2-Year Investigation Ends In Chase, Arrest
January 5, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.
2-Year Investigation Ends In Chase, Arrest
By David [email protected]
Terry Jean Howard, 42, of 4569 W. CR 1000N, Milford, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday on preliminary charges of invasion of privacy and resisting law enforcement. His initial bond was set at $5,250.
A news release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued Friday night states that Howard also is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, resisting law enforcement and perjury. He will face misdemeanor charges of theft, illegal possession of whitetail deer and taking of whitetail deer by artificial light.
On Wednesday morning, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to Howard’s residence regarding Howard violating a protective order. Conservation officers, KCSO deputies, Indiana State Police, Milford police and Syracuse police responded to the area. They found Howard driving on CR 900N near Old Ind. 15. The release states Howard attempted to flee by driving his truck across a field, but officers effectively deployed stop sticks.
While Howard was being held at KCJ, conservation officers executed search warrants related to poaching. The warrants resulting in evidence dating beyond recent years. Nearly 20 sets of deer antlers, multiple firearms and miscellaneous drug evidence were found.
Conservation officers also deployed a K-9 unit to track the area where Howard had driven. The K-9 unit located a 12-gauge shotgun with an attached scope. The shotgun had been identified by conservation officers as being used by Howard while poaching deer, the release states.
On Thursday, conservation officers served a final search warrant at the address of Alfred Howard, 41, Cromwell. They found a stolen handgun and the skull of what appeared to be a poached antlered deer. KCSO detectives identified the handgun as a missing piece of evidence from a large theft case that had occurred recently in Kosciusko County.
The release states that approximately two years ago, conservation officers were notified of possible illegal hunting activity that had been occurring in and around Kosciusko County. Upon initial investigation, it was determined that a primary suspect, later determined to be Terry Howard, had been engaging in illegal taking of deer at night throughout an area that covered two counties. Conservation officers had reason to believe that Howard had been involved with the illegal taking of several large antlered deer as early as 2016.
In 2018, conservation officers again were alerted to illegal hunting practices matching the patterns identified by the 2016 investigation of Terry Howard. During 2018, conservation officers were able to closely monitor the movements and poaching activities of Howard, which culminated in the application and authorization of the search warrants.
Assisting the Indiana conservation officers were the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office, KCSO, ISP, Syracuse Police Department and Milford Police Department.
Terry Jean Howard, 42, of 4569 W. CR 1000N, Milford, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday on preliminary charges of invasion of privacy and resisting law enforcement. His initial bond was set at $5,250.
A news release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued Friday night states that Howard also is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, resisting law enforcement and perjury. He will face misdemeanor charges of theft, illegal possession of whitetail deer and taking of whitetail deer by artificial light.
On Wednesday morning, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to Howard’s residence regarding Howard violating a protective order. Conservation officers, KCSO deputies, Indiana State Police, Milford police and Syracuse police responded to the area. They found Howard driving on CR 900N near Old Ind. 15. The release states Howard attempted to flee by driving his truck across a field, but officers effectively deployed stop sticks.
While Howard was being held at KCJ, conservation officers executed search warrants related to poaching. The warrants resulting in evidence dating beyond recent years. Nearly 20 sets of deer antlers, multiple firearms and miscellaneous drug evidence were found.
Conservation officers also deployed a K-9 unit to track the area where Howard had driven. The K-9 unit located a 12-gauge shotgun with an attached scope. The shotgun had been identified by conservation officers as being used by Howard while poaching deer, the release states.
On Thursday, conservation officers served a final search warrant at the address of Alfred Howard, 41, Cromwell. They found a stolen handgun and the skull of what appeared to be a poached antlered deer. KCSO detectives identified the handgun as a missing piece of evidence from a large theft case that had occurred recently in Kosciusko County.
The release states that approximately two years ago, conservation officers were notified of possible illegal hunting activity that had been occurring in and around Kosciusko County. Upon initial investigation, it was determined that a primary suspect, later determined to be Terry Howard, had been engaging in illegal taking of deer at night throughout an area that covered two counties. Conservation officers had reason to believe that Howard had been involved with the illegal taking of several large antlered deer as early as 2016.
In 2018, conservation officers again were alerted to illegal hunting practices matching the patterns identified by the 2016 investigation of Terry Howard. During 2018, conservation officers were able to closely monitor the movements and poaching activities of Howard, which culminated in the application and authorization of the search warrants.
Assisting the Indiana conservation officers were the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office, KCSO, ISP, Syracuse Police Department and Milford Police Department.
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