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Public Occurrences 01.14.2026

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County Jail
Bookings
The following people were arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• 10:39 p.m. Saturday - Lacey Alaina Hughes, 19, of 209 E. Catholic St., Pierceton, arrested for driving a motor vehicle while suspended with a prior suspension and reckless driving. Bond: $500.
• 10:30 a.m. Monday - Derek Allen Timmons, 39, of 316 E. Washington St., North Webster, arrested for theft. Bond: $600.
• 12:35 p.m. Monday - Austen Shane Riter, 26, Bryan, Ohio, arrested for confinement. Bond: $20,000.
• 2 p.m. Monday - Norvin A. Gonzalez, 41, of 538 Clinic Court, Warsaw, arrested for domestic battery in the presence of a child less than 16. Bond: $20,000.
• 3 p.m. Monday - Martin Charles Mulder Jr., 41, of 4735 E. CR 100S, Pierceton, arrested on a drug court violation. No bond listed.
• 3:15 p.m. Monday - Joshua Thomas Hensley, 29, Columbia City, arrested for misdemeanor failure to appear. Bond: $1,000.
• 9:48 p.m. Monday - Norman L. McCord, 69, of 1692 E. CR 200N, #72, Warsaw, arrested for operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in the body - first offense. Bond: $700.
• 11:34 p.m. Monday - Cooper Ernest Walls, 20, of 203 N. Broadway St., Mentone, arrested on a foreign warrant. No bond listed.
• 11:15 p.m. Monday - Miles Wolfgang Vaugh Bottorff, 39, of 920 Anchorage Road, #64, Warsaw, arrested on a foreign warrant. No bond listed.
• 2:51 a.m. Tuesday - Jason Wayne Craig, 58, of 622 Fort Wayne St., Warsaw, arrested for criminal trespass. Bond: $500.
• 10:59 a.m. Tuesday - James Allen Runyon, 54, of 1135 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, arrested on three charges of dealing cocaine or narcotic drug. No bond listed.
• 11:40 a.m. Tuesday - Mikaylynn Rose Gibbs, 22, of 3699 N. CR 175E, #173, Warsaw, arrested for theft. No bond listed.

Property Damage
Accidents
• 6:55 p.m. Jan. 7 - West Old U.S. 30, 800 feet west of North CR 875W, Etna Green. Minivan hit deer. Driver: Jerry L. Kissinger, 82, West Harrison Street, Mentone. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
• 10:50 a.m. Sunday - North CR 175E, 450 feet south of East 8 Square Road, Leesburg. Two-car collision. Drivers: Bryan Hazel, 39, EMS C27C1, Warsaw; Benjamin R. Grubbs, 46, East CR 350N, Warsaw. Damage: $5,000-$10,000. KCSO.
• 7 a.m. Monday - Intersection of North Ind. 15 and West CR 600N, Leesburg. Car hit deer. Driver: Kassandra Lucas, 29, South Woodland Trail, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500-$5,000. KCSO.

Incidents
• 11:51 a.m. Monday - An emergency detention order was requested in the 300 block of West Section Street, Claypool. KCSO.
• 12:45 p.m. Monday - A traffic offense was reported for a person operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility with a prior in the 100 block of South Detroit Street, Warsaw. Warsaw Police Department investigated.
• 12:49 a.m. Monday - An emergency detention order was requested in the 10000 block of North Mulberry Drive, Syracuse. KCSO.
• 1 p.m. Monday - A person was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle without ever obtaining a license in the 100 block of West CR 600N, Warsaw. KCSO.
• 3:34 p.m. Monday - A person was arrested for operating a motor vehicle without ever obtaining a license in the 700 block of West Market Street, Warsaw. WPD.
• 11:28 p.m. Monday - A person was arrested for possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish and on a warrant in the 900 block of Anchorage Road, Warsaw. WPD.
• 2:39 a.m. Tuesday - Criminal trespass was reported in the 100 block of East Center Street, Warsaw. WPD.
• 3:11 a.m. Tuesday - An emergency detention order was requested in the 3400 block of East CR 1300N, Syracuse. KCSO.
• 4:52 a.m. Tuesday - A suicide investigation was opened in the 500 block of East Main Street, Warsaw. WPD.