Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Starke County Sheriff's Department BadgeIncidents:

7/18/16 – A Knox resident reported fraudulent charges on her old bank card.

7/18/16 – A Knox resident reported receiving threatening letters in the mail.

7/18/16 – A resident in the 7800 block of east 25 North in Knox reported receiving threats from a known individual.

7/18/16 – Officers and Starke County EMS responded to a report of a pedestrian versus car hit and run accident in the 9900 block of east 500 North in Grovertown. The pedestrian advised he was walking down State Road 23 and a gray Camaro or Firebird swerved and hit him. The pedestrian walked back to his residence and called 911. He complained of hip pain. The driver was located and arrested.

7/19/16 – Property damage was reported in the 3100 block of south 900 West in San Pierre.

7/19/16 – A Knox resident reported having money and two pills taken while at another residence.

7/19/16 – Officers took a report of property damage to a vehicle at the intersection of U.S. 30 and 500 East in Knox. The driver advised she ran over debris in the roadway and damaged her car.

7/19/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS and first responders responded to a vehicle versus pole accident with possible injuries in the 11400 block of east State Road 8 in Knox.

7/19/16 – A resident in the 5700 block of east 200 South in Knox reported the neighbor’s children were in their swimming pool without their permission.

7/20/16 – A vehicle versus deer crash was reported in the 4300 block of south 250 East in Knox.

7/20/16 – A resident in the 6900 block of Homette Ave. in Knox reported juveniles trespassing on their property.

7/20/16 – A cell phone was reported stolen out of a woman’s purse in the parking lot of the Starke County Sheriff’s Office.

7/21/16 – A Knox resident reported her computer has been hacked.

7/22/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office responded to a property damage accident on the ramp to U.S. 30 westbound from U.S. 35. The driver advised a truck ran her off the roadway, and she hit a guardrail.

7/22/16 – A Michigan City resident reported the theft of her license plate in the 7200 block of North 50 East in Knox.

7/22/16 – A Grovertown resident reported fraud on his checking account.

7/22/16 – A resident in the 4600 block of east 150 North in Knox reported a pole barn was broken into.

7/22/16 – A Grovertown resident reported fraudulent charges on his bank card in Lafayette and Indianapolis.

7/22/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at the intersection of U.S. 35 and Toto Road in Knox.

7/23/16 – Officers responded to a report of a vehicle in the water on 700 East just east of Range Road.

7/23/16 – A property damage accident was reported in the 2700 block of east 350 South in Knox.

7/24/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS and Bass Lake Fire Department First Responders all responded to a motorcycle accident with injuries on U.S. 35 south of 350 South in Knox.

7/24/16 – A resident in the 600 block of west Toto Road in North Judson reported the theft of her television and computer.

7/26/16 – A resident in the 3900 block of east 50 North in Knox reported a 4-wheeler going up and down the road and turning around on U.S. 35.

7/26/16 – A resident in the 8500 block of east 150 South in Knox reported the theft of a van belonging to his parents.

7/26/16 – Officers responded to a vehicle versus pole property damage accident in the Mark Bailey’s Discount Center parking lot.

7/26/16 – A resident reported 4-wheelers up and down the road at the intersection of 250 East and 250 South in Knox.

7/26/16 – A residential break in was reported in the 3900 block of South Boa Drive at Bass Lake, with guns reportedly missing from the residence.

7/27/16 – A resident in the 7600 block of oTopinabee in Walkerton reported two juveniles walking down the street, going through maiboxes and removing mail.

7/27/16 – A Hamlet resident reported fraudulent use of his TCU debit card.

7/27/16 – A resident in the 200 block of William Howard Dr. in Knox reported the theft of a lawn tractor.

7/28/16 – A resident in the 5700 block of east 200 South in Knox reported vandalism to vehicles.

7/28/16 – A possible break-in was reported in the 6500 block of east 25 North in Knox. The caller advised a camper may have been broken into, as the window is broken.

7/28/16 – A single vehicle property damage accident was reported on State Road 8 west of 800 East in Knox. The driver lost control of his car and went into a cornfield.

7/28/16 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported at the intersection of 700 East and 100 North in Knox.

7/28/16 – A resident in the 1600 block of east 250 South in Knox reported being harassed by the neighbors.

7/28/16 – A suspicious white van was reported at a residence in the 6900 block of east Toto Road in Knox.

7/29/16 – A resident in the 2600 block of north 600 East in Knox filed a theft report for unspecified items.

7/29/16 – A break-in was reported in the 1800 block of east 200 South in Knox.

7/30/16 – A property damage accident was reported on U.S. 35 north of 250 North in Hamlet.

7/30/16 – A property damage accident was reported in the 8000 block of Shadey in Walkerton.

7/31/16 – A resident in the 100 block of north 100 West in North Judson advised she came home and found things missing and moved around in her house.

7/31/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at 900 East 400 North in Knox.

Arrests:

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

7/18/16 – Jonathan R.C. Hardesty, 28, Hamlet – Leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.

7/21/16 – Rebecca Rae Wessell, 38, Plymouth – Warrant.

7/21/16 – Roscoe W. Harnois, 38, Winamac – Warrant x 5.

7/22/16 – Kevin Earle Galloway, 50, Knox – Criminal trespass, obstruction of traffic, disorderly conduct, refusal to aid an officer and resisting law enforcement.

7/24/16 – Elizabeth Jane O’Dell, 18, LaPorte – Charges not specified.

7/24/16 – Harvey G. Thompson, 50, Knox – Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction.

7/26/16 – Charles Sheneberger, 31, North Liberty – Warrants.

7/30/16 – Richard Robert Kress, 51, Portage – Charges not specified.