Milford Boy Arrested after Striking Police Cars with Skid Loader
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Staff Report-
PIERCETON – A 15-year-old Milford boy is in custody at a Pierceton juvenile facility after striking two squad cars Saturday evening with a skid-loader. Officers from the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police responded Saturday at 8:40 p.m. to the area of CR 250W and CR 900N on a report of a juvenile out of control. Officers met with the parents of the boy who explained that their son had fled the residence in a farm implement skid-loader crossing into an adjacent field. The parents stated that their son had become agitated earlier in the evening and had locked the mother out of the residence. He had then taken a baseball bat and machete from the residence and fled to the skid-loader. Due to the freshly plowed field, the father provided officers with a 4-wheel drive ATV to use in an attempt to apprehend his son. As the deputy and trooper approached the skid-loader, the juvenile suddenly turned the machinery around and rammed the ATV with the front pallet fork attachment, completely disabling the ATV. The juvenile continued back out of the field, approaching marked squad cars on CR 300W. The juvenile then spun the skid-loader, consecutively striking the front of both a Milford Police Department and a KCSD squad car. Officers attempted to contain the juvenile for about an hour in the area until he was pepper sprayed and later surrendered to officers. KCSD officers transported the juvenile to the Pierceton Woods Juvenile Detention Center. Officers are currently forwarding potential juvenile charges of two counts of aggravated battery with substantial risk of death or injury to the Kosciusko County Probation Department. The name of the boy has not been released by law enforcement.
