County Jail Bookings The following people were preliminarily charged and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail: n 12:12 p.m. Wednesday – Christopher Michael Gonce, 42, 1200 N. Main St., No. 101, Nappanee, arrested for burglary. Bond: $5,000. n 12:37 p.m. Wednesday – Stephen Ray Knott, 29, Fort Wayne, arrested for burglary. Bond: $5,000. n 3:55 p.m. Wednesday – Celia Dawn Sawyer, 32, Butler, arrested on a warrant in a civil matter. Bond: $650. n 8:53 p.m. Wednesday – Jorge Alverto Nevarez, 48, Fort Wayne, arrested for driving while suspended. Bond: $300. n 2:12 a.m. Thursday – Mitchell Allen Dawson, 32, of 719 W. Market St., Warsaw, arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond: $750.
Property Damage Accidents n 4:29 a.m. Wednesday – West CR 1350N, 2,500 feet west of North CR 600W, Nappanee. Driver swerved to avoid collision and slid off roadway into grass. Driver: Joshua C. Slabaugh, 20, North CR 950W, Nappanee. Damages: $2,500 to $5,000. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated. n 6:46 a.m. Wednesday – East CR 200N, 300 feet east of North Ind. 13, Pierceton. Vehicle struck deer. Driver Nicholas J. Lawrence, 31, East Evergreen Drive, Warsaw. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. KCSD. n 11:57 a.m. Wednesday – Intersection of East Center and North McKinley streets, Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Patricia A. Sample, 49, West CR 400N, Warsaw; Bradley D. Russell, 26, East Beer Road, Milford. Damages: $5,000 to $10,000. Warsaw Police Department investigated. n 5:10 p.m. Wednesday – 2501 Walton Blvd., Warsaw. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Kristi A. Bussell, 43, Roann; Abigail L. Steger, East High Circle Drive, Warsaw. Damages: $1,000 to $2,500. WPD. n 5:11 p.m. Wednesday – Intersection of South Packerton Road and East CR 225S, Winona Lake. Two-vehicle collision. Drivers: Joyce M. Destefano, 60, Fort Wayne; Carol G. Beard, 26, Pony Creek Road, North Manchester. Damages: $10,000 to $25,000. Winona Lake Police Department investigated.
Incidents n 1:45 a.m. Wednesday – A Warsaw man reported theft in the 300 block of East Levi Lee Road. KCSD. n 1:03 p.m. Wednesday – A Winona Lake woman reported a phone scam in the 1400 block of Avalon Court. WLPD. n 1:24 p.m. Wednesday – Police responded to a report of a runaway in the 2800 block of Frontage Road, Warsaw. KCSD. n 4:09 p.m. Wednesday – A Warsaw woman reported a family fight in the 600 block of East Main Street, Warsaw. WPD. n 8:26 p.m. Wednesday – A Warsaw man reported burglary in the 300 block of South Indiana Street, Warsaw. WPD.
