Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Incidents:

01/21/19 A car vs. cow accident was reported on W. Pacific Ave. in Knox.

01/21/19 A two-vehicle accident was reported on Range Road and 500 S. in North Judson. No injured were noted.

01/21/19 A Knox resident told police that some people were out in her field tearing it up.

01/21/19 An accident was reported at 350 S. and 350 W. in North Judson.

01/22/19 Officers were notified of an accident on U.S, 35 south of U.S. 30 in Hamlet. One vehicle was in a cornfield.

01/22/19 A traffic accident was reported on U.S. 421 south of LaCrosse.

01/22/19 A slide-off was reported on 100 N. east of U.S. 35 in Knox. No injuries were reported.

01/22/19 A property damage accident was reported on 25 N. east of U.S. 35.

01/22/19 A vehicle was found in the ditch on 600 E. and 25 N.

01/22/19 A slide-off was reported on 200 S. east of 550 E. in Knox.

01/22/19 A slide-off was reported in the 6200 block of east 200 S. in Knox.

01/22/19 A Knox Community School Corporation bus was in a ditch in the 6900 block of east 250 S. in Knox. No injuries were reported.

01/22/19 A resident told police that a car flipped over from the eastbound lane into a westbound lane on U.S. 30 east of U.S. 35 in Hamlet.

01/22/19 A three-vehicle accident was reported in the 2900 block of S. State Road 39 in North Judson.

01/22/19 A resident told dispatchers that a vehicle was found deep in a ditch with the light on and smoke coming from the vehicle.

01/22/19 Two semis were reported to be in the median on U.S. 30 east of 600 E. in Hamlet.

01/22/19 An accident was reported that involved a vehicle and a highway department truck at U.S. 35 and State Road 8.

01/22/19 A vehicle slide-off was reported on U.S. 30 and 300 E.

01/23/19 A vehicle accident was reported at U.S. 30 and the Grovertown Truckstop.

01/23/19 A vehicle slide-off was reported on 550 E. south of Toto Rd. in Knox.

01/23/19 A Knox resident told police that his neighbor’s dog bit his dog.

01/23/19 A Knox resident told police that a mailbox was ran over and destroyed.

01/23/19 A Walkerton resident told police that items were stolen from his vehicle.

01/23/19 A car was found in a ditch on State Road 39 two miles south of State Road 8 in Knox.

01/23/19 A caller said he slid through a stop sign on State Road 8 and State Road 23 in Knox.

01/23/19 A caller reported a car in the ditch on State Road 23 north of State Road 10 in Knox.

01/24/19 A truck vs. deer accident was reported on 600 E. in Knox.

01/24/19 A Knox resident told police that some unknown person attempted to break into his pole barn.

01/25/19 A North Judson resident told police that a $500 watch was stolen from his vehicle.

01/25/19 A car vs. dog accident was reported on 400 N. and 700 E. in Hamlet.

01/26/19 A car vs. deer accident was reported in the 4200 block of south State Road 39 in North Judson.

01/26/19 A car vs. deer accident was reported at the intersection at 200 E. and 250 S. in Knox.

01/26/19 A Knox resident told police that his parents’ car caught on fire when they started it to let it warm up.

01/26/19 A Knox resident told police that someone attempted to break into her garage.

01/26/19 A slide off was reported on U.S. 421.

01/27/19 An accident was reported on 100 E. just south of State Road 10 in North Judson.

01/27/19 A Knox resident told police that someone hit his plow truck in the area of 750 E. and State Road 10 in Knox.

01/27/19 A car vs. deer accident was reported on State Road 23 north of Toto Road in Knox.

01/28/19 Police were notified of a trash can on fire.

01/28/19 A car slid off the road on U.S. 421 one mile south of State Road 10 in San Pierre.

01/28/19 A slide off was reported on U.S. 35 just north of 25 N. in Knox.

01/28/19 A slide off was reported in the 100 block of 600 N. in Knox.

01/28/19 A slide off was reported on U.S. 30 and Oak Street in Hamlet.

01/28/19 A vehicle was found in the median on State Road 23 and 900 E. in Grovertown.

01/28/19 A slide off was reported on State Road 39 north of the Game Preserve in Knox.

01/28/19 Several calls came into the Sheriff’s Department concerning the welfare of animals outside in the extreme cold temperatures.

01/31/19 A traffic accident was reported in the 5300 block of south 100 E. in North Judson.

01/31/19 A car vs. deer accident was reported on Range Road and 800 S. in North Judson.

02/01/19 A car vs. deer accident was reported in the Sav-A-Lot parking lot.

02/03/19 The Koontz Lake Fire Department was called to a structure fire in the 8000 block of N. Tecumseh Rd. in Walkerton.

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

Arrests:

01/14/19 Travis Joseph, 35, of Knox arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of methamphetamine.

01/16/19 Danny Manns, 42, of Syracuse, arrested on a misdemeanor arrest warrant and a body attachment.

01/17/19 Jesse McIntosh, 35, of Kingsford Heights, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana and driving while suspended with a prior conviction.

01/17/19 Jacob Decker, 25, of Knox arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

01/17/19 David Howard, 35, of Knox, arrested on preliminary charges of dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a narcotic drug, and visiting a common nuisance.

01/17/19 Chester King, 37, of Grovertown, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of a narcotic drug, dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.

01/17/19 Amy Swanson, 37, of Walkerton, arrested on preliminary charges of dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, visiting a common nuisance, possession of a narcotic drug, and possession of a schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance.

01/18/19 Holli Scarborough, 29, of Knox, arrested on possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug.

01/18/19 Wendy Miller, 28, of Winamac, arrested on a felony arrest warrant and a bench warrant.

01/20/19 Alexander Chambers, 29, of Knox, arrested on possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.

01/20/19 Elizabeth O’Connor, 20, arrested on preliminary charges of interference with reporting a crime, battery and disorderly conduct.

01/21/19 Michael Lowden, 47, of Knox arrested on a felony bench warrant.

01/22/19 Michael Byer, Jr., 30, of Grovertown, arrested on a preliminary charge of burglary.

01/22/19 David Sarber, 34, of Kingsford Heights arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

01/22/19 Jamie Messer, 44, of North Judson arrested on a misdemeanor arrest warrant.

01/22/19 Cory Wallace, 24 of Hamlet, arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated refusal, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, operating a vehicle with a BAC of .08 or more, reckless driving, driving while suspended with a prior conviction.

01/23/19 Traci Jacobs, 39, of Knox, parole hold.

01/24/19 Lavotis French, 53, of Knox, arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

01/24/19 Kelley Rowe, 50, of Plymouth arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

01/24/19 Brittani Fisher, 24, of Knox, arrested on a bench warrant.

01/24/19 Dusten Clary, 35, of North Judson, bond revocation.

01/25/19 Cassie Singleton, 22, of Knox, arrested on a felony bench warrant.

01/27/19 James Gilbert, 40, of Knox, arrested on preliminary charges of battery, resisting law enforcement, invasion of privacy, and disorderly conduct.

02/01/19 Cory Wallace, 24, of Hamlet, arrested on a felony arrest warrant.