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Police Beat 2.14.2012

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Car Stolen With Food Pantry Items Inside
SYRACUSE – A Syracuse town employee had her car stolen Monday morning with an undisclosed amount of food for the town’s food pantry inside.

Police responded to a call at 6:55 a.m. Monday that Virginia Freel had her 2008 Chrysler Sebring stolen from a residence on Camelot Trail.

Freel works in the public works office for Syracuse.

Inside the car was Freel’s wallet and items for a food pantry.

The car was later found by a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputy wrecked and abandoned at the intersection of CRs 56 and 127 in Elkhart County.

Missing Woman Found In Warsaw
An Indianapolis woman was found Sunday in Warsaw, a day after her husband reported her missing.

Anne M. Chade, 66, Indianapolis, was reported missing Saturday to Indianapolis Metro police.

Around 10 a.m. Sunday, she was reported to have been sitting in front of Image Couch along U.S. 30E for nearly an hour.

A Warsaw man called police to inform them that Chade had been parked in her car for more than an hour.

No further information was available concerning the incident.

Man Attempts To Flee, Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit
A Plymouth man was arrested and charged with felony drunk driving Sunday morning after police say he was nearly three times the legal limit.

According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, Kyle Schneider, Plymouth, disregarded a stop sign in the area of Barbee Lake.

After he allegedly attempted to flee police, he was stopped in the area of CRs 300N and 600E.

Schneider’s blood alcohol concentration was .22. The legal limit in Indiana is .08.

The report noted that this was Schneider’s second drunk driving arrest in five years, which increased his charge to a felony one.

He was booked into Kosciusko County Jail on $500 bond at 5:18 a.m. Sunday.