A Warsaw man is facing several charges after a September police chase.

Miguel Raymond Castro, 24, of 3699 N. CR 175E, #174, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 12:53 a.m. Saturday. His bond was set at $5,775.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed Oct. 3, he faces one count of resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony; possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony; driving while suspended, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; and one count of failure to stop after an accident, a Class B misdemeanor.

Castro has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for 3 p.m. Jan. 29.



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On Sept. 26, a Warsaw Police Department officer observed a green Buick exceeding the speed limit on Park Avenue near Glessner Street in Warsaw. The officer activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, but the vehicle disregarded the stop sign at Park and Market streets and continued on.

According to the court documents, the driver – later identified as Castro – was driving erraticly, passing vehicles in a no-passing zone and driving in the opposite lane of traffic. At Argonne Road, the vehicle struck a 2003 Chevy Astro belonging to Grace College, and came to a stop.

Castro jumped from the vehicle and fled the area.

The Buick continued moving and hit a parked Pontiac Sunfire belonging to Taylor Chitwood, at 202 Argonne Road, the affidavit states.

The Warsaw officer approached a  female passenger, identified as Haleigh Johnson, and identified needle track marks on her arm. She allegedly admitted to using a syringe.

Upon searching the vehicle and Johnson’s purse, the officer found a spoon with residue and a syringe. The residue tested positive for methamphetamine.

Officers found Castro in an area on Market Street.

He told police he ingested 3 grams of methamphetamine and threw other drugs and paraphernalia out of the vehicle window.

Nearby, officers found a pouch that contained a glass smoking pipe with residue, rolling papers, tweezers, cellophane wrapper that contained a plant material and a plastic bag that contained a white crystal substance.

The Warsaw officer field-tested the residue in the pipe and plastic bag and it all came back positive for methamphetamine. The plant material was identified as marijuana, the court documents state.

Castro was taken to Kosciusko Community Hospital for treatment for ingesting the methamphetamine.

Castro was in the Community Corrections program at the time of the incident. His Indiana driver’s license was previously suspended.