County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: • 3:03 p.m. Friday – Benjamin Nathan Lipp, 40, no address provided, arrested for criminal trespassing. Bond: $500. • 3:46 p.m. Friday – Clifford Eugene Reffitt, 53, of 300 E. 4th St., Rochester, arrested for failure to appear. Bond: $410. • 4:20 p.m. Friday – Kevin Len Simons, 49, of 506 Lura Circle, Milford, arrested for being a habitual traffic violator – life. Bond: $10,000. • 4:39 p.m. Friday – Stuart Lee Lewallen, 53, Columbia City, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $450. • 5:19 p.m. Friday – Shane Andrew Timmons, 27, of 677 Walter Way, Warsaw, arrested for battery with bodily injury on a child younger than 14 years old. Bond: $10,250. • 5:20 p.m. Friday – Noe Ybarra, 30, of 5831 S. East Channel Road, Warsaw, arrested for probation violation. Bond: $500.
Property Damage Accidents: • 4:41 a.m. Thursday – Intersection of East CR 900N and Harper Road, Leesburg. Vehicle hit deer. Driver: Tara R. Amor, 25, Gross Street, Elkhart. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated. • 6:29 a.m. Thursday – Intersection of Old 30 and North CR 525W, Warsaw. Vehicle hit deer. Driver: Chester D. Gerard, 61, Williamson Drive, Warsaw. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. KCSD. • 3:13 p.m. Friday – Van Buren Street, Leesburg. Vehicle backed into another vehicle registered to Omar C. Romero, East CR 250N, Warsaw. Driver: Lisa R. Watts, 41, Van Buren Street, Leesburg. Damages: $750 to $1,000. KCSD.
Incidents: • 7:45 a.m. Thursday – Issues with a spouse were reported in the 100 block of Warner Drive, Claypool. KCSD. • 1 p.m. Thursday – Burglary was reported in the 9300 block of East CR 1050N, Syracuse. KCSD.
