Woman Faces Felony Charge Following $700 Grocery Theft
September 10, 2019 at 12:48 a.m.
By Amanda [email protected]
Christie M. Sutherland, 42, of 23 EMS T 26C Lane, Leesburg, was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 11:25 p.m. Friday for that charge after she failed to show up to her July 29 court date.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Dec. 10 in Kosciusko Superior Court II, on Nov. 8 Conservation Officer Nick Vander Molen was on duty and parked at the corner of Spear Lake Road and CR 1000E in the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife area. Vander Molen saw a vehicle repeatedly turn around at different road intersections, disregard stop signs and at one point park in a field. All the while, an artifical light was being shined out of the vehicle’s window at the field and land, court papers state.
When Vander Molen initiated a traffic stop, a teenager was driving with a passenger in the front seat and Sutherland in the back seat. The officer saw a scoped rifle in the back of the vehicle and was told it was loaded. When Vander Molen told them it was illegal to shine a light from a vehicle with a firearm in the vehicle, the teen allegedly said he didn’t know that because it was legal in Texas and said he was scouting for coyotes.
Sutherland also was allegedly shining out of the back seat.
Police confiscated the rifle – a Remington model 700 chambered in .243 that had four rounds in the magazine – along with a box of Winchester ammunition and two spotlights.
Sutherland was given a long form citation for jacklighting and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, but she failed to appear to her initial hearing in January for the charge. A warrant for her arrest was later recalled with a new court date set for July 29. Sutherland’s failure to again appear landed her in jail with a $5,000 bond.
The charge is a Class A misdemeanor.
Christie M. Sutherland, 42, of 23 EMS T 26C Lane, Leesburg, was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 11:25 p.m. Friday for that charge after she failed to show up to her July 29 court date.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Dec. 10 in Kosciusko Superior Court II, on Nov. 8 Conservation Officer Nick Vander Molen was on duty and parked at the corner of Spear Lake Road and CR 1000E in the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife area. Vander Molen saw a vehicle repeatedly turn around at different road intersections, disregard stop signs and at one point park in a field. All the while, an artifical light was being shined out of the vehicle’s window at the field and land, court papers state.
When Vander Molen initiated a traffic stop, a teenager was driving with a passenger in the front seat and Sutherland in the back seat. The officer saw a scoped rifle in the back of the vehicle and was told it was loaded. When Vander Molen told them it was illegal to shine a light from a vehicle with a firearm in the vehicle, the teen allegedly said he didn’t know that because it was legal in Texas and said he was scouting for coyotes.
Sutherland also was allegedly shining out of the back seat.
Police confiscated the rifle – a Remington model 700 chambered in .243 that had four rounds in the magazine – along with a box of Winchester ammunition and two spotlights.
Sutherland was given a long form citation for jacklighting and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, but she failed to appear to her initial hearing in January for the charge. A warrant for her arrest was later recalled with a new court date set for July 29. Sutherland’s failure to again appear landed her in jail with a $5,000 bond.
The charge is a Class A misdemeanor.
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