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Public Occurrences 06.15.2019

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County Jail

Bookings

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

• 2:45 a.m. Thursday - Robert Ray Lucas, 32, homeless, arrested for failure to appear on a misdemeanor. Bond: $285.

• 10:33 a.m. Thursday - Theodore J. Nine, 50, of 5235 N. Sawgrass Lane, Leesburg, arrested for misdemeanor battery. Bond: $600.

• 1:10 p.m. Thursday - Kurt Ryan Carter, 31, of 12330 N. Creek Bend Lane, Milford, arrested for failure to appear on a misdemeanor. Bond: $428.50.

• 2:11 p.m. Thursday - Jared Austin Andrew Johnson, 24, of 70150 CR 25, New Paris, arrested for probation violation of a felony. Bond: $3,500.

• 4:31 p.m. Thursday - Brittaney Nicole Smith, 30, Peru, arrested on two counts of failure to appear on a misdemeanor. No bond set.

• 5:11 p.m. Thursday - Matthew Scott Saunders, 61, Nappanee, arrested on two counts for failure to appear on a misdemeanor. No bond listed.

• 9:22 a.m. Friday - Jason Lee Slush, 30, of 301 N. Morgan St., Mentone, arrested on a warrant for a civil matter. Bond: $4,200.



Property Damage

Accidents

• 11:50 a.m. Wednesday - Higbee Street, 20 feet north of Emeline Street, Milford. Car-SUV collision. Drivers: Hector N. Gonzalez, 20, CR 40, Goshen; James E. Truex, 80, EMS B48A Lane, Warsaw. Damage: $750 - $1,000. Milford Police Department investigated.

• 2:22 p.m. Wednesday - 8822 North Ind. 19, Nappanee. SUV hit tree. Driver: Isaac French, 27, Rochester. Damage: $5,000 - $10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

• 1:24 p.m. Thursday - South Harrison St., 200 feet south of West Washington St., North Webster. Car hit operating street sweeper registered to Leonard J. Morseau, South Harrison St., North Webster. Driver: Steven L. Dixon, 60, North Humpty Dumpty Drive, Cromwell.  Damage: $1,000 - $2,500. North Webster Police Department investigated.

• 2:38 p.m. Thursday - 2501 Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Two-car collision. Drivers: Abby M. Rucoi, 18, Walnut Creek Boulevard, Warsaw; Pamela A. Brail, 61, EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg. Damage $1,000 - $2,500. Warsaw Police Department investigated.

• 5:10 p.m. Thursday - 10 feet east of 100 S. Huntington St., Syracuse. Truck hit parked vehicle registered to Stephen Curtis Excavating, Cassopolis, Mich. Driver: Richard A. Gay, 67, North Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse. Damage: $2,500 - $5,000. Syracuse Police Department investigated.

• 9:06 p.m. Thursday - 2575 E. Center Street, Warsaw. Pickup hit parked vehicle registered to Elizabeth A. Vaden, West CR 1300S, SIlver Lake. Driver: David A. Franke, 66, South Sioux City, Neb. Damage: $1,000 - $2,500. WPD.



Incidents

• 9:45 a.m. Wednesday - A vehicle was reported found in the 400 block of North Higbee St., Milford. MPD.

• 2:05 p.m. Wednesday - A bicycle was reported found in the 2100 block of East Fort Wayne St., Warsaw. WPD.

• 3:57 p.m. Wednesday - A warrant was served in the 100 block of West Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. WPD.

• 12:07 a.m. Thursday - A warrant was served in the 800 block of East Center St., Warsaw. WPD.

• 7:58 a.m. Thursday - An assist to EMS was reported in the 400 block of South Buffalo St., Warsaw. WPD.

• 8:55 a.m. Thursday - A person reported her ex-husband falsely reported her son running away again in the 2700 block of South Country Club Road, Warsaw. KCSO.

• 12:37 p.m. Thursday - A two-vehicle crash was reported in the 900 block of North Detroit Street, Warsaw. KCSO.

• 3:56 a.m. Friday - A runaway was reported in the 900 block of Anchorage Road, Warsaw. WPD.