Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail. • 2:22 p.m. Wednesday – Bernie Joe Montileaux, 37, of 211 N. Tucker St., Mentone, arrested for robbery with a deadly weapon. No bond set. • 9:38 p.m. Wednesday – Austin Gene Ousley, 18, Rochester, arrested for theft. Bond: $600. • 9:42 p.m. Wednesday – Lauren Taylor Brofford, 21, of 3942 S. Ind. 13, Akron, arrested for theft. Bond: $600. • 4:30 a.m. Wednesday – William Linley McNess, 47, of 497 Clinic Court, Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $320.
A Fort Wayne man is facing burglary and theft charges after allegedly entering a residence and strangling a woman before stealing some of her belongings.
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.
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.
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.