Unlawful Entry Leads To Pursuit, Accident and Arrest
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Staff Report-
A Warsaw man was arrested Saturday on a variety of charges including felony residential entry after leading police on a chase. Ryan Paul Nicholas Rautenberg, 27, Warsaw, was initially booked in on felony charges of fleeing/resisting law enforcement and operating while intoxicated. Additional charges of felony residential entry by force and felony domestic battery in the presence of minor children are pending. He is being held on a $2,000 surety bond. Early Saturday morning, Warsaw police responded to call of a subject breaking into an occupied residence on Market Street. According to a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department press release, at 1:12 a.m. the victim advised that her ex-husband, Rautenberg, kicked in the front door and battered her in front of their two young children. Upon police arrival, the suspect had left in a vehicle and the victim told police that it appeared Rautenberg was extremely intoxicated. Police issued an attempt to locate on the suspect and his vehicle. At approximately 1:24 a.m., a KCSD deputy located the suspect’s vehicle near U.S. 30 and CR 250E. The deputy attempted a traffic stop but the suspect vehicle fled westbound on U.S. 30 at high speeds. A pursuit ensued on U.S. 30, reaching speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Additional police units safely deployed tire deflation devices near U.S. 30 and Ind. 15. The vehicle continued westbound until a tire began to shred near Fox Farm Road. The suspect vehicle stopped for a brief moment and then took off again northbound on Fox Farm Road again at high speeds. At the T-intersection of Fox Farm Road and CR 300N, the vehicle lost control, struck a tree, and collided with the first pursuing Winona Lake police vehicle. Neither the suspect nor the Winona Lake officer were injured, but the suspect was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital by MTEMS to be medically cleared and for alcohol testing. Once cleared, Rautenberg was transported to the Kosciusko County Jail. Police agencies assisting were: Warsaw Police, KCSD, Winona Lake Police Department and Indiana State Police.
