Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Auglaize County, Ohio, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office and seven city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Auglaize County public records, Ohio arrest records, Ohio inmate search and Ohio criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Auglaize County
The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Auglaize County. It reported 21 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists seven cities in Auglaize County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Wapakoneta, 9,817 residents.
- St. Marys, 8,376 residents: 27 arrests reported for 2021.
- Minster, 3,054 residents: 16 arrests reported for 2022.
- New Bremen, 3,020 residents: 15 arrests reported for 2022.
- Cridersville, 1,745 residents.
- New Knoxville, 910 residents.
- Waynesfield, 741 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Auglaize County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Auglaize County Sheriff's Office: 21 for 2025, 21 for 2024, 27 for 2023, 17 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 12 for 2020.
- St. Marys: 27 for 2021, 35 for 2020 and 22 for 2019.
- New Bremen: 15 for 2022, 27 for 2020 and 20 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Minster: 16 for 2022 and 4 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 70 arrests that year.
New Knoxville reported only part of 2019 (7 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Auglaize County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Auglaize County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 42 people, down from about 70 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 72 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office at www2.auglaizecounty.org/elected-officials/sheriff/inmate-lookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Auglaize County), phone 419-739-6575, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Auglaize County
An arrest in Auglaize County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at www2.auglaizecounty.org/elected-officials/clerk-courts/public-acces..., phone 419-739-6770); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at www2.auglaizecounty.org/elected-officials/prosecuting-attorney, phone 419-739-6785).
Ohio does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Auglaize County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the agency must answer promptly, within a reasonable period of time, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 419-739-6575.
- An arrest in Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Minster, New Bremen, Cridersville, New Knoxville or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 419-739-6785, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas, through the court records page at www2.auglaizecounty.org, phone 419-739-6770.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based WebCheck at any WebCheck location.
Cities in Auglaize County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for seven of the eight cities in Auglaize County: Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Minster, New Bremen, Cridersville, New Knoxville and Waynesfield. Buckland has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Auglaize County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- St. Marys (8,376)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Auglaize County each year?
The Auglaize County Sheriff's Office reported 21 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2019, the latest year most of the agencies in Auglaize County sent in full, the four with every month on file reported 70 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Auglaize County?
Look on the custody page of the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office at www2.auglaizecounty.org, or call 419-739-6575. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Auglaize County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Auglaize County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Auglaize County Court of Common Pleas are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Ohio Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Auglaize County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Ohio Public Records Act the answer is due promptly, within a reasonable period of time.
Is this the official Auglaize County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.