41, was driving his 2000 Ford F-150 west on county road 300 North near its intersection with county road 550 West. He told police he drifted off the south side of the road and hit a concrete bridge rail with the side of his truck. 

Kemp’s vehicle was towed.

Rolled semi

A Fort Wayne man rolled the semi he was driving along U.S. 27 in Jay County about 7:35 a.m. Sunday.

Tavaris D. Davis Jr., 18, was driving a 2022 Kenworth T3 Series south on the highway near its intersection with county road 200 North when he drove off the side of the road. He told police he overcorrected, causing the semi to roll onto its side and stop in the middle of the road.

The vehicle Davis was driving is registered to HC Transport of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was towed, with damage estimated between $25,000 and $50,000.