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Public Occurrences 11.13.23

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County Jail
Bookings
The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• 3:47 p.m. Thursday - Anthony Harold Raycraft II, 45, of 10914 N. Eagle Place, Syracuse, arrested on two foreign warrants. No bond listed.
• 9:56 p.m. Thursday - Christopher Ray Schisler, 20, of 11139 N. Humpty Dumpty Drive, Cromwell, arrested for resisting a law enforcement officer by fighting, invasion of privacy and two charges of misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond: $1,500.
• 1:31 a.m. Friday - Meghan Sherie Stier-Cabrera, 39, Fort Wayne, arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish, possession of paraphernalia, disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $750.
• 10:12 a.m. Friday - Nolan Thomas Ransome, 20, of 107 E. Carroll St., #1/2 , Syracuse, arrested for misdemeanor battery with bodily injury and misdemeanor probation violation. Bond: $500.
• 1:19 p.m. Friday - Jorge Luis Perez Jr., 34, of 322 N. Cook St., Warsaw, arrested for misdemeanor failure to appear. No bond set.
• 1:25 p.m. Friday - Jeremy Nathan Archer, 33, of 14288 CR 50, Syracuse, arrested for community correction violation. No bond set.
• 4:17 a.m. Saturday - Jason Robert Melcher, 41, of 1912 Indian Trial, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or more with a prior. Bond: $5,250.
• 4:36 p.m. Saturday - Matthew Howard Cook, 37, of 1740 S. CR 1400E, Akron, arrested on a civil matter. Bond: $500.
• 5:34 p.m. Saturday - Angela Colleen Hardesty, 42, of 1077 N. Ogden Road, North Manchester, arrested for felony probation violation. Bond: $5,250.
• 9:26 p.m. Saturday - Braxton M. Metcalf, 34, Elkhart, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a prior and being a habitual traffic violator. Bond: $5,250.
• 1:50 a.m. Sunday - Moises Perez Mendez, 26, Kenbridge, Va., arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $15,000.

Personal Injury
Accident
• 5:43 p.m. Friday - Intersection of North Ind. 13 and East Esterbrook Drive, North Webster. Three-vehicle collision. Drivers: David L. Watkins, 36, Wooster Road, Winona Lake; John M. Woodiel, 54, EMS W23 Lane, North Webster; Cathay L. Northrup, 74, North Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse. Injuries: Watkins had minor bleeding to the face; Woodiel had minor bleeding to the face. Damage: $25,000-$50,000. North Webster Police Department investigated.

Property Damage
Accidents
• 6:24 p.m. Thursday - North Ind. 13, 200 feet north of South Barbee Drive, Pierceton. SUV hit deer. Driver: Andrew L. Demasters, 56, North CR 900E, North Webster. Damage: $1,000-$2,500. NWPD.
• 7:19 p.m. Thursday - East U.S. 30, 1,205 feet west of North Parker Street, Warsaw. Pickup hit deer. Driver: Brody A. Bryant, 20, East CR 300N, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated.
• 10:19 p.m. Thursday - East CR 350N, 936 feet east of Airport Road, Warsaw. SUV hit deer. Driver: Christopher J. Mock, 38, North Royal Oak Court, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. WPD.
• 2:47 a.m. Saturday - Ind. 15, 1,200 feet north of Anchorage Road, Warsaw. SUV hit deer. Driver: Ryan A. Davidson, 29, West CR 250S, Warsaw. Damage: $10,000-$25,000. WPD.

Incidents
• 3:13 p.m. Friday - A trail camera was reported stolen in the 400 block of Little League Drive, Warsaw. WPD.
• 3:20 a.m. Saturday - A person was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or more with a prior. WPD.