Public Occurrences 12.16.2025

County Jail
Bookings
The following people were arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• 11:40 a.m. Thursday - Anthony James Rohrbaugh, 49, of 1041 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish. Bond: $500.
• 1:17 p.m. Friday - Waine Anthony Smith Jr., 22, Merrillville, arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish. No bond set.
• 8:09 p.m. Friday - Doby Gonzales, 52, of 9497 E. U.S. 30, Pierceton, arrested on bond revocation. No bond set.
• 3:02 p.m. Saturday - Joseph Lee Stewart, 45, of 507 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, arrested for domestic battery causing moderate bodily injury. Bond: $10,000.
• 3:05 a.m. Sunday - Michael Ron Long, 28, Cincinnati, Ohio, arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia and trafficking with an inmate. Bond: $35,500.
•5:30 p.m. Sunday - Syrteea Smith, 36, Chicago, arrested on a foreign warrant. No bond listed.
• 7:58 p.m. Sunday - Misty Piper-Mayle, 44, of 3699 N. CR 175E, lot 82, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Bond: $700.
• 10:45 a.m. Monday - Tammi S. Durik, 57, of 2240 E. Jefferson St., Warsaw, arrested for a failure to appear infraction. Bond: $500.

Property Damage
Accidents
• 2:45 p.m. Saturday - East U.S. 30, 1,000 feet west of Arnolt Drive, Pierceton. Car left roadway. Driver: Crystal Ortiz, 23, Greenhill Drive, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
• 5:16 p.m. Saturday - Intersection of West CR 700S and South CR 500W, Claypool. Pickup-SUV collision. Drivers: Cody Castillo, 17, Logan Street, Warsaw; Phelix Omondi, 46, Rochester. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. KCSO.
• 4:27 a.m. Sunday - East CR 200N, 2,600 feet east of North CR 100E, Warsaw. SUV hit deer. Driver: Alan Rangel, 20, East CR 200N, Warsaw. Damage: $1,000-$2,500. KCSO.
• 7:35 p.m. Sunday - East CR 350N, 250 feet west of North CR 175E, Warsaw. Car hit Century Link communications box, mailbox and a wooden log. Driver: Misty Piper-Mayle, 44, Wabash Road, North Manchester. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. KCSO.