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Public Occurrences 3.26.2014

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County Jail Bookings
 The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail:
n 1:17 p.m. Tuesday – Connie Faye Gates, 60, of 11516 S. CR 450W, Silver Lake, arrested for possession of chemical reagents or precursors to meth. Bond: $2,000.
n 1:51 p.m. Tuesday – Lacy Francis Jr., 59, of 1305 Country Club Drive, Warsaw, arrested for corrupt business influence. Bond: $25,000.
n 2 p.m. Tuesday – Marc Vernon Campbell, 53, Mishawaka, arrested for corrupt business influence. Bond: $25,000.
n 2:28 p.m. Tuesday – Kevin Ray Brown, 45, Mishawaka, arrested for corrupt business influence. Bond: $25,000.
n 3:28 p.m. Tuesday – Sarah Elizabeth Powell, 20, of 907 N. Lake St., B, Syracuse, arrested for possession of paraphernalia with intent to introduce controlled substances. Bond: $750.
n 4:13 p.m. Tuesday – Jeremiah David Williams, 37, of 2119 E. Hendricks St., Warsaw, arrested for court. No bond set.
n 4:22 p.m. Tuesday – Keith Alan Gruetzmacher, 33, Fort Wayne, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $15,000.
n 6:04 p.m. Tuesday – Jory Allan Miller, 19, Shipshewana, arrested for probation violation. Bond: $1,000.
n 11:14 p.m. Tuesday – Angela Dawn Adams, 36, of 309 S. Maple St., Pierceton, arrested on two counts of probation violation. Bond: $10,500.
n 12:07 a.m. today – Lisa Ann Hite, age, of 3762 W. OId 30, No. 623, Warsaw, arrested for battery. Bond: $500.
n 12:27 a.m. today – Johnnie Franklin May, 57, of 3762 W. Old 30, No. 623, Warsaw, arrested for domestic battery. Bond: $500.
n 1:10 a.m. today – Sam Allen Morton, 36, Mishawaka, arrested for theft – under $100,000 in value. Bond: $1,500.

Property Damage
Accidents
n 7:14 a.m. Tuesday – North CR 1000E, 350 feet south of East Adams Road, Pierceton. Vehicle struck deer. Driver: Florence M. Dausman, 55, West CR 650N, Pierceton. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated.
n 8:02 a.m. Tuesday – Intersection of North Syracuse Road and East CR 1200N, Syracuse. Driver lost control of vehicle and rolled into ditch. Driver: Nicholas T. Scott, 26, Angola. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. KCSD.
n 8:07 a.m. Tuesday – South Higbee Street, 200 feet north of CR 1150N, Milford. Driver lost control of vehicle and rolled into field. Driver: Amzie R. Miller, 36, Middlebury. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Milford Police Department investigated.
n 8:58 a.m. Tuesday – East CR 1000N, 1,500 feet east of North Turkey Creek Road, Mentone. Driver lost control of vehicle and struck NIPSCO pole. Driver: Judy A. Hegenauer, 68, Albion. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. KCSD.
n 9:29 a.m. Tuesday – 2750 S. Ind. 15, Warsaw. Driver lost control of vehicle and struck mailbox, fence and tree. Driver: Melanie A. Kitchen, 51, South East Channel Road, Warsaw. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. KCSD.
n 10:24 a.m. Tuesday – West Ind. 25, 500 feet west of South Tinkey Road, Mentone. Driver: Katherine L. Scott, 28, South Scott Road, Claypool. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD.
n 3:58 p.m. Tuesday – Intersection of North Detroit and East Main streets, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Caleb J. Jenkins, 16, Harmony Court, Winona Lake; John R. Dalles, 55, Fort Wayne. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated.

Incidents
n 3:08 a.m. Tuesday – A Winona Lake woman reported a fight in progress in the 400 block of Wooster Road. KCSD.
n 5:27 p.m. Tuesday – Police conducted a welfare check in the 400 block of Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Winona Lake Police Department investigated.
n 7:28 p.m. Tuesday – Police responded to a report of shoplifting in the 3600 block of Commerce Drive, Warsaw. WPD.
n 8:49 p.m. Tuesday – A Sidney man reported an open door on a business in the 100 block of South Main Street. KCSD.