Teens Nabbed In Attempted Auto Theft
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Two Warsaw teens are in custody following an attempted auto theft Sunday night in which the car owner refused to give up her car.
Warsaw police report that Barbara Jean Bacon McKinley, West Street, Winona Lake, left her car running at 2501 Glad Street. She heard someone trying to take her car and confronted them. When the car stalled while backing out of the driveway, McKinley jumped onto the hood.
The teens allegedly drove north on Husky Trail while McKinley rode on the car's hood clinging to the windshield wipers. They stopped the car at Harrison Elementary School, Glad Street, Warsaw.
The teens fled to the Glad Street Group Home, where they were arrested by police.
Nicole Dawn Walsson, 16, Fremont, was charged with criminal recklessness and auto theft, while Jamie Carolyn Eihler, 14, Andrews, was charged with auto theft.
McKinley was uninjured except for a scrape on her nose. [[In-content Ad]]
Two Warsaw teens are in custody following an attempted auto theft Sunday night in which the car owner refused to give up her car.
Warsaw police report that Barbara Jean Bacon McKinley, West Street, Winona Lake, left her car running at 2501 Glad Street. She heard someone trying to take her car and confronted them. When the car stalled while backing out of the driveway, McKinley jumped onto the hood.
The teens allegedly drove north on Husky Trail while McKinley rode on the car's hood clinging to the windshield wipers. They stopped the car at Harrison Elementary School, Glad Street, Warsaw.
The teens fled to the Glad Street Group Home, where they were arrested by police.
Nicole Dawn Walsson, 16, Fremont, was charged with criminal recklessness and auto theft, while Jamie Carolyn Eihler, 14, Andrews, was charged with auto theft.
McKinley was uninjured except for a scrape on her nose. [[In-content Ad]]