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Public Occurrences 08.16.23

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County Jail
Bookings
The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• 10:03 a.m. Monday - Dalton Ray Fugate, 28, of 210 S. Main St., #5, Etna Green, arrested for domestic battery. Bond: $26,0000.
• 10:17 a.m. Monday - Tyler Robert Marcial, 28, of 1691 E. 13th Trail, Bourbon, arrested for misdemeanor failure to appear and felony failure to appear. Bond: $5,250.
• 2:04 p.m. Monday - Paul Roman Garza Jr., 23, of 404 W. Market St., Silver Lake, arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish. No bond set.
• 3:22 p.m. Monday - Maren Ruth Andrews, 22, of 4041 S. CR 500E, Warsaw, arrested for residential entry. Bond: $5,250.
• 4:09 p.m. Monday - Dahianna Sharline Rivera Torres, 30, of 170 Park Ridge Drive, Warsaw, arrested for domestic battery - simple assault. Bond: $600.
• 4:11 p.m. Monday - Cathay A. Pepper, 44, of 10470 W. CR 600S, Mentone, arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish and possession of paraphernalia. Bond: $750.
• 6:45 p.m. Monday - Ethel Faye Baldridge, 19, of 309 S. Higbee St., Milford, arrested for residential entry. Bond: $5,250.
• 8:58 p.m. Monday - Dominique Demond Richardson, 32, of 620 N. Zimmer Road, Warsaw, arrested for felony probation violation. No bond set.
• 8:58 p.m. Monday - Carlos Jose Mendez, 19, of 101 Warner Drive, #13, Claypool, arrested for criminal mischief and misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond: $1,500.
• 9:12 p.m. Monday - Sergio Jaramillo Benitez, 41, of 221 S. Hand Ave., Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle without ever obtaining a license. Bond: $500.
• 9:18 p.m. Monday - David Gabriel Rodriguez, 18, of 1032 Briar Ridge Circle, Warsaw, arrested for criminal mischief. Bond: $1,500
• 1:33 a.m. Tuesday - Grant M. Wagner, 26, Red Boling Spring, Tenn., arrested on a foreign warrant. No bond set.
• 5:05 a.m. Tuesday - Sergio Jaramillo Benitez, 41, of 221 S. Hand Ave., Warsaw, arrested for criminal trespass and two charges of residential entry. Bond: $10,500.
• 9:44 a.m. Tuesday - Iesha R. Phillips, 27, Streator, Ill., arrested for false informing and felony assisting a criminal. Bond: $5,250.

Property Damage
Accidents
• 11:31 a.m. Monday - 3611 Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Two-SUV collision. Drivers: Myron A. Dill, 45, Liberty Mills; Stella F. Shepherd, 81, South CR 700E, Pierceton. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated.
• 1:20 p.m. Monday - Graceland Avenue, 50 feet south of Section Street, Claypool. Car hit unoccupied vehicle registered to Donald R. Miller, South Graceland Avenue, Claypool. Driver: Christian D. Long, 18, South Paxton Drive, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Claypool Police Department investigated.
• 3:15 p.m. Monday - U.S. 30, 100 feet west of North Parker Street, Warsaw. Two-car collision. Drivers: Silvester Hatcher, 66, East Wilcox Road, Warsaw; Linda L. Kette, 74, Westwood Road, Winona Lake. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. WPD.
• 5:03 p.m. Monday - Intersection of East Center and South Roosevelt streets, Warsaw. Two-car collision. Drivers: Stephen F. Cullison, 82, West Hillcrest Drive, Warsaw; Melanie E. Ault, 47, Pine Cone Lane, Warsaw. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. WPD.
Incidents
• 12:23 p.m. Monday - A traffic offense was reported for a person driving a motor vehicle while suspended with a prior suspension in the 200 block of North Tamarack Street, Warsaw. WPD.
• 2:53 p.m. Monday - Misdemeanor battery was reported in the 100 block of East Bell Drive, Warsaw. WPD.
• 6:08 p.m. Monday - A warrant was served in the 3500 block of Lake City Highway, Warsaw. WPD.
• 8:24 p.m. Monday - A warrant was served in the 2100 block of North Detroit Street, Warsaw. WPD.
• 8:28 p.m. Monday - A person was arrested for operating a motor vehicle without ever obtaining a license in the 1200 block of East Center Street, Warsaw. WPD.
• 12:47 p.m. Tuesday - A traffic offense was reported for a person operating a motor vehicle without ever obtaining a license in the 500 block of Hepler Drive, Warsaw. WPD.