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Public Occurrences 2.20.2018

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County Jail

Bookings

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

• 9:53 a.m. Monday - Billy Laurance Baldridge, 44, of 5755 S. 19, Warsaw, arrested for dealing meth. No bond listed.

• 10:32 a.m. Monday - Juan Hernandez, 43, Elkhart, arrested for failure to appear. No bond listed.

• 10:39 a.m. Monday - Donta Wayne Redden, 20, of 815 E. Center St., Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear and trafficking with an inmate - drug/weapon/cellphone. Bond: $10,739.

• 11:26 a.m. Monday - Gary Dewayne Gross, 37, Ligonier, arrested for failure to appear. No bond set.

• 1:09 p.m. Monday - Daniel Lee Knecht, 30, of 6662 E. CR 1000N, North Manchester, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $185.50.

• 4:47 p.m. Monday - Latisha Ruth Hernandez, 23, of 7943 S. Thomas Drive, Claypool, arrested on a warrant in a civil matter. Bond: $1,700.

• 5:04 p.m. Monday - Zackery Hernandez, 28, of 7943 S. Thomas Drive, Claypool, arrested for criminal recklessness using a vehicle and battery. Bond: $5,250.



Property Damage

Accidents

• 4:18 p.m. Friday - South Ind. 15, 300 feet south of West Union Street, Warsaw. Car-SUV collision. Drivers: Wanda K. Simpson, 47, West CR 1300N, Silver Lake; Meghan L. Hawn, 22, South CR 500W, Claypool. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department investigated.

• 4:40  p.m. Friday - Intersection of U.S. 30 and Ind. 13, Pierceton. Car-SUV collision. Drivers: Bonnie L. Irving, 50, Fort Wayne; Beverly J. Kapocius, 59, Fort Wayne. Damage: $1,000-$2,500. Pierceton Police Department investigated.

• 7:35 p.m. Saturday - East U.S. 30, 2,500 feet west of South CR 900E, Pierceton. Car went off road and hit a guardrail. Driver: Brenna N. Keene, 22, Fort Wayne. Damage: $10,000-$25,000. PPD.

• 8:01 p.m. Saturday - Intersection of East Kosciusko Drive and North CR 175E, Warsaw. Car went off road and hit a phone junction box and then pushed against a stop sign. Driver: Manoj S. Jadapalli, 27, Orchard Drive, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. KCSD.

• 1:20 a.m. Sunday - Intersection of Kings Highway and Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Car went off road and hit a utility pole; driver left scene but was later found and charges were pending. Driver: Mitchell E. Robinson, 32, Chestnut Street, Winona Lake. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Winona Lake Police Department investigated.

• 7:40 a.m. Monday - South Huntington Street, 200 feet south of East Lynwood Drive, Syracuse. Pickup-car collision. Drivers: Allen R. Gerber, 81, East CR 875N, Syracuse; Taylor A. McCarthy, 28, North Aspen Drive, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. Syracuse Police Department investigated.

• 12:04 p.m. Monday - Intersection of Meijer Drive and U.S. 30, Warsaw. Car-SUV collision. Drivers: Teresa A. Fuller, 46, East Oak Lane, Warsaw; Julia Shepherd-Gibbons, 55, EMS B20B Lane, Pierceton. Damage: $1,000-$2,500. WPD.



Incidents

• 9:29 a.m. Monday - A man in the 300 block of North Main Street, Milford, threatened to harm himself. Milford Police Department investigated.

• 10:55 a.m. Monday - Criminal mischief was reported in the 100 block of North Bronson Street, Warsaw. WPD.