Kosciusko

The following individuals were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Tanner Moyer

SOUTH WHITLEY — Tanner Moyer, owner of Moyer’s Cruise In, Silver Lake and Moyer’s Corner Cafe, South Whitley, was arrested on Oct. 4 on charges of child molestation.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Aug. 22, an individual went to the South Whitley Police Department to file a complaint involving the alleged molestation of her son by Moyer.

An officer interviewed the alleged victim on Aug. 31. The victim, who is now eighteen years old, stated he has known Tanner Moyer since he was four years old.

He stated he was a close friend of Moyer. Moyer would often babysit the victim at the victim’s residence. Moyer was considered to be a father/uncle figure to him.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the alleged victim described his first memory of the alleged inappropriate contact between him and Moyer occurred when he was approximately four to five years old. He stated someone came into his home and grabbed his private parts while he was sleeping. Although the victim did not open his eyes during the incident, he believed it to be Moyer who touched him.

The victim’s next memory of the a similar act occurring was when he was in sixth grade. Moyer came to his family’s home and took the victim with him to spend the night at Moyer’s house, which was just outside of South Whitley. When it was time to go to bed, the victim wanted to sleep in the living room but Moyer insisted they both sleep in the same bed.

During the night, the victim woke up and realized Moyer had his hand inside the victim’s clothing and was rubbing his penis.

The next incident occurred when the victim was still in sixth grade. Moyer again came to visit and took the victim to his house to spend the night. During the visit, Moyer asked if the victim wanted to watch a movie with him. The victim walked into Moyer’s bedroom and found Moyer standing naked at the foot of his bed watching a “porno” movie and masturbating. Moyer then started touching the victim’s penis and after the victim’s clothing was removed, Moyer performed oral sex on him.

During the victim’s sixth grade year, mutual oral sex began between the two. During this time, Moyer began giving the victim money before or after the sex acts, usually amounting to $50 or $100.

During the time the victim was in seventh and eighth grade, there were many times the victim would stay the weekend at Moyer’s residence in South Whitley. The victim stated every time he would spend the weekend with Moyer, there would be sexual contact between the two of them. Many times they would spend time in the hot tub outside of Moyer’s home. Moyer would be drinking alcohol on many of these occasions and would offer alcohol to the victim.

The sexual activity would almost always include Moyer performing oral sex on the victim and the victim performing oral sex on Moyer. Moyer requested and offered anal sex but the victim stated no anal sex ever occurred between them.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, when the victim was a freshman in high school, he stated he believed the address where he lived at the time was one of Moyer’s rental properties. Oral sex continued to occur both at Moyer’s residence and his home.

The victim also described an incident which occurred when he was helping Moyer renovate an apartment above Moyer’s restaurant in South Whitley. On that occasion, Moyer offered the victim $40 to let Moyer, “Have his way with me,” said the victim.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the victim described an incident which occurred when he was 15. Moyer called one night “obviously” drunk and he apologized for having molested the victim. The victim stated Moyer said he was sorry about 100 times. Moyer stated he had been molested when he was younger.

The victim stated there was one more incident of oral sex between the two of them after the phone call, but that was the last time the two of them had sexual contact.

The victim estimated that from the very first time until the last, oral sex had occurred between Moyer and himself between seventy-five and one hundred times.

On July 18, an unknown caller contacted the Department of Child Services Hotline and reported that Moyer had offered a different juvenile male money in exchange for allowing Moyer to watch him masturbate. The caller further advised that after the male declined the offer, Moyer masturbated in the presence of the juvenile.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, an officer interviewed the second victim on Aug. 25. When an officer interviewed the victim, he stated he had known Moyer since he was a baby.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on an afternoon in November or December 2015, the victim was picked up at his home in South Whitley by Moyer. The pair traveled to a restaurant in Silver Lake that was owned and was being remodeled by Moyer. Moyer showed the juvenile around the building and then started their return trip to South Whitley.

The juvenile stated Moyer had picked up beer, and was drinking it. The victim stated Moyer was not intoxicated. While they drove towards South Whitley, Moyer handed the victim his cell phone and showed him pornographic movies of men and women engaging in sexual acts.

Before taking the victim home, Moyer stopped at his father’s property to drop off some scrap metal. After unloading the scrap metal, Moyer offered the juvenile $50 if he would masturbate in front of Moyer. The juvenile told him no. Shortly after that conversation, the juvenile was called and told it was time for him to be home.

Prior to leaving the property, the victim went into the woods to urinate. When he came back and got into Moyer’s truck, he observed Moyer had his pants and underwear down and was masturbating while watching pornography on his phone. The juvenile got out of the truck and started walking home. Moyer followed him and eventually persuaded him to get in the truck so he could drive him home.

While driving home, Moyer reached over and touched the victim’s pants in the area of his “private area”, while asking if he was hard. The juvenile pushed Moyer’s hand away. Sometime prior to dropping the victim off at home, Moyer told him that what took place, “Stays between me and you.”

The affidavit states the second victim first denied that anything happened between him and Moyer during his initial interview with an officer. Later on, the victim indicated he had a friend who shared that her brother had recently come forward with allegations about Moyer. He stated hearing another victim had come forward was what prompted him to agree to a second interview and tell the truth.

Moyer was booked in the Whitley County Jail on Oct. 4, on a bond of $75,000 on charges of child molesting, two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and child solicitation.

Kosciusko

The following individuals were arrested and booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

2:22 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, East Winona Avenue and South Indiana Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Sophie I. Scott, 19, East 256 Street, Cicero, and Amber M. Engle, 30, East Harrison Street, Claypool. Scott rear-ended Engle. Damages up to $5,000.

4:06 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2924 Jalynn Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Verna Lickfeldt, 64, Southway 31, Rochester, and Dyrell D. Hackworth, 69, South CR 400W, Warsaw. Lickfeldt collided with Hackworth when Lickfeldt failed to see Hackworth as she backed out of her parking spot. Damages up to $2,500.

10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, Lake City Highway and East Old Road 30, Warsaw. Drivers: Marlane B. Baker, 70, South CR 600E, and Jessica A. Posante, 23, Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Baker was turning right onto US 30. As she was entering the highway and attempting to get into the left lane, she and Posante collided. Damages up to $2,500.

6:52 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, South Buffalo Street and Fisher Avenue, Warsaw. Driver: Bryce S. Fritzel, 21, Heron Boulevard , Warsaw. Fritzel stated a vehicle was traveling in his lane in the wrong direction. Fritzel swerved off the road to avoid a head on collision. His vehicle slid down the hill and the passenger side of his vehicle hit metal polls linked together with a chain on the top of a retaining wall. Damages up to $10,000.

5:11 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, East Winona Avenue and North Bay Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Jacob M. Makinson, 33, South Union Street, Warsaw, and Sheila K. Richards, 40, East Clark Street, Warsaw. Makinson rear-ended Richards. Damages up to $10,000.

5:16 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, Walton Boulvard, Warsaw. Driver: Elliot J. Jerge, 18, Windsor Beach Court, Erie, Penn. Jerge hit a cement light pole in a parker lot. Damages up to $5,000.

Kosciusko

Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accident:

7:04 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, East CR 500N and EMS T7 Lane, North Webster. Driver: Jeffrey A. Clark, 54, T7B Lane, Leesburg. Clark ran into a deer. Damages up to $2,500.

Kosciusko

7:33 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, 3700 block of West Old Road 30, Warsaw. Jose G. Torres-Cano and Katreena Renae Torres reported a theft of a firearm.

3:04 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 400 block of South Graceland Avenue, Claypool. Camera Lee Hyde reported theft of medication.

Warsaw

12:18 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 1800 block of East Sheridan Street, Warsaw. David Allen Bright Jr. reported his mailbox was struck during the night.

5:34 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 100 block of East Canal Street, Warsaw. A female reported a battery.

12:46 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 500 block of South Mckinley Street, Warsaw. Officers discovered a vehicle, stone retaining wall and a white fence were spray painted at Century Link.

7:21 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 200 block of Gilliam Drive, Warsaw. Gene Shoemaker reported loose change amounting to $10 was missing from his residence.

Syracuse

4:06 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 800 block of North Syracuse Webster Road, Syracuse. Cortney M. Harpenau reported a theft of a firearm.

Kosciusko

The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Claypool — A Claypool man was arrested after trying to break into a house multiple times while drunk.

Frankie Lee Poe, 44, 4676 S. Scott Rd., Claypool, was arrested for attempted residential entry, a level 6 felony; battery, a class B misdemeanor and public intoxication, a class B misdemeanor.

Frankie Lee Poe

On July 21, an officer with the Warsaw Police Department responded to a break-in complaint.

The homeowner advised that while watching a movie he heard someone trying to force open two side doors of his residence. By the time the homeowner arrived at the side doors no one was there. A short time later he heard someone trying to open his back door.

The homeowner opened the door and observed a male bent over trying to jimmy open the door lock. The homeowner recognized the person as Poe from their school days. The homeowner asked Poe to leave, at which time Poe hit the homeowner on the back of his head.

The responding officer identified and spoke with Poe. While talking, the officer detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from Poe and his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Poe agreed to take a portable breath test which resulted in a .247 BAC.

The officer then observed and photographed the two side doors, one and the screen ripped away and the other had kick marks on the door.

Poe was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 7 with a $5,000 surety bond.

Allan Bryant Frye

WARSAW — A Warsaw man is being charged with theft after selling an iPad owned by Warsaw Community Schools.

Allan Bryant Frye, 2815 Glad St., Warsaw, is being charged with count I theft, a class A misdemeanor, and theft enhancement, a level 6 felony.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Sept. 23, an individual contacted officers and advised he believed he had purchased a stolen iPad that belonged to Warsaw Community Schools. The individual explained that on Sept. 23, he had been at McDonald’s when Allan Frye approached him. Frye had explained to individual that he needed money and wanted to sell his iPad for $45 to the individual. Frye had the power cord and case with it. The individual purchased the iPad for $45.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the buyer advised when he arrived at his residence, he attempted to factory reset the iPad to clear the information that may have been on it. He then discovered the iPad belonged to WCS and was registered to a student.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, an officer spoke with Allan Frye, who advised a friend had given him the iPad, but Frye refused to give the name of the friend.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the officer went to McDonald’s and viewed the surveillance video. He observed the individual who bought the iPad speaking with a McDonald’s employee. In the video, Frye walked up to the counter and spoke with the buyer and the McDonald’s employee. The Mcdonald’s employee then reached under the counter and gave the iPad to the buyer who then gave money to Frye.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, the McDonald’s employee advised Frye had come to the counter and request that he hold the iPad for him. He advised it is common practice for McDonald’s employees to place items under the counter for safekeeping. The employee explained an individual came to the counter and Frye asked if he wanted to purchase the iPad because he needed money. Frye then asked the employee to give the iPad to the buyer and he did.

Frye was also convicted of theft on July 7, 2014 in the Kosciusko County Superior Court 3.

Frye was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 10 on a bond of $5,250.

PLYMOUTH — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department announced the completion of the national and statewide 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization campaign. During the annual 25-day enforcement period, 44 tickets and 53 warning tickets were written, and two arrests were made for driving while intoxicated within Marshall County.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2014, an average of one alcohol related driving fatality occurred every 53 minutes. Further, NHTSA statistics show each year on average, more than 10,000 people die on U.S. roadways due to intoxicated driving.

“Our goal has always been, and will continue to be, to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on Indiana’s roadways,” said Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Director Dave Murtaugh. “The dedication of law enforcement all across this state make reaching that goal possible, and I want to thank them for their hard work.”

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is an annual enforcement effort supported by federal highway safety funding. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute distributes funding to more than 250 participating Indiana law enforcement agencies.

For more information regarding the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization campaign, please visit: http://www.nhtsa.gov/drivesober/.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

10:11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, Lake City Highway and Meijer Drive, Warsaw. Driver: L B. Bills, 52, Coffee Tree Lane, Columbia City. Bills hit a deer as he was traveling west bound on Lake City Highway. Damages up to $10,000.

7:11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, Fisher Avenue and Tiger Lane, Warsaw. Driver: Alysha R. Whisman, 18, South CR 50W, Claypool. Whisman was traveling south bound on Fisher Avenue approaching the intersection of at Tiger Lane. An unknown vehicle turned left off of Tiger Lane and collided with Whisman. Whisman lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a utility pole. The other vehicle fled the scene. Damages up to $25,000.

Kosciusko

The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Elkhart

The following individuals were arrested and booked in the Elkhart County Detention Facility:

Marshall

The following individual was arrested and booked in the Marshall County Jail:

Kosciusko

Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:

1:03 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, East US 30 and South CR 325E, Warsaw. Drivers: Muriqi Rrustem, 51, Matthews Avenue, Bronx, NY, and Dawn M. Conner, 44, Parkview Avenue, Whiting. Rrustem failed to see Conner in the right lane and side swiped Conner when he merged. Damage up to $5,000.

2:47 a.m. Sunday Oct. 9, West Summy Road, Warsaw. Driver: Allison C. Andrews, 17. Menominee Drive, Plymouth. Andrews rear-ended a white pickup truck that left the scene. Damage up to $5000.

8:02 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, South SR 15 and West CR 300S, Warsaw. Driver: Austin J. Grindle, 21, North Knollwood Drive, Warsaw. Grindle was distracted by petting his dog and went off road, striking a concrete wall.

1:33 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, North SR 19 and West US 30, Etna Green. Drivers: Nathan A. Slabaugh, 19, 15B Road, Bourbon, and Lalena K. Cook, 39, North SR 19, Etna Green. Slabaugh turned in front of Cook entering a gas station. Damage up to $10,000.

7:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, West CR 700S and South CR 200N, Claypool. Driver: Steven P. Parker, 70, West CR 700S, Claypool. Parker’s grain truck rolled to the right when he left the road way to let a combine pass. Damage up to $5,000.

8:02 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, West US 30 and North CR 500W, Atwood. Driver: Haishan Zhou, 28, West 24th Street, Chicago, Ill. Zhou collided with a deer. Damage up to $5,000.

9:00 p.m. Monday Oct. 10, East CR 450N and CR 100E, Warsaw. Driver: Jordan M. Shepler, 20, East CR 450N, Leesburg. Shepler collided with a deer. Damage up to $2,500.

4:34 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, East SR 14 and South Packerton Road, Silver Lake. Driver: Torie M. Galloway, 38, East Center Street, Sidney. Galloway struck a cow in the roadway. Damage up to $10,000.

6:23 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, West Old Road 30 and North CR 525W, Warsaw. Driver: Brittany E. Baker, 26, South Detroit Street, Warsaw. Baker collided with a deer. Damage up to $5,000.

6:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, South Ferguson Road and West CR 200S, Warsaw. Drivers: Dustin E. Kreft, 25, South Woodland Trail, Warsaw, and Scott R. Barry, 25, Heron Boulevard, Warsaw. A deer ran out in front of Barry as both vehicles headed North. Barry stopped quickly and Kreft couldn’t avoid a collision. Damage up to $10,000.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

1:51 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, Fisher Avenue and Short Ridge Road, Warsaw. Drivers: Brian A. Miller, 39, Lakeland Driver, Warsaw; Sabrina F. Thomas, 23, West CR 150N, Wabash; Tiffany A. Moore, 35, North Jefferson Street, Silver Lake. Miller rear-ended Thomas when traffic suddenly came to a stop. Thomas’s vehicle rear-ended Moore. Damage up to $25,000.

7:18 p.m. Monday Oct. 10, Kincaide Street, Warsaw. Driver: Justin L. Graff, 37, Wilson Street, Warsaw. Graff collided with a fence when he was looking into the bed of his truck. Damage up to $750.

6:03 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, South Columbia Street and West Market Street, Warsaw. Driver: Lifo Mikel, 29, Wayne Road, Livonia, Mich. Mikel did not realize his truck was too large for the train over pass. Mikel collided with it, removing the roof of the vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.

Syracuse

Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following accidents:

2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, South Huntington Street and West Pickwick Drive, Syracuse. Drivers: Brendy Weldy, 39, West Allen Street, Syracuse, and Bobbi J. Collier, 33, South Edgewater Driver, Syracuse. Wendy turned in front of Collier when turning left. Damage up to $10,000

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incidents:

• 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, 3000 block Old Colony Road, Warsaw. A battery in the presence of a child under 16 was reported.
• 9:15 p.m .Sunday, Oct. 9, 2600 block of East Patterson Road, Warsaw. A female reported a battery the resulted in moderate bodily injury.
• 5:09 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 2000 block Vixen Lane, Warsaw. Richard Harrold reported the theft of his recycling bin.
• 5:34 p.m. Monday Oct. 10, 600 block of North Union Street, Warsaw. A female reported a battery.
• 6:08 p.m. Monday Oct. 10, 800 block of East Smith Street, Warsaw. A male reported an intimidation, threat to his life.
• 8:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 600 block of North Union Street, Warsaw. A female reported a battery.

Kosciusko

The following individuals were arrested and booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

WINONA LAKE  — A Winona Lake man was arrested after strangling and intimidating a woman while her three children were in the residence.

Brian Redden

Brian Redden, 33, 3104 Sandra Lane, Winona Lake was arrested for strangulation, a level 6 felony; intimidation, a level 6 felony; domestic battery with a child under 16 present, a level 6 felony; and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor.

On Sept. 30, an officer with the Winona Lake Police Department responded to a domestic battery call. The female victim advised that she had gotten into an argument with Redden. Redden told the victim to get out and she replied she couldn’t leave immediately.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, Redden pushed her down, got on top of her and started choking her. Redden eventually stopped choking her and she called a friend to help her move her stuff out in order to leave. At this point, Redden returned to the room and started choking her again.

Three children were present at the time of the strangulation and the victim could hear one child crying during the incident.

The responding officer spoke with the friend that the victim had called. The friend advised that during the phone call she heard noises that confirmed there was a scuffle between the victim and Redden. The friend then called the police.

Redden was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 10 with a $6,000 surety and cash bond.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — An Argos man has been arrested for auto theft after failing to return a vehicle he took for a test drive in Kosciusko County.

Richard Ray LaFrance III

Richard Ray LaFrance III, 19, 12498 18B Rd., Argos is charged with auto theft, a level 6 felony.

On Aug. 14 a Marshall County Deputy discovered a 2004 silver Cadillac in the roadway, out of gas. LaFrance was the operator whose driver’s license was suspended and the vehicle registration was not valid. LaFrance stated he left a minivan as collateral to test drive the Cadillac.

The owner of the minivan stated she had loaned LaFrance her vehicle and he had failed to return it.

Officers located the minivan in Kosciusko County. The resident stated he had a 2004 silver Cadillac for sale that was currently being test driven. LaFrance told the seller that he needed to show the vehicle to his grandmother, who would give him money to purchase the vehicle. LaFrance failed to return with the test-driven vehicle.

As a result of the initial traffic stop, additional charges of possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of a syringe will be filed in Marshall County.

LaFrance was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 10 with a $5,250 surety and cash bond.

Kosciusko

The following individual was arrested and booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

NORTH WEBSTER — A North Webster man with a history of theft convictions was arrested after stealing a wakeboard from Main Channel Marina.

Joshua Michael Kindt

Joshua Michael Kindt, 102 East Epworth Forest Road, North Webster is being charged with theft, a class A misdemeanor and a sentence enhancement for prior thefts, a level 6 felony.

On June 16, an officer with the Syracuse Police Department responded to a theft at Main Channel Marina. An employee observed a white male subject, Kindt, grab a wakeboard, leave the building without paying, place it a tan Chevy Tahoe and drive away. The officer spoke with a second employee who confirmed the story.

On June 20, the officer interviewed Kindt at his North Webster residence. Kindt advised that he took the wakeboard without paying for it because he was having financial troubles. He further stated that it was stupid and he regretted stealing it. The officer took the wakeboard and returned it to Main Channel Marina.

Kindt has two previous convictions for theft in Elkhart County Superior Court IV on May 16, 2012 and on May 6, 2011.

Kindt was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 10 with a $3,000 surety and cash bond.