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Fifteen people are in custody after a drug raid Thursday night and this morning. Warrants remain outstanding for six others.
The arrests resulted from a several-month investigation by the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force. During the last several months, illegal drugs were allegedly purchased from most of the people facing charges. Drugs and/or drug paraphernalia reportedly were found with the remainder of the people charged.
According to KCDTF officials, this investigation is a direct result of tips by citizens, as well as information received by law enforcement officers from various departments in Kosciusko County.
The following people were booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• Brian Smith, 23, of 3175 S. CR 600E, Pierceton, charged with possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond: $750.
• Donald Allen Jr., 20, of 208 E. Catholic St., Pierceton, charged with dealing marijuana, a Class D felony. Bond: $2,000.
• Michael C. Kistner, 26, of 440 Wexford Place, Warsaw, charged with dealing cocaine, a Class B felony. Bond: $10,000.
• Ralph D. Mullins, 34, of 418 W. Fort Wayne St., Warsaw, charged with dealing in a controlled substance and dealing methamphetamine, both Class A felonies. Bond: $20,000.
• Michael P. O'Connell, 24, of 7029 S. County Farm Road, Claypool, charged with dealing cocaine, a Class B felony. Bond: $10,000.
• Angie Reiter, 34, of 220 S. Elm St., Etna Green, charged with possession of two or more chemical precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, a Class D felony. Bond: $2,000.
• Michael T. Stage, 35, of 220 S. Elm St., Etna Green, charged with possession of two or more chemical precursors with intent to manufacture a controlled substance, a Class D felony. Bond: $2,000.
• James E. Lisenbee, 23, of 2529 S. Lake Sharon Road, Warsaw, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, a Class D felony. Bond: $2,000.
• Charles A. Lisenbee, 22, of 2529 S. Lake Sharon Road, Warsaw, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, a Class D felony. Bond: $2,000.
• Jarrod Enyart, 18, of 414 S. Village St., Pierceton, charged with possession of marijuana, a Class D felony, and dealing marijuana, a Class C felony. Bond: $5,000.
• Tami M. Flowers, 40, of 2441 W. CR 250S #153, Warsaw, charged with possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond: $450.
• Edward L. Rake, 19, of 427 W. Perry St., Warsaw, charged with possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. Bond: $1,000.
• John C. Ciaccia III, 24, of Fort Wayne, charged with visiting a common nuisance, a Class B misdemeanor. Bond: $750.
Two other people are in custody at other locations:
• Jesus Hernandez, 34, of 920 Anchorage Road #181, Warsaw, is being held in the Porter County Jail on a Kosciusko County warrant for conspiracy to deal in methamphetamine, a Class A felony. Bond: $20,000.
• Joshua D. Willis, 19, of 1515 Maye St., Warsaw, is in boot camp at Fort Benning, Ga., where he is being held on a Kosciusko County warrant for dealing methamphetamine, a Class A felony, and dealing marijuana and dealing methamphetamine, both Class D felonies. Bond: $20,000.
Warrants remain outstanding on the following people:
• Abigail L. Pifer, 26, of 105 Sixth St., Winona Lake, charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, a Class D felony. Bond: $5,000.
• Derek Krichbaum, 18, of 210 Lakeview Drive, Winona Lake, charged with dealing methamphetamine, a Class A felony. Bond: $20,000.
• Tamara J. Brandt, 35, of 3225 Old Colony Road, Warsaw, charged with dealing cocaine, a Class B felony. Bond: $10,000.
• Todd A. Wilson, 33, of 408 W. Catherine St., Milford, charged with possession of paraphernalia, a Class D felony; possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor; and possession of a schedule II substance with intent to manufacture, a Class B felony. No bond is set.
• Carmine E. Phillips, 23, of Chicago Heights, Ill., charged with two counts of dealing a schedule II substance, both Class B felonies. Bond: $10,000.
• Christopher L. Clark, 31, Liberty Mills, charged with dealing a controlled substance, a Class B felony. Bond: $10,000.
The drug task force was assisted in serving the warrants by officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department; Warsaw, Pierceton, Winona Lake and Milford police departments; and Indiana State Police.
Anyone with information about illegal drug activity in Kosciusko County is asked to call the Kosciusko County Drug Task Force hotline at 372-2494 or the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department at 267-5667. The drug task force offers a $250 reward for information leading to illegal drug labs in the community.
