Winona Lake

Officers with the Winona Lake Police Department investigated the following accident:

4:07 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, East CR 200N and North CR 100E, Winona Lake. Driver: Kalli F. Volkert, 24, South SR 15, Claypool. Volkert became distracted while making a turn and ended up off the road way, driving into a utility pole. Damages up to $5,000.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

7:12 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, 590 West CR 300N, Warsaw. Drivers: Michael C. Armino, 22, West Primrose Court, Warsaw, and Scott F. Wellman, 43, Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. Armino was traveling behind Wellman. Armino thought Wellman was turning left but instead he turned right without signaling his turn. Armino then crashed into Wellman. Damages up to $10,000.

2:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Lake City Highway and East Center Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Scott A. Charlton, 54, West Lovetts Court, Warsaw, and Paul W. Smith, 38, Hengstler Road, Wapakoneta, Ohio. Charlton side-swiped Smith. Damages up to $2,500.

2:43 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, North Colfax Street and East Center Street, Warsaw. Driver: Michael S. Zimmerman, 51, Belmont Drive, Warsaw. Zimmerman failed to see a pedestrian as he was turning left, causing him to strike the pedestrian. Damages under $750.

Kosciusko

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

6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, North CR 175E and East CR 450N, Warsaw. Driver: Sofia M. Carrillo, 26, East CR 200N, Warsaw. Carrillo hit a deer. Damages up to $2,500.

Milford

Officers with the Milford Police Department investigated the following incident:

9:25 am.m Saturday, Oct. 15, 100 block of South Higbee Street, Milford. Carolyn S. Wert reported a window was broken out of her truck overnight.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incident:

12:25 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 300 block of North Indiana Street and East Canal Street, Warsaw. A park employee reported they had found a bicycle in a flower bed at Central Park.

Kosciusko

The following people were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Kosciusko

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

• 6:03 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 1900 block North CR 850, Pierceton. Randy S. Bowman reported the theft of a grill and television from his campground home.
• 6:17 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 200 block Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. Brent Eon Rapsavage reported criminal mischief to his home involving a firearm.
• 6:48 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 200 block West Main Street, Warsaw. Richard Keith Miller reported a fraud.
• 10:24 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 3700 block North Barbee Road, Warsaw. Larry D. Lindstrom reported criminal mischief.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incidents:

• 11:37 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, 400 block West Pike Street, Warsaw. Eric Michael Sasso reported damage to his residence and rear driver side tire.
• 9:37 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 300 block West Main Street, Warsaw. David E. Saint reported a stolen bicycle.
• 2:21 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, 3100 block Frontage Road, Warsaw. Aaron Ray Julian reported criminal mischief to his vehicle.
• 6:57 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 600 block West CR 300N, Warsaw. Officials at Petsmart reported an attempted burglary.
• 2:23 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 600 block North Lake Street, Warsaw. A female reported a residential entry and battery with bodily injury.
• 3:29 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 500 block West CR 300N, Warsaw. Mark P. Schneider reported criminal mischief to his vehicle.
• 6:02 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 1300 block Green Hill Drive and Michaels Street, Warsaw. Tamsma E. Apted recovered a stolen license plate.
• 11:39 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 700 block East Market Street, Warsaw. James J. Woodcox reported criminal mischief to his vehicle.

Bourbon

Officers with the Bourbon Police Department investigated the following incident:

• 4:55 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, SR 331 and 9B Road. Bourbon Police Officer Matt Geiger stopped a vehicle speeding 78 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone on SR 331 at 9B Road. The driver, Preston A. Hensley, Plymouth, was found to be a habitual traffic violator. He was booked in the Marshall County Jail and held on $1,500 cash bond.

Kosciusko

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

10:08 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, East CR 250N and Chapman Lake Drive, Warsaw. Driver: Erik W. Reber, 46, East Autumn Trail, Warsaw. Reber struck a deer causing him to go off the roadway and strike a tree. Damage up to $25,000.

7:16 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, West CR 125N and North CR 875W, Etna Green. Driver: David C. Senff, 55, East Dewald Street, Fort Wayne. Senff struck a deer. Damage up to $2,500.

8:12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, East CR 200N and North CR 100E, Warsaw. Driver: Erika U. Gomora, 26, East Wooster Road, Pierceton. Gomora struck a deer. Damage up to $10,000.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

11:05 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, West Main Street and North Lake Street, Warsaw. Driver: Samantha D. Jensen, 21, East Porthcawl Road, Winona Lake. Jensen backed into a parked vehicle while leaving a parking space. Damage up to $1,000.

9:32 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, Silveus Crossing, Warsaw. Driver: Derek B. Skadsen, 55, State Highway 73, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. A tire from Skadsen’s vehicle fell off and caused damage to three vehicles in Medtronic’s parking lot. Damage up to $10,000.

1:17 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, West Market Street and South Lake Street, Warsaw. Driver: Carolyn S. Hall, 67, West Prairie Street, Warsaw. An unknown driver collided with Hall’s vehicle when they disregarded a red light. Damage up to $2,500.

Elkhart

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

2:33 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, SR 15, north of US 6. Driver: Michael Haley, 31, Warsaw. Haley suffered facial injuries and was transported to Goshen Health. Haley was southbound on SR 15 when he fell asleep while driving. His vehicle, a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix, went off the east side of the roadway and struck a tree. He was cited for driving left of center.

Kosciusko

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

NORTH WEBSTER — A North Webster woman has been arrested after discharging a handgun into the air in a residential area.

Amanda Sue Gawthrop

Amanda Sue Gawthrop, 712 E. Boyston Mill Drive, North Webster, was booked for criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a class B misdemeanor.

According to court documents, on July 29 an officer with the North Webster Police Department responded to a call about an intoxicated woman discharging a handgun into the air.

When the officer arrived, he observed a handgun laying on the stairs. The handgun was warm to the touch and smelled of gunpowder. The magazine was missing, but the officer located one live round in the chamber.

A male resident advised that Gawthrop stated she wanted to harm herself after he discovered text messages on her phone. Gawthrop grabbed the handgun from her vehicle. The male locked the door to the house where two minors were asleep. The male then heard a gunshot and called the police. At that time, Gawthrop came to the door, stated she wasn’t going to do anything and showed that the magazine had been removed from the gun.

The officer spoke with Gawthrop and located the magazine laying next to her in bed. Gawthrop’s speech was slurred and appeared intoxicated. She later registered a .16 percent blood alcohol level. Gawthrop denied wanting to harming herself, but admitted to discharging the firearm in an attempt to get the male’s attention.

An empty syringe, a sterile syringe without the needle and an empty ampule of Hydromorphone was located inside Gawthrop’s vehicle. Gawthrop worked at Kosciusko Community Hospital and stated that sometimes empty syringes come home in her pockets. The male stated that Gawthrop often brings home Dilaudid, an opioid pain medication, from the hospital.

Gawthrop was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 14 with a $5,000 surety bond.

Jeffery Uriah Mast

WARSAW — A Nappanee man is in custody after resisting law enforcement and leading a police chase.

Jeffery Uriah Mast, 25, 9200 N. CR 1000W, Nappanee is being charged with burglary, a level 5 felony; theft, a class a misdemeanor; two counts of fraud, each a level 6 felony and resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Oct. 13, Officer Shane Bucher with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department responded to a burglary. A male victim advised that unknown subject(s) entered three vehicles in a parking lot next to the victim’s office building. From inside the building the subject(s) removed clothing, light bulbs and gas cans, as well as credit cards and tools from the trucks.

According to the affidavit the victim advised that the subject(s) removed the light bar off of a truck belonging to another male, stealing from the truck $250 in cash, credit cards and identification. He then advised that the credit card had been used without permission on Oct. 13, for $39.74 of auto parts at Walmart. He stated at this time he believed the subject was a former employee, Mast.

Officer Bucher spoke with the male owner of the truck who advised his credit card had been used without his permission on Oct. 13 at McDonald’s for $3.21 as well as at Marathon for $8.80. Mast also attempted to use the card at Marathon for $122.

Officer Bucher obtained video footage from Walmart for the transaction using the victim’s credit card and was able to identify Mast. Officers received information that Mast was driving a black diesel pickup truck and notified all police agencies to attempt to locate the truck.

On Oct. 14, Officer Timothy Sammons with Pierceton Police Department observed the black truck with a male driver matching Mast’s description. Officer Bucher met with Officer Sammons to identify the truck. When both officers activated their emergency lights and sirens, Mast fled at a high rate of speed headed southbound. Officer Bucher drove around to the front of Mast’s truck and began slowing to stop the vehicle. Mast rammed into the back of the patrol vehicle causing injury to Officer Bucher’s neck and head, which was covered here. Mast’s vehicle stopped from the damage.

Officers removed Mast and his female passenger from his vehicle. Mast admitted to stealing the credit cards, tools and clothing, as well as using the credit cards. He advised the stolen items were inside and in the bed of his truck.

Mast is being held at Kosciusko County Jail on a $50,250 surety and cash bond.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

10:49 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, North Lake Street, north of East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Danna G. Turcios, 18, Sharon Street, Warsaw, and Brian D. Fuller, 50, Sharon Street, Warsaw. Turcios rear ended Fuller when rain made it too slick to stop. Damage up to $1,000.

12:57 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, East Center Street, east of Eastlake Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Tammy M. Palmer, 39, West Winona Avenue, Warsaw, and Charles F. Levi, 78, West Maple Drive, Decatur. Palmer rear ended Levi when she thought the light had changed from red to green. Damage up to $2,500.

Kosciusko

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

• 7:26 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 5300 block West Turner Road, Claypool. Arthur Crit Martin reported a burglary and theft of cash.
• 7:28 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2400 block West CR 250S, Warsaw. Leslie A. Stamper Lackey reported criminal mischief to two vehicles.
• 8:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2400 block West CR 250S, Warsaw. Stephanie M. Gutierrez reported the theft of a bicycle.
• 11:58 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 900 block East CR 200N, Warsaw. Douglas L. Haney reported the theft of hubcaps off of his vehicle.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incidents:

• 10:35 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 200 block Canterbury Lane, Warsaw. Shivon Petra Delion reported criminal mischief to her vehicle.
• 10:17 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 300 block North Buffalo Street, Warsaw. Donna Keough reported criminal mischief to her vehicle.

Kosciusko

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

Elkhart

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

Marshall

The following individuals were booked in the Marshall County Jail:

Warsaw

The following accidents were investigated the Warsaw Police Department:

10:50 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2501 Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Driver: Barbara E. Shanes, 71, North Colfax Street, Warsaw. As Shanes was pulling into a parking space at Walmart, she sideswiped an unoccupied, parked vehicle. Damages up to $1,000.

4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2233 E. Center St., Warsaw. Driver: James E. Meyer, 55, North Humpty Dumpty Drive, Cromwell. As Meyer was backing out of a parking space, he backed into an unoccupied, parked vehicle. Damages up to $5,000.

7:13 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, West Lake Street and North Zimmer Road, Warsaw. Driver Alger Jackson, 92, West Old Road 30, Warsaw. As Jackson was traveling westbound, he struck a street sign and continued over the curb. He then struck a fog line curb and came to rest off the roadway. Damages up to $5,000.

Kosciusko

The following individuals were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

WARSAW — On Monday, Oct. 17, at approximately 2:30 p.m. Warsaw Police narcotic officers and Kosciusko County Probation went to 1544 W. 400 N. Warsaw, to complete a home visit. Indiana Department of Child Services attempted a home visit earlier in the day after receiving complaints of drug use at the residence.

During the visit, authorities observed drug paraphernalia which tested positive for methamphetamine. Officers obtained a search warrant and located over two grams of crystal methamphetamine, over one pound of marijuana, multiple needles, smoking devices and other drug paraphernalia. Over $2,500 in cash, two handguns, two  sawed off shotguns, another shotgun and a muzzleloader were also located.

Police charged the tenant, Aaron M. Phillips, 35, Warsaw with dealing between 1-5 grams of methamphetamine with enhancement, a level 3 felony; possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine with enhancement, a level 5 felony; dealing between 30g-10lbs of marijuana, a level 6 felony; possession of marijuana, a level 6 felony; maintaining a common nuisance, a level 6 felony; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor. The charges were enhanced for possession of the firearms. He is being held in the Kosciusko County Jail on a $20,250 bond.

Also charged were:

Chad A. Heinold, 29, Warsaw with maintaining a common nuisance, a level 6 felony; possession of a syringe, a level 6 felony; possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor. He is being held on a $5,250 bond.

Sarah R. Hine, 25, Kingsford Heights with possession of marijuana, a level 6 felony; visiting a common nuisance, a class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor. She is being held on a $5,250 bond.

Warsaw Police were assisted by the Kosciusko County Probation Department and the Indiana Department of Child Services. Any drug tips can be called into the Warsaw Police Department at (574) 372-9540.

Kosciusko

The following individuals were booked in the Kosciusko County Jail:

Elkhart

MENTONE — An Argos man is being charged with child solicitation after sending nude photographs to a local girl and inviting her to a hotel.

Albert Presston Miller Jr.

Albert Presston Miller Jr., 28, 561 North Michigan St., Argos, is being charged with child solicitation of a child between 14 and 16 years old, a level 5 felony.

On June 6, an officer with the Mentone Police Department spoke with a witness who advised that she found two photographs of a male penis and text messages about meeting at a hotel room with Miller on the victim’s cellphone. Miller also asked the victim to send him photographs of herself.

The witness advised she knew the man was Miller because she recognized the phone number and Miller in the photographs. Officers called the number that sent the photographs and Miller answered the phone.

The officer obtained copies of the nude photographs and text message conversations from the victim’s phone. In the text messages, Miller requests photographs and tells the victim that he would help her take the photos if he was there. Miller then told the victim that he had a dream about them kissing and doing other things in a hotel room. Miller told the victim that they needed to get a hotel room for a night, weekend or two weekends.

Miller was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Oct. 17 with a $10,250 surety and cash bond.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:

9:38 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2122 E. Center St., Warsaw. Driver: Valna R. Stettler, 61, Manor Drive, Plymouth. Stettler backed into an unoccupied, parked vehicle. Damages up to $2,500.

1:55 pm. Tuesday, Oct. 18, Lake City Highway and Orthopedic Drive, Warsaw. Drivers: Nicholas T. Scott, 29, South Main Street, South Whitley, Scott E. Thompson, 37, Palazzo Boulevard, Fort Wayne. Scott rear-ended Thompson. Damages up to $2,500.

3:13 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, East Winona Avenue and South Indiana Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Kristina M. Rhodes, 31, Adams Avenue, Peru, and Pedor Arroyo, 40, East Main Street, Akron. Rhodes was eastbound on Winona Avenue while Arroyo was going westbound on Winona Avenue. Rhodes turned left in front of Arroyo and they collided. Damages up to $25,000.

Kosciusko

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

3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, North CR 300E and East CR 1300N, Milford. Drivers: Charles F. Boring, 52, South Indiana Street, Warsaw, and Patrick J. Brunkhart, 39, East CR 500N, Churubusco. Boring pulled out in front of Brunkhart at an intersection. Damages up to $5,000.

Syracuse

Officers with the Syracuse Police Department investigated the following incident:

8:06 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 600 block of West Brooklyn Street, Syracuse. A female reported a battery had occurred in the presence of a child.

Warsaw

Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incidents:

• 9:26 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 500 block of South Detroit Street, Warsaw. Linda S. Kirkendall found a bike at Warsaw Cut Glass.
• 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 500 block of West 300 North, Warsaw. Personnel at Kohl’s reported the theft of two pairs of Nike running shoes, two Nike shirts, two Nike pairs of pants and two pairs of Champion shorts.

Kosciusko

The following individuals have been booked in the Kosciusko County Jail: