Numerous law enforcement officers from Kosciusko and Elkhart counties conducted a drug warrant blitz Wednesday, arresting 13 individuals.
Kosciusko County Drug Task Force, along with officers from Syracuse, North Webster, Milford and Elkhart CIty Drug Task Force, converged on various locations.
Arrested on drug-related charges in the last 24 hours by officers involved in the blitz were:
– Casey James Louden, 25, Pierceton, charged with felony dealing/delivering methamphetamine, bond set at $50,000;
– Catherine L. Schmidt, 40, Warsaw, charged with two felony counts of dealing schedule III controlled substance, bond set at $50,000;
– Marshall B. Slone, 32, Claypool, charged with felony dealing in schedule I controlled substance, bond set at $50,000;
– Richard J. Mackensworth, 49, Milford, charged with felony dealing in schedule I, II and III controlled substance, bond set at $50,000;
– Brenda Kae Mackensworth, 42, Milford, charged with felony dealing in schedule IV controlled substance, bond set at $20,000;
– Amber Marie Engle, 26, Claypool, charged with felony possession of a schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance, no bond set;
– John Wayne Clark, 41, Claypool, charged with felony dealing schedule III controlled substance, bond set at $50,000;
– Jimmy Lee Burchett, 49, Warsaw, charged with felony possession of marijuana more than 30 gramms, bond set at $10,000;
– Willie D. Williams, 30, Elkhart, charged with felony dealing and felony possession of methamphetamine, bond set at $50,000;
– Teresa Sue Hall, 39, Warsaw, charged with felony dealing in schedule I, II or II controlled substance, bond set at $50,000;
– Jamey I. Besemann, 32, Milford, charged with felony dealing in a schedule I, II or III controlled substance and being a habitual substance offender, bond set at $50,000.
While KCSD deputies were assisting in the warrant blitz, they conducted a traffic stop near the area of Ind. 13 and CR 125S where they arrested James O. Sayler, 35, and Donal Edward Weber, 27, both of Winona Lake, on felony charges of possession of a schedule IV controlled substance. Their bonds were individually set at $2,000.
Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers still have outstanding drug warrants on the following individuals: Jamie E. Sparks, 26, Elkhart; Thomas Wayne Yoder, 48, Milford; Michelle B. Miller, 44, Milford; Jennifer Ormsby, 31, Larwill; Codie L.J. Pierce, 21, Warsaw; and Chelesa R. Baldwin, 24, Warsaw.
Information on the remaining six individuals with active warrants can be called into the Kosciusko County Central Dispatch Center at 574-267-5667 or the TIP Line at 574-372-2494.
