First Responders Rescue Motorist from Submerged Vehicle

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The female driver of a vehicle involved in a rollover wreck last night at the intersection of State Roads 8 and 39 was taken to IU Health Starke Hospital for treatment. Dispatchers at the Starke County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call around 9:30 last night. The caller advised the vehicle had rolled over and was submerged in a ditch. Officers from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and Knox City Police Department were able to pull her from the vehicle. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The crash is still under investigation, and the woman’s name has not been released. There’s also no word yet on her condition. Members of the Knox Fire Department and Starke County Medics also responded.

Preliminary Autopsy Finds Infant Died of Natural Causes

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An infant who was found unresponsive early Thursday morning in Knox died of natural causes.

Knox City Police Detective Dave Combs, the deputy coroner and a representative from the Department of Child Services learned the preliminary results of the autopsy conducted by a Fort Wayne Pathologist on Friday.

The exact cause of death will not be known for another six to eight weeks as testing is ongoing.

Services for 3-week-old Olivia Robinson were held yesterday afternoon at the Braman and Bailey Funeral Home in North Judson.

Knox City Police Department Investigating Infant Death

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The Knox City Police Department is investigating the death of an infant.

Officers were called to the Woods Apartment complex at 701 E. Danker St. after dispatchers received a report of an infant who was not breathing. Medics from Starke County EMS arrived at the scene and were assisted by officers in the care of the infant. The child was transported to IU Health Starke Hospital and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

This incident remains under investigation with the Knox City Police Department. Foul play is not suspected, however an autopsy is scheduled for today. The child’s name is currently being withheld pending the outcome of the investigation.

Drug Take Back Event This Saturday

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The Indiana State Police is partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in a drug take back event.

You are encouraged to take your unwanted, expired and unused prescription medication to any Indiana State Police Post (except for the Toll Road Post in Bristol, IN) for proper disposal. There will be a designated receptacle for you to drop off your medication and no questions will be asked.

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Medication Drop Box in Use at Knox City Police Department

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The Knox City Police Department pill drop is helpful, according to City Police Chief Clint Norem.

He said residents have been taking unwanted, expired and unused prescription medications to the lobby of the police department and depositing them into the drop box for collection. Chief Norem explained that those medications are logged and then stored until DEA officials can collect those medications for incineration.

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Police Agencies Continue to Collected Unused, Expired Medications

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Several police agencies in the area have been collecting expired or unused medications at their facilities. The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department is one of those agencies and just recently the sheriff’s department along with the Michigan City Police Department and the LaPorte County TRIAD incinerated 105.5 pounds of medicines that had been collected.

The unused medications had been collected since April 27 and they were incinerated in a licensed facility.

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City of Knox Receives Squad Car Grant

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The clerk-treasurer for the city of Knox has announced that after months of waiting, the grant for the purchase of a new police squad car has been awarded to the city. The city was looking to replace a police vehicle that had been totaled after striking a deer, and Jeff Houston said the grant was awarded in the amount of $24,900 from a USDA rural development grant.

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Mechanical Issues Plague Knox City PD Squad Car

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Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
Knox City Police Chief Clint Norem
The Knox City Police Department was down another squad car last week as the 2009 Dodge Charger on the fleet experienced mechanical issues.

Chief Clint Norem told the Knox Board of Public Works that the car had been in repair status for a while and when Norem was off-duty, his patrol car was being used during evening rotation. The Charger was returned to the department on Thursday and is back in rotation.

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A Deadly Drug is Hitting the Streets of Starke County

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A drug symposium held recently by the representatives of the Moving Starke County Forward organization named methamphetamine as one of the most abused drugs in the area. Those in attendance discussed ways to combat the problem that plagues many, but now a new drug is hitting the streets of Starke County: heroin.

Knox City Police Detective Dave Combs explained that he and the other officers in Starke County are aware of the new epidemic and are doing what they can to get the drug out of the hands of dealers and users.

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Two Knox Residents Arrested on Narcotics Charges

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Two people were arrested Tuesday after the execution of a search warrant in the 300 block of Fisher Street in Knox.

Officers from the Knox City Police Department arrived at the residence and presented the search warrant. During the search, officers reportedly found several types of narcotics including heroin. A five year old child was also in the home at the time the narcotics were located and collected.

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Knox City Council to Proceed with Squad Car Grant Application

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The Knox City Council this week held a public hearing in order to continue with the grant application process for a new city police squad car after a police vehicle was totaled after striking a deer. Clerk-Treasurer Jeff Houston explained that the city has applied for the grant and they are eagerly awaiting the response; however, no grant funds are available until next year, but Houston said he remains hopeful that money will become available.

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Search Lands Knox Woman in Jail on Drug Charges

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A warranted search in Knox led to the arrest of a Knox woman on charges of Possession of Heroin as a Class D felony on Tuesday morning. Around 8:09 a.m., officers from the Knox Police Department and the Starke County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at a home on Riverside Drive in Knox after a lengthy investigation into heroin use at the residence turned up enough evidence to warrant a search, issued by the Starke Circuit Court.

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