Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Starke County Sheriff's Department BadgeIncidents:
11/14/16 – Items were reported stolen from equipment at the intersection of State Road 10 and 200 in Knox.
11/14/16 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported in the 1000 block of south 250 East in Knox.
11/14/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported in the 1500 south block of 500 East in Knox.
11/14/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on State Road 23 north of State Road 8 in Knox.
11/14/16 – A resident in the 500 block of north State Road 23 in Knox reported someone smashed his car window in.
11/15/16 – A resident in the 2300 block of east 800 South in North Judson asked to file a theft report for unspecified items.
11/15/16 – A resident in the 700 block of South Main Street in Knox reported the theft of a window.
11/15/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at the intersection of 600 North and State Road 23 in Knox.
11/16/16 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported on U.S. 421 in front of the San Pierre Fire Department.
11/16/16 – The owner of property in the 1800 block of south 100 West in Knox reported a burgundy truck with a Florida plate trespassing and hunting.
11/16/16 – A resident in the 8000 block of Wakew Road in Walkerton reported damage to the door and window of the house due to a possible attempted break in.
11/17/16 – A property damage accident was reported in the 1000 block of south 250 East in Knox.
11/17/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, North Judson Police Department, North Judson Fire Department and Starke County EMS all responded to a two-vehicle accident in the 8000 block of west State Road 10.
11/18/16 – A Starke County Highway Department driver found an active meth lab on 800 East between 150 and 200 North. The Indiana State Police was notified.
11/18/16 – A hunter advised someone is trespassing on property at 275 West and 500 South where he has permission to hunt. The DNR Division of Law Enforcement handled the issue.
11/18/16 – A driver advised he hit a fallen tree in the 10600 block of East Prairie in Walkerton.
11/18/16 – Starke County EMS, the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and Knox Fire Department responded to a possible overdose in the 1800 block of north 300 East in Knox.
11/18/16 – Starke County EMS, the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and Washington Township Fire Department responded to a possible overdose in the 300 block of north State Road 23 in Knox.
11/19/16 – A resident in the 11100 block of East Circle Drive in Walkerton reported a break in and theft.
11/19/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on State Road 8 west of Range Road in Knox.
11/20/16 – A resident in the 5800 block of south U Road West in North Judson reported her van windows were shot out with a BB gun.
11/20/16 – A vehicle versus pole property damage accident was reported on 350 East north of 200 South in Knox.
11/20/16 – A 17-year-old male driver was cited for reckless driving for operating a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour speed zone on U.S. 35 at 400 North in Knox with heavy traffic conditions.
11/20/16 – The Walkerton Police Department was advised the front door of a house in the 7800 block of North Tippecanoe Drive North in Walkerton was kicked in.
11/20/16 – A resident in the 5100 block of East Woodland Ave. in Knox reported the theft of unspecified items.
11/20/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage crash was reported on State Road 10 westbound just past 50 East in North Judson.
11/21/16 – A North Judson resident reported receiving a Publisher’s Clearinghouse scam telephone call and said the caller became verbally abusive and threatened her when she told him it was a scam.
11/21/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on U.S. 35 north of State Road 8 in Knox.
11/22/16 – A theft report was requested for unspecified items at Bass Lake Campground in the 5800 block of State Road 10 in Knox.
11/22/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on 200 North between 800 and 700 East in Knox.
11/22/16 – A Pensacola, Fla. man advised his wife was driving on U.S. 30 near Knoll Brothers in Knox when another vehicle lost items and caused damage to her car.
11/22/16 – A vehicle versus deer accident was reported in the 2000 block of West South Country Lane in Knox.
11/23/16 – A vehicle versus semi crash was reported on U.S. 30 at the Grovertown Truck Stop. The Indiana State Police completed the crash report.
11/24/16 – The Washington Township Fire Department and Starke County Sheriff’s Office responded to a structure fire in the 500 block of North State Road 23 in Knox.
11/24/16 – A vehicle versus pole property damage crash was reported on State Road 10 just west of U.S. 35 in Knox.
11/24/16 – The owner of property at the intersection of 350 South and 150 East in Knox reported someone did donuts in his field and damaged it.
11/25/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on State Road 39 North in Knox.
11/25/16 – A single vehicle property damage accident was reported in the 3700 block of east 500 South in Knox.
11/25/16 – A property owner in the 3700 block of east 500 South in Knox reported damaged fence posts.
11/25/16 – A resident in the 2700 block of south 250 East in Knox reported the theft of unspecified items from the home.
11/26/16 – The owner of a house in the 7300 block of North Chestnut Ave. in Walkerton reported the house has been broken into and several items are missing.
11/27/16 – A single-vehicle property damage accident was reported in the 4900 block of south 550 East in Knox.
11/27/16 – A resident in the 2600 block of 2nd Ave. in North Judson reported her vehicle was broken into overnight.
11/27/16 – A Knox resident reported receiving a telephone call from Demotte State Bank asking for personal information.
11/27/16 – A resident in the 3500 block of East Debby Drive in Knox reported property damage at his residence.
11/27/16 – A resident in the 5200 block of south 275 West in North Judson reported her vehicle was vandalized.
11/27/16 – A resident in the 1200 block of east 250 South in Knox reported people running up and down the street on 4-wheelers and dirt bikes.
11/27/16 – A resident in the 3100 block of south State Road 39 in North Judson reported her husband was out hunting and almost got shot by the neighbors.
11/28/16 – A single-vehicle property damage accident was reported on 400 South east of U.S. 421 in San Pierre.
11/28/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on U.S. 421 south of San Pierre.
11/28/16 – Officers were dispatched to the cemetery at the intersection of State Road 10 and 200 East, where the garage was reportedly broken into and several unspecified items were taken.
11/28/16 – A resident in the 5100 block of Wesley Street in North Judson reported the theft of two checks.
11/28/16 – A resident in the 2000 block of east 200 South in Knox reported someone hit his vehicle in the driveway and requested a crash report.
11/28/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS And Bass Lake Fire Department all responded to a single-vehicle accident on 850 South east of Ora at the S Curve. The driver apparently missed the curve and went off the roadway into the trees.
11/29/16 – A parent of a student at Oregon-Davis reported her son’s iPad missing.
11/29/16 – The owner of property at the intersection of 200 east and 400 South in Knox reported the car that has been tearing up his property is stuck in the mud and the female occupant has left. He requested the vehicle be towed at her expense.
11/29/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Hamlet Police Department, Starke County EMS, Hamlet and Koontz Lake Fire Departments all responded to bomb threat at Oregon-Davis Schools. It turned out to be a hoax.
11/29/16 – A motorcycle was reported stolen in the 3900 block of east Toto Road in Knox.
11/29/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at the intersection of State Road 10 and 100 East in North Judson.
11/30/16 – A North Judson resident filed a fraud report after giving all of her personal information to a person claiming to be a representative of Apple.
11/30/16 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on 250 West by Chesapeake Run Golf Course.
12/01/16 – Starke County Maintenance Supervisor Jim Coad requested an officer in the 100 block of South Cleveland Street in Knox for a report of graffiti on the side of the Starke County records building.
12/02/16 – A Knox resident reported unauthorized use of his debit card.
12/02/16 – A single-vehicle property damage accident was reported in the 6800 block of Frontage Road in Hamlet. The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Hamlet Police, Hamlet Fire Department and Starke County EMS all responded.
12/03/16 – Theft and other suspicious activity were reported at a pole barn in the 10000 block of east 600 North in Knox.
12/03/16 – A hit-and-run accident involving two pickup trucks going in opposite directions was reported in the 1300 block of west State Road 10 in North Judson.
12/03/16 – A vehicle break-in was reported in the 3900 block of south Fawn Trail in North Judson, and unspecified items were taken.

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

11/23/16 – Steve Stidham – Warrant.
11/24/16 – Kenneth A. Polinski, 45, Plymouth – Operating while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more, O.V.W.I. endangering a person
11/25/16 – Frank A. Jenks, 47, Winamac, – Operator never licensed.
11/26/16 – Richard J. Mack, 45, Mishawaka – Driving while suspended prior.
11/27/16 – Erin Michelle Ritchie, 32, Plymouth – Driving while suspended.
12/02/16 – John Kenneth Palmeri, 22, North Judson – Driving under the influence of drugs.
12/03/16 Ronald Melvyn Larsen, 43, Chesterton – Possession of a synthetic drug or a synthetic drug lookalike substance.