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public occurrences 12.19.2016

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County Jail Bookings
 The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
• 3:38 p.m Friday – Crystal Marie Bennett, 37,Elkhart,  arrested on two counts of failure to appear. Bond: $1,100.
• 8:28 a.m. Saturday – Jason Gene Lee, 41, of 321 Lake City Highway, #136, Warsaw, arrested for possession of marijuana. Bond: $600.
• 1:16 p.m. Saturday – Josie Laura Daniels, 30, of 9704 N. Kohler Road East, Syracuse, arrested for theft. Bond. $500.
• 4:59 p.m. Saturday – Morgan Rachel Wood, 32, of 1310 E. Clark St., Warsaw, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $400. 
• 9:46 p.m. Saturday – Joseph Edward Hendrix, 56, of 272 E. Nelson Drive, Milford, arrested for disorderly conduct. Bond: $600.
• 9:54 p.m. Saturday – Charles Becklehimer, 56, West Lafayette, arrested for battery. Bond: $600.
• 9:54 p.m. Saturday – Daniel Ray Smith, 29, of 304 N.?Elm St., Silver Lake, arrested for criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. Bond: $500.
• 10:56 p.m. Saturday – Melissa Charlotte Jones, 45, of 3894 W. Old 30, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $700.
• 11:57 p.m. Saturday – Christopher Lamont Calvin, 24, Ligonier, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $183.50.
• 2:43 a.m Sunday – Kristi Lynee Hochstetler, 33, of 2020 Shell Bark Lane, Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $700.
• 5:08 a.m. Sunday – John Allen Troup, 31, New Paris, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and driving while suspended. Bond: $5,250. 
• 6:32 p.m. Sunday – Alvin Jamison Ashby, 26, of 548 N. CR 1100W, Etna Green, arrested for failure to appear. No bond set.
• 9:15 p.m. Sunday – Anthony Jason Sheneman, 24, CR 650, Pierceton, arrested for criminal mischief. Bond: $600.

Personal Injury
Accident
• 8:25 a.m. Saturday – Intersection of U.S. 30 and CR 450E, Warsaw. Car hit fire truck. Drivers: Joseph Dimaggio, 24, St. John; Gordon Baker, 52, Tulip Street, Pierceton. Injury: Baker complained of pain to his back. Damage: $10,000 to $25,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.

Property Damage
Accidents
• 12:19 a.m. Saturday – Intersection of U.S. 30 and Fox Farm Road,?Warsaw. Car hit unoccupied emergency vehicle assisting a resident with a slide off. Driver: Alize Smith, 20, Merrillville. Damage: $5,000 to $10,000. KCSD investigated. 
• 8:25 a.m Saturday – Intersection of US 30 and CR 450E, Warsaw. Truck ran off the road. Driver: Darci Denton, 55, Columbia City. Damage: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.
• 11:37 a.m. Saturday – Intersection of East Hatchery and North Eagle Trial, Syracuse. Two-vehicle collison. Drivers: Josie Daniels, 30, Koher Road, Syracuse; Andrew Loetz, 49, East Holmes Court, Cromwell. Damage: $2,500 to $5,000 KCSD.
• 3:27 p.m.?Saturday – Intersection of North Detroit Street and Lake City Highway, Warsaw. Car hit a highway sign. Driver: Lindsay Williams, 25, Westcreek Drive, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500 to $5,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated. 
• 3:37 p.m. Saturday – Intersection of Old 30 and CR 875W, Etna Green. Car hit tree. Driver: Gregory Burns, 41, CR 300N, Etna Green.?Damage: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.
• 4:04 p.m. Saturday – Intersection of Lake City Highway and Commerce Drive, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collison. Drivers: Luis Lopez Juarez, 19; East Jefferson Street, Warsaw; Gerry Green, 74, Castle Rock, Colo. Damage; $2,500 to $5,000. WPD.
• 6:47 p.m. Saturday – Intersection of East Center and North Street, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collison Drivers: Bryan Shipple, 22, Westside Drive, Warsaw; Alfonso Ochoa Martinez, 43, East Center Street, Warsaw. Damage; $5,000 to $10,000. WPD.
• 7:42 p.m. Saturday – 2501 Walton Boulevard, Warsaw. Car hit concrete post. Driver: Bobby Burchett, 59, West Old 30, Warsaw. Damage: $2,500 to $5,000. WPD.
• 12:34 p.m. Saturday – 2664 Frontage Road, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Richard Courson, 45, Wexford Place, Warsaw; Karli Himes, 26, Heide Lane, Milford. Damage: $1,000  to $2,500. WPD.

Incidents
•11:06 a.m. Saturday – Police investigated damage to a Warsaw Police Department vehicle in the 100 block of Fairlane Drive, Warsaw. WPD. 
• 4:58 p.m. Saturday – Police investigated a deceased female in the 900 block of East Fort Wayne Street,?Warsaw. WPD.
• 9:24 p.m. Sunday – A resident reported a theft of a Christmas light in the 300 Block of East Van Buren Street, Leesburg. KCSD.