County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: n 11:01 a.m. Wednesday – Bob McCoy Brown, 77, of 2518 Parent Drive, Warsaw, arrested for sexual battery. Bond: $2,000. n 1:16 p.m. Wednesday – Michael Dean Johnston, 44, of 10871 N. Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse, arrested on five counts of failure to appear and glue sniffing. Bond: $2,942.40. n 1:19 p.m. Wednesday – Fernando Deleon Garza, 69, of 508 Lura Circle, Mentone, arrested for domestic battery. Bond: $15,000. n 5:58 p.m. Wednesday – Jonathan Leija, 27, of 1202 Wooster Road, 86, Winona Lake, arrested on a warrant for another Indiana agency and a charge of operator never licensed. Bond: $350. n 7:21 p.m. Wednesday – Kari Elizabeth Chappell, 32, of 205 N. Jefferson St., Silver Lake, arrested for failure to stop after an accident. Bond: $500. n 10:26 p.m. Wednesday – Humberto Joaquin Lara, 25, of 415 W. Porter St., Warsaw, arrested for a failure to appear rearrest and false informing. Bond: $500. n 12:11 a.m. Thursday – Samuel Scott Stimmel, 64, of 7227 N. Syracuse-Webster Road, North Webster, arrested for corrupt business influence and promoting prostitution. Bond: $100,000. n 1:03 a.m. Thursday – Kelly Joe Whitman, 23, South Bend, arrested for promoting prostitution. Bond: $5,000. n 1:45 a.m. Thursday – Kimberly Kay Gill, 32, South Bend, arrested for promoting prostitution. Bond: $5,000. n 2:06 a.m. Thursday – Donn Lee Rupert, 51, South Bend, arrested for promoting prostitution. Bond: $5,000. n 2:21 a.m. Thursday – Christine Marie Bennett, 27, of 3902 N. CR 700W, Warsaw, arrested for promoting prostitution. Bond: $5,000. n 2:33 a.m. Thursday – Samantha Jo Rash, 19, Goshen, arrested for possession of salvia or another synthetic cannabinoid. Bond: $450.
Personal Injury Accident n 11:40 p.m. Wednesday – West CR 75N, 35 feet east of North Ind. 19, Etna Green. Vehicle left roadway and struck earth embankment. Driver: Brendan D. Zimmerman, 21, West CR 600S, Claypool. Injuries: Front passenger (name not available) transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital with complaint of neck pain; rear passenger (name not available) transported to a Fort Wayne trauma center to be treated for a large laceration on her forehead. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated. Property Damage Accidents n 3:24 p.m. Wednesday – Intersection of South McClellan Street and Brown Drive, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Nathan W. Bradley, 34, Country Club Terrace, Warsaw; Gregory L. Dearborn, 56, Pam Street, Warsaw. Damages: $750 to $1,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated. n 5:40 p.m. Wednesday – Intersection of East McKenna Road and EMS B38 Lane, Warsaw. Vehicle struck deer. Driver: Jamie L. Dillon, 32, EMS B33A1 Lane, Warsaw. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.
Incident n 3:38 p.m. Wednesday – A Winona Lake woman reported a violation of a protective order in the 1200 block of Chestnut Street. Winona Lake Police Department investigated.
