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Public Occurrences 3.14.2014

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County Jail Bookings
 The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
n 11:26 a.m. Thursday – Kenneth Senard Williams Jr., 33, of 430 E. Levi Lee Road, No. 208, Warsaw, arrested as a felon in possession of a handgun and on two counts of failure to appear. Bond: $12,000.
n 12:28 p.m. Thursday – Noe Efrain Lozano, 62, of 606 W. Portland St., Syracuse, arrested for failure to stop after an accident. Bond: $1,000.
n 1:43 p.m. Thursday – Christopher McGhee, 28, Muncie, arrested for battery. Bond: $1,000.
n 4:45 p.m. Thursday – Spring Flower Bubb, 38, of 303 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, arrested for failure to comply. Bond: $163.
n 5 p.m. Thursday – Sean Edward Smith, 39, of 303 W. Winona Ave., Warsaw, arrested for operator never licensed. Bond: $300.
n 7:03 p.m. Thursday – William Joseph Laughton, 40, Angola, arrested for check deception. Bond: $1,000.
n 7:10 p.m. Thursday – Clifford Alan Murphy, 49, of 272 S. Robinson Lake Road, C, Pierceton, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $500.
n 7:47 p.m. Thursday – Kristie Michelle Lane, 40, of 47 EMS B42A Lane, Leesburg, arrested for check deception. Bond: $300.
n 7:53 p.m. Thursday – William Danny Reffitt, 57, of 1342 Gable Drive, Warsaw, arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated per se and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a BAC equal to or more than .15. Bond: $550.
n 8:26 p.m. Thursday – Lonny D. Hodges, 42, of 4450 S. Mallard Road, Mentone, arrested for possession of chemical reagents/precursors to manufacturing. Bond: $5,000.
n 9:14 p.m. Thursday – Brett M. Surfus, 43, Fort Wayne, arrested on a warrant for another Indiana agency. No bond set.
Personal Injury
Accident
n 8:10 a.m. Thursday – West Ind. 25, 1,000 feet east of South CR 1300W, Mentone. Driver lost control of vehicle, hit a snow pile and rolled the vehicle on its side. Driver: Teresa S. Long, 56, Argos. Injuries: Long was extracted from the vehicle and transported to a Plymouth hospital, complaining of pain in her lower leg. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.

Property Damage
Accidents
n 5:29 a.m. Thursday – West Crystal Lake Road, 32 feet west of South Zimmer Road, Warsaw. Driver lost control of the vehicle and struck a post. Driver: Jennifer L. Furney, 30, North Highland Place, Warsaw. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. KCSD.
n 8:48 a.m. Thursday – Intersection of Winona Avenue and Buffalo Street, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: William J. Frush, 53, West CR 300S, Warsaw; Angela N. Stukkie, 22, Lakeland Drive, Warsaw. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated.
n 2:15 a.m. today – East CR 200N, 500 feet west of North Boeing Road, Warsaw. Vehicle struck deer. Driver: John M. Croy, 27, East CR 300N, Warsaw. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.

Incidents
n 7:33 p.m. Thursday – Police responded to a report of a safe in a ditch in the 100 block of East Adams Road, Pierceton. KCSD.
n 8:47 p.m. Thursday – A Warsaw woman reported damage to a window in her home in the 3100 block of North Stoneburner Road. KCSD.
n 9:43 p.m. Thursday – A Warsaw woman reported an unwanted subject in the 1600 block of East CR 200N. KCSD.