County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: n 8:44 a.m. Friday – Colt Anthony Johnson, 21, of 7271 W. Ind. 25, Mentone, arrested for probation violation. Bond: $10,000. n 6:48 p.m. Friday – Shelley Irene Hughes, 44, of 13970 Elm Road, Bourbon, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. No bond set. n 10:58 p.m. Friday – Joshua Jeffrey Puckett, 30, of 1815 E. CR 300S, B, Warsaw, arrested for disorderly conduct. Bond: $500. n 12:35 a.m. Saturday – Alejandro Santamaria, 23, of 920 Anchorage Road, 117, Warsaw, arrested for child molesting – child less than 14 years old. Bond: $20,000. n 1:27 a.m. Saturday – Ryan Lee Miller, 37, of 920 Anchorage Road, 74, Warsaw, arrested for possession of chemical reagents or precursors to manufacturing. Bond: $2,000. n 2:10 a.m. Saturday – Scott Anthony Linday, 38, of 835 E. Center St., Warsaw, arrested for battery resulting in serious bodily injury, battery by body waste, battery, public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Bond: $2,000. n 5:41 p.m. Saturday – Justin Zachary Babendrager, 19, Flint, Mich., arrested for battery, battery by means of strangulation and possession of a controlled substance – Schedule I or II. Bond: $3,000. n 6:08 p.m. Saturday – Timothy James Hyde, 23, of 111 S. Wood St., C, Warsaw, arrested for domestic battery in the presence of a child less than 16 years old. Bond: $2,000. n 10:42 p.m. Saturday – Jeremy Dale Hendrix, 18, 272 E. Nelson Drive, Milford, arrested for illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage and theft – less than $100,000 in value. Bond: $5,300. n 2:22 a.m. Sunday – Ramon Gonzalez, 28, of 3762 W. Old 30, 636, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failure to appear. Bond: $1,550. n 4:07 a.m. Sunday – Anthony Wayne Baker, 26, of 3699 N. CR 175E, 186, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $550. n 5:09 a.m. Sunday – Damon Nicholas Shepherd, 28, of 6 EMS R4D Lane, Pierceton, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $550. n 5:41 a.m. Sunday – Malachi Hanes Sweeny, 20, 1508 Chestnut St., 1, Winona Lake, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and illegal consumption. Bond: $750. n 6:19 p.m. Sunday – Kira Ann Courson, 21, of 1776 S. Country Club Road, Warsaw, arrested for trafficking with an inmate. Bond: $20,000. n 2:58 a.m. Monday – Charles Wayne Artist Jr., 42, Rochester, arrested for failure to stop after an accident and failure to appear. Bond: $2,500. n 3:01 a.m. Monday – Michaun Victorian Ervin, 21, Gary, arrested on two counts of failure to appear. Bond: $1,500.
Personal Injury Accident n 2:20 p.m. Saturday – West CR 900N, 1,000 feet west of North Ind. 19, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Jeffery U. Mast, 22, North CR 1000W, Nappanee; Trent L. Hershberger, 46, North CR 1000W, Nappanee. Injuries: Mast and his passenger were airlifted to a South Bend trauma center for treatment. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.
Property Damage Accidents n 6:22 p.m. Saturday – South Ind. 25, 1,000 feet north of West CR 200S, Warsaw. Vehicle struck deer. Driver: Kasi M. Balanow, 28, Rochester. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. KCSD. n 12:06 p.m. Sunday – Intersection of East Old 30 and South CR 325E, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Jonathan A. Martin, 39, EMS W23C Lane, North Webster; Amanda R. Noll, 23, Albion. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD. n 1:29 p.m. Sunday – Intersection of South Higbee Street and West Emeline Street, Milford. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Kenneth E. Nicolai, 16, CR 52, Syracuse; Robert P. Kyle, 66, Granger. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. KCSD. n 3:09 p.m. Sunday – Intersection of North Ind. 15 and West CR 600N, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Debbie L. Jones, 45, West Leigh Drive, Warsaw; Paul E. Adams, 37, Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Damages: $10,000 to $25,000. KCSD. n 6:48 p.m. Sunday – 340 E. Levi Lee Road, Leesburg. Driver struck parked vehicle registered to Victorio A. Romero, Fort Wayne. Driver: Brittany L. Williams, 19, East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. KCSD.
Incidents n 8:13 a.m. Saturday – A Leesburg man reported auto theft in the 300 block of East Van Buren Street. KCSD. n 2:46 p.m. Saturday – Police responded to a juvenile report in the 500 block of West Center Street, Warsaw. Warsaw Police Department investigated. n 7:28 p.m. Saturday – A South Whitley woman reported a violation of a protective order in the 7600 block of East CR 900S. KCSD. n 12:46 a.m. Sunday – A Warsaw woman reported she left her purse at a restaurant and believed it was stolen in the 800 block of North Parker Street. WPD. n 1:03 a.m. Sunday – Police responded to a call of a male subject found unresponsive by his mother in his car in the 100 block of East Canal Street, Warsaw. WPD. n 6:12 p.m. Sunday – A Warsaw man reported he found his front door standing open in the 2500 block of East Center Street. WPD. n 3:06 a.m. Monday – Police responded to a report of a woman being stuck in a parked vehicle in the 300 block of East Levi Lee Road, Warsaw. KCSD.
