Public Occurrences 12.26.16

County Jail Bookings  The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 10:35 p.m. Friday – Randy Wayne Avery, 37, of 4904 E. Armstrong Road, #2, Leesburg, arrested for domestic battery in the presence of a child. Bond: $6,000.  • 5:06 p.m. Friday – Cliffton Wayne Davis, 39, of 4330 N. Ind. 15, #218, Warsaw, arrested for theft. Bond: $600.  • 5:38 p.m. Sunday – Johnathon Michael Julian Stump, 21, of 103 W. Pearl St., Syracuse, arrested for theft. Bond: $5,250. • 3:16 a.m. Saturday – Thomas James Everett, 71, of 8200 E. North Road, Syracuse, arrested for operating a motor vehicle intoxicated. Bond: $700.  • 11 a.m. Saturday – Andrew Steven Finch, 31, of 318 S. Lake St., Warsaw, arrested for furnishing alcohol to a minor. Bond: $600. • 9:45 p.m. Saturday – Naomi Gonzales, 31, of 9799 W. CR 200S, Mentone, arrested for possession of marijuana. Bond: $600. • 10:13 p.m. Saturday – Ronald Eugene Rodriguez, 38, of 1692 E. CR 200N, #127, Warsaw, arrested for driving while classified as a habitual traffic violator, possession of marijuana and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $5,250. Property Damage Accidents • 7:54 p.m. Saturday – Intersection of East Old 30 and CR 300E, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collison. Drivers: Shane Smalley, 21, CR 400N, Warsaw; Thomas Keough, 22, CR 225, Winona Lake. Damage: $2,500 to $5,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated. • 8:30 p.m. Saturday – Intersection of Ind. 14 and CR 800W, Akron. Car hit deer. Driver: Clayton Slone, 33, Sycamore Street, Silver Lake. Damage $1,00 to $2,500. KCSD. • 7:40 a.m. Sunday – Intersection of Lake City Highway and CR 200E, Warsaw. Car hit sign. Driver: Matthew Sacks, 69, CR 700S, Warsaw. Damage: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.  Incidents  • 1:28 p.m. Saturday – A Wal-mart employee reported a theft of televiison sets in the 2500 block of Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Warsaw Police Department Investigated. • 1:30 a.m. Sunday – A resident reported broken windows in the 2900 block of Frontage Road, Warsaw. WPD. • 7:53 p.m. Sunday – A resident reported a theft of a farm wagon in the 8100 block of South Beaver Dam Road, Claypool. KCSD.

Public Occurrences 2.7.2012


3 Suspects Arrested After May 7 Shoplifting Incident

Three of four suspects in the recent theft and personal injury accident that took place at Elder-Beerman have been caught, police said.

Three Local Arrests in Multi-State Menards Swindle

Warsaw police detectives recently completed an investigation conducted over several months involving a multi-state theft scheme, which counted among its victims the local Menards store and numerous other Menards in northern Indiana.

Public Occurrences 7.1.2011

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Pharmacy Employee, Mother Arrested for Pill Theft

A Warsaw CVS Pharmacy employee and her mother were arrested Sunday after police found they had been stealing and selling hydrocodone pills.


Former News Employee Pleads Guilty to $60,000 Theft

A former Time-Union circulation manager pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, a Class D felony this morning in Kosciusko County Superior Court III.

Public Occurrences, 1.30.2019

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Public Occurrences 08.23.22


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County Jail Bookings  The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 11:29 a.m. Thursday – David Alan Shadd, 29, of 300 Turkey Creek Drive, Milford, arrested for failure to appear and on a civil warrant. Bond: $500. • 1:33 p.m. Thursday – Tracy Marie Boone, 31, of 347 E. Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, arrested on a civil warrant. Bond: $500. • 4:09 p.m. Thursday – Elaine Fay Smith, 35, of 322 N. CR 900E, Pierceton, arrested on two counts for failure to appear and one count of failure to pay. Bond: $834.

Winona Post Office Seeks Missing Hockey Pucks

WINONA LAKE – Dan King, Winona Lake postmaster, said there was an apparent theft of the black hockey pucks the Winona Lake Post Office had on the picnic table as part of the checker board in front of the post office.


Local Elder-Beerman Store Uses Advanced Security System

Statistically, the retail industry loses $30 billion annually to theft. Retail stores like Elder-Beerman, excluding groceries, lose 1.7 percent of stock to shrinkage each year. Shrinkage may be external, internal or caused by paper mistakes, such as incorrectly stating a quantity on an invoice.External stock shrinkage is the industry term for shoplifting or theft.It's estimated that an individual pays more that $150 extra per year as businesses must increase retail prices to cover theft. Elder-Beerman of Warsaw uses the latest technology to identify theft.Most people know that many retail businesses use ceiling cameras to observe activities in a store, but the newer technology makes those cameras more useful.

Charges Against Fisher May Change

Adding one charge could result in two other charges being dismissed against a Goshen man accused in connection with the death of a Milford woman. Ralph Freddrick Fisher, 46, came before Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed Monday seeking that the charges pending against him be dismissed. Fisher was charged in January with assisting a criminal and unlawful movement of a body.The charges result from the alleged murder of 48-year-old Kathy Vroman of Milford.Fisher's son, Jason Fisher, 22, of Middlebury, is charged with Vroman's murder. Ralph Fisher's attorney, Thomas Leatherman of Goshen, previously filed a motion for dismissal in the case, claiming his client was not aware of his son's alleged actions.The elder Fisher reportedly told his son and an alleged accomplice, Lawrence Grant, how to clean up the evidence of the shooting and dispose of Vroman's body.

Public Occurrences 2.20.09

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Public Occurrences 9.19.07

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Public Occurrences 8.2.07

The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Public Occurrences 3.23

County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:

Public Occurrences 5.24.2012