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A Warsaw man was arrested earlier this week after allegedly smoking meth and having sex with a girl under the age of 14 at his home.
Dennis Dwayne Vandiver II, 42, of 949 E. Sheridan St., Warsaw, was arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail at 2:56 p.m. Tuesday for child molesting. His preliminary bond was set at $10,250.
Court documents filed Wednesday list the charges against Vandiver as two counts of child molesting, level 1 felonies. His bond also is listed as $50,000 surety and $250 cash.
Warsaw Police Department officer Ryan Petty received information that Vandiver had given a girl under the age of 14 methamphetamine and had sexual intercourse with her, according to those court documents.
Jeffrey Ticknor, WPD officer, spoke with the girl who told him that sometime in the first part of May she was at Vandiver’s residence at 949 E. Sheridan St., Warsaw. While she was there, Vandiver had oral sex with her and attempted to penetrate her. Then toward the end of May, she was at his residence again and they had sexual intercourse in his bedroom. On both occasions, the girl said she and Vandiver smoked methamphetamine, which he also provided.
Ticknor spoke with Vandiver who admitted that in the first part of May he and the girl smoked methamphetamine and then he had oral sex with her at his residence. Toward the end of the month, he said he penetrated her, knowing she was under the age of 14.
