Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Starke County Sheriff's Department BadgeIncidents:

7/11/16 – A caller reported an unoccupied Pontiac Sunfire in a ditch at the intersection of 200 East and 900 South in Knox.
7/11/16 – A vehicle versus deer crash report was requested in the 6400 block of South Tee Street in Bass Lake.
7/11/16 – A San Pierre resident reported fraud on her debit card.
7/12/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS, fire department first responders and North Judson Police Department responded to a motorcycle accident with injuries in the 4500 block of South Range Road in Knox.
7/13/16 – A resident in the 4600 block of north 1100 East in Grovertown reported someone knocked on her window and took off through the woods.
7/13/16 – A single-vehicle property damage accident was reported on State Road 8 east of 550 East in Knox.
7/13/16 – A resident in the 5900 block of north 600 East in Hamlet reported the theft of a PS4.
7/14/16 – A single-vehicle property damage accident was reported on U.S. 35 at the Starke/Pulaski County line.
7/14/16 – A Knox resident reported fraud on her debit card.
7/14/16 – A fight was reported at a residence in the 5600 block of north 550 East in Hamlet.
7/14/16 – A residential break-in was reported in the 3800 block of south 300 East in Knox.
7/14/16 – A fireworks complaint was logged in the 1100 block of south 1025 East in Knox.
7/15/16 – A resident in the 9000 block of east 700 North in Walkerton reported the theft of a check from a mailbox.
7/15/16 – A Walkerton resident reported fraudulent charges on his debit card.
7/15/16 – Several items were reported stolen from a house in the 6700 block of east Quail Run in Knox.
7/15/16 – A Culver resident reported fraudulent charges on his bank account.
7/16/16 – A resident in the 5100 block of south 350 West in North Judson reported being harassed.
7/16/16 – A resident in the 6000 block of south Range Road in North Judson reported being harassed.
7/16/16 – A Knox resident reported fraud on her bank account.
7/16/16 – A resident in the 7500 block of east 25 North in Knox reported being harassed. This is an ongoing problem, according to the incident report.
7/16/16 – A resident in the 2400 block of south 100 West in North Judson reported harassment.
7/16/16 – A Koontz Lake resident reported drag racing in the area.
7/16/16 – A yard at the intersection of 800 South and 300 West in North Judson was reportedly torn up by a vehicle.
7/16/16 – A resident in the 7700 block of East 350 South in Knox reported neighbors setting off fireworks late at night.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 6500 block of east Old U.S. 30 in Hamlet reported a loud music complaint.
7/17/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS and North Judson Fire Department all responded to a report of a vehicle submerged in water at Toto Road and 400 West.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 3000 block of west 850 South in North Judson reported receiving threatening telephone calls.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 3300 block of East Country Lane South reported the theft of prescription pills by a known suspect.
7/17/16 – A vehicle versus pole accident was reported on Division Road at the county line in Knox.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 6700 block of south State Road 10 in Knox reported items taken from the residence and damaged.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 5200 block of west 500 South in North Judson reported the home was broken into.
7/17/16 – A resident in the 2300 block of East Toto Road in North Judson reported the theft of a television.
7/17/16 – A Knox resident reported being threatened by his renters, who live in the 5400 block of east 800 South.

Arrests:

Inclusion in the arrest reports is not an indication of guilt but is merely a record an arrest was made. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

7/11/16 – Steven E. Richie, 39, North Judson – Illegal drug lab; possession or sale of precursors, possession of methamphetamine, visiting a common nuisance and possession of paraphernalia.
7/12/16 – Brittani Rhy-Anna Fisher, 22, Knox – Warrant.
7/13/16 – Ferdinand Richard Sporea, 30, North Judson – Resisting law enforcement, battery of a police officer, assisting a criminal.
7/13/16 – Emily Jeanne Dutcher, 24, Bourbon – Refusal to identify, resisting law enforcement and assisting a criminal.
7/14/16 – Terry L. Slone, 40, Knox – Habitual traffic violator.
7/14/16 – Richard J. Benwell, 51, Walkerton – Home detention violation.
7/15/16 – Julie Ann Joseph, 44, Knox – Warrant.