More Information On Saturday Pursuit That Ended In Kosciusko County Released
March 3, 2020 at 3:58 a.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
According to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, Ronald Elkins, 35, is facing charges of resisting law enforcement/resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, possession of a handgun without a license, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle used in commission of a crime and theft of a firearm.
According to Captain Eric Duven of the Aberdeen, S.D., Police Department, Elkins had a Brown County, S.D., warrant for his arrest for a court order violation and a violation of a protection order in Aberdeen.
“Ronald Elkins, who was being sought (Friday) by (Aberdeen Police Department) in reference to a Brown County warrant and suspicion of vehicular theft and violation of protection order, was apprehended in Indiana,” according to a Aberdeen Police Department Facebook post.
The Aberdeen police were looking for Elkins and had a ping on the phone that was thought to be his Thursday. However, Duven said that phone was found to be a friend’s. The Aberdeen police were unable to locate Elkins and there were no indications he was in Aberdeen Friday.
Elkins is a suspect in the theft of two vehicles in Brookings, S.D., said Derrick Powers, assistant chief of the Brookings police department.
Some time recently, Brookings police were called regarding a holdup alarm at a convenience store after Elkins made comments indicating he was holding the store up, said Powers. A pursuit followed, where Elkins’ vehicle spun out of control and he fled on foot.
The police later received a report of a stolen vehicle, Powers said. The department then received a report of a second stolen vehicle and the police found the first stolen vehicle not far from where the second vehicle was stolen. The second vehicle was a 1999 gold Ford F150 believed to be used in the pursuit that ended early Saturday in Warsaw.
Saturday’s pursuit was called in at 12:05 a.m. from Elkhart County and ended at 12:13 a.m. in Kosciusko County with Elkhart County officers following a stolen vehicle.
The pursuit came southbound into Kosciusko County on Ind. 15, said Det./Sgt. Brad Kellar, public information officer for the WPD, on Sunday. Warsaw officers assisted other agencies in the pursuit and WPD performed a “rolling roadblock in the area” of U.S. 30 and Ind. 15 (Detroit Street) to stop the fleeing vehicle, a gold 1999 Ford F150 with South Dakota license plates.
Elkins was then arrested by the ECSD after the pursuit ended.
According to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, Ronald Elkins, 35, is facing charges of resisting law enforcement/resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, possession of a handgun without a license, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle used in commission of a crime and theft of a firearm.
According to Captain Eric Duven of the Aberdeen, S.D., Police Department, Elkins had a Brown County, S.D., warrant for his arrest for a court order violation and a violation of a protection order in Aberdeen.
“Ronald Elkins, who was being sought (Friday) by (Aberdeen Police Department) in reference to a Brown County warrant and suspicion of vehicular theft and violation of protection order, was apprehended in Indiana,” according to a Aberdeen Police Department Facebook post.
The Aberdeen police were looking for Elkins and had a ping on the phone that was thought to be his Thursday. However, Duven said that phone was found to be a friend’s. The Aberdeen police were unable to locate Elkins and there were no indications he was in Aberdeen Friday.
Elkins is a suspect in the theft of two vehicles in Brookings, S.D., said Derrick Powers, assistant chief of the Brookings police department.
Some time recently, Brookings police were called regarding a holdup alarm at a convenience store after Elkins made comments indicating he was holding the store up, said Powers. A pursuit followed, where Elkins’ vehicle spun out of control and he fled on foot.
The police later received a report of a stolen vehicle, Powers said. The department then received a report of a second stolen vehicle and the police found the first stolen vehicle not far from where the second vehicle was stolen. The second vehicle was a 1999 gold Ford F150 believed to be used in the pursuit that ended early Saturday in Warsaw.
Saturday’s pursuit was called in at 12:05 a.m. from Elkhart County and ended at 12:13 a.m. in Kosciusko County with Elkhart County officers following a stolen vehicle.
The pursuit came southbound into Kosciusko County on Ind. 15, said Det./Sgt. Brad Kellar, public information officer for the WPD, on Sunday. Warsaw officers assisted other agencies in the pursuit and WPD performed a “rolling roadblock in the area” of U.S. 30 and Ind. 15 (Detroit Street) to stop the fleeing vehicle, a gold 1999 Ford F150 with South Dakota license plates.
Elkins was then arrested by the ECSD after the pursuit ended.
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