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Public Occurrences 2.21.2014

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County Jail Bookings
 The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
n 9:44 a.m. Thursday – Michael Lee Ford, 18, of 5117 Heron Blvd., Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $350.
n 10:17 a.m. Thursday – Margaret Jae Schmitke, 24, Willow City, N.D., arrested for theft – less than $100,000 in value. Bond: $1,000.
n 3:26 p.m. Thursday – Joseph Tyler Feldman, 27, of 2 EMS W30B Lane, North Webster, arrested for probation violation. Bond: $1,000.
n 3:41 p.m. Thursday – Troy Lee Wallen, 44, of 12963 S. CR 800W, Akron, arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and on a warrant for a failure to appear rearrest. Bond: $1,750.
n 4:03 p.m. Thursday – Austin Lee Fairchild, 20, of 8118 Packerton Road, Claypool, arrested for operator never licensed. Bond: $350.
n 6:27 p.m. Thursday – Jeffrey David Schumaker, 45, of 519 E. Center St., Warsaw, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $300.
n 6:51 p.m. Thursday – Bryan Donald Cooper, 40, of 201 Greenhaus Drive, No. 56, Syracuse, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $1,500.
n 7:30 p.m. Thursday – Jeffrey Richard Bridgman, 22, Rochester, arrested for possession of controlled substance – Schedule I. Bond: $5,000.
n 12:03 a.m. today – Scott Elliot Cochran, 31, of 201 E. Greenhaus Drive, No. 38, Syracuse, arrested for possession of methamphetamine and paraphernalia. Bo bond set.
n 12:16 a.m. today – Casi Jane Leland, 51, of 223 W. Jefferson St., No. 14, Warsaw, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $265.
n 12:17 a.m. today – Alisha Kaylee Carden, 19, of 201 E. Greenhaus Drive, No. 38, Syracuse, arrested for neglect of a dependant and dealing/producing controlled substances. No bond set.
n 12:43 a.m. today – Chase Allen Reichel, 21, of 1108 Brubaker St., Warsaw, arrested for probation violation. Bond: $10,000.
n 1:05 a.m. today – Bradley Scott McAfoose, 21, of 502 E. Main St., Silver Lake, arrested on six counts of check deception. Bond: $1,425.
n 1:37 a.m. today – Chad Micheal Keen, 20, of 2404 Westwood Road, Winona Lake, arrested for operativing a motor vehicle while intoxicated and possession of marijuana – grow/failure to destroy. Bond: $550.
n 2:17 a.m. today – Edward Dennis Hover, 48, of 1047 N. CR 400E, Warsaw, arrested for operating a  motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $550.

Personal Injury
Accidents
n 8:11 a.m. Thursday – Wooster Road, 50 feet east of West Street, Winona Lake. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Chad E. Kreider, 17, Wooster Road, Winona Lake; Jessica R. Strohl, 23, 13th Street, Winona Lake. Injuries: Strohl complained of leg pain. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Winona Lake Police Department investigated.
n 10:31 a.m. Thursday – West U.S. 30, 700 feet east of North CR 650W, Warsaw. Driver lost control of vehicle and rolled down an embankment. Driver: Nicole Finch, 30, Darien, Ill. Injuries: Finch complained of head pain. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.
n 8:10 p.m. Thursday – North Detroit Street, 3 feet north of East Canal Street, Warsaw. Driver struck pedestrian with vehicle’s mirror. Driver: James R. Conley, 75, West Tyner Street, Warsaw. Injuries: Pedestrian Terry L. Morrisett, 32, South Buffalo Street, Warsaw, complained of arm pain. Damages: Less than $750. WPD.
n 8:41 p.m. Thursday – Intersection of U.S. 30 and CR 90E, Warsaw. Three-vehicle collision. Drivers: Nathan A. Salsgiver, 26, East Wildwood Drive, Warsaw; Brian Dunmire, 37, Blairsville, Pa.; Nancy J. Brown, 49, South CR 300E, Warsaw. Injuries: Passenger Mateah E. Brown, South CR 300E, Warsaw, complained of head pain. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. WPD.

Property Damage
Accidents
n 7:28 a.m. Thursday – Intersection of North Ind. 15 and West First Street, Milford. Driver lost control of vehicle and struck a tree. Driver: Jacob T. Borntreger, 25, East Indiana Avenue, Nappanee. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. Milford Police Department investigated.
n 9:47 a.m. Thursday – East Center Street, 169 feet east of South Hickory Street, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Joshua T. Eyer, 28, South Old Ind. 13, Pierceton; Anna M. Abbott, 38, South Country Club Road, Warsaw. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. Warsaw Police Department investigated.

Incidents
n 10:23 a.m. Tuesday – A Warsaw woman reported an adult female found unresponsive in her residence in the 5200 block of Heron Boulevard. WPD.
n 1:29 p.m. Tuesday – A Warsaw man reported a credit card found in the 2100 block of East Fort Wayne Street. WPD.
n 4:35 p.m. Tuesday – A Warsaw woman reported criminal mischief in the 500 block of South Detroit Street. WPD.
n 4:06 p.m. Thursday – A Winona Lake woman reported fraud in the 1800 block of East Legacy Lane. WLPD.
n 7:33 p.m. Thursday – Police transported an adult male to Bowen Center for an emergency detention in the 4100 block of Heron Boulevard, Warsaw. WPD.