Incidents
1/2/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at the intersection of State Road 8 and 500 East in Knox.
1/2/17 – A property damage accident was reported at State Road 10 and 100 East in Knox.
1/3/17 – A Knox resident reported getting threatening messages on Facebook.
1/3/17 – Officers responded to the Economy Inn in the 2300 block of East U.S. 30 in Knox to remove a man who was trying to fight with the owner and warned him not to return.
1/3/17 – Officers recovered unspecified stolen property in the 3100 block of east 900 North.
1/3/17 – A hit-and-run property damage accident was reported in the Save A Lot parking lot in Knox.
1/3/17 – A Knox resident reported receiving a scam call involving the Publisher’s Clearinghouse sweepstakes. No personal information was given out.
1/3/17 – Officers responded to a burn complaint on Toto Road west of State Road 39 in North Judson.
1/4/17 – A property damage accident was reported at the intersection of State Road 23 and U.S. 30.
1/4/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on 300 North east of 1200 East in Knox.
1/4/17 – A vehicle break-in was reported in the 4000 block of south 625 East in Knox.
1/4/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported at the intersection of 800 South and 600 East.
1/5/17 – A resident in the 600 block of south State Road 23 in Knox reported a man against whom she has a protective order was tearing up the yard with his truck.
1/5/17 – A resident in the 5500 block of south 750 East in Culver reported a 2005 Saturn Ion stolen out of her driveway. She advised her daughter’s purse and the keys were in the vehicle.
1/5/17 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported on State Road 8 west of 700 East in Knox.
1/5/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported in the 600 block of east 1200 North in Knox
1/6/17 – A vehicle versus tree property damage accident was reported in Knox between . 700 East and State Road 23.
1/6/16 – A purse/pouch with items possibly used for drugs was found in the 1400 block of south State Road 39 in North Judson.
1/8/17 – A resident in the 2700 block of north 1025 East in Grovertown reported the theft of some handguns and bows from the residence.
1/8/17 – A North Judson resident reported receiving a Publisher’s Clearinghouse scam call from someone asking for money upfront and claiming they were on their way to their house.
1/9/17 – A Knox Community School Corporation bus driver reported a blue Yukon passed her bus on the railroad tracks on State Road 8 Eastbound while she was stopped with her four-way flashers on and her door open.
1/10/17 – The owner of a rental property in the 10000 block of east 600 North in Grovertown reportedly found a python, boa constrictors and cobras that have not been fed in over two weeks inside the residence and advised there may be a snake loose.
1/10/17 – A resident in the 2100 block of east 400 South in Knox advised someone has broken into her residence.
1/10/17 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department on a call in the 8900 block of south Birch Street in Monterey where several stolen items were recovered.
1/11/17 – A property damage accident was reported on U.S. 421 north of State Road 10. The driver hit a patch of black ice.
1/11/17 – A rollover wreck was reported on U.S. 421 south of the Kankakee River in San Pierre.
1/11/17 – A two vehicle accident was reported at the intersection of State Roads 8 and 23 in Knox.
1/12/17 – An official at Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School advised students are refusing to return laptops and iPads issued by the school. An officer spoke with the parties involved, who promised to return the devices. They were advised charges would be filed if they failed to do so.
1/12/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on State Road 8 at 550 East in Knox.
1/12/17 – A tractor-trailer versus horse property damage accident was reported on U.S. 30 near Knoll Brothers in Knox. The semi sustained heavy front end damage.
1/13/17 – A property owner in the 8100 block of north State Road 23 in Walkerton reported juveniles in a dark green Ford Taurus wagon are stuck on his property.
1/13/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported in the 2200 block of east 350 South in Knox.
1/13/17 – A resident in the 3500 block of west 625 South in North Judson reported a man and woman kicked the door and made threats before leaving eastbound in a gray pickup truck.
1/14/17 – A resident in the 3100 block of south Rosewood Blvd. in Knox found drug paraphernalia and asked for an officer to come retrieve it.
1/15/17 – A resident in the 2100 block of east 400 South in Knox advised the residence has been broken into.
1/15/17 – A caller advised two men with a van are rummaging through the remains of a house on north 700 East in Knox that sustained major fire damage a few weeks ago, and he’s not sure if they are home owners or scavengers.
1/15/17 – Several young teenagers on 4-wheelers without helmets were reportedly riding in the roadway at the intersection of 150 South and 200 East in Knox.
1/16/17 – A residential burglary was reported in the 8100 block of Kaney in Koontz Lake.
1/16/17 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS and Hamlet Fire Department all responded to a traffic accident on U.S. 30 eastbound west of Hamlet.
1/16/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported in the 1000 block of North State Road 23 in Knox.
1/16/17 – A resident in the 2500 block of south State Raod 700 East claims a man is trespassing and destroying her fence.
1/16/17 – A property damage accident was reported on U.S. 30 west of the Grovertown Truck Stop.
1/17/17 – A resident in the 7500 block of east State Road 10 in Knox reported damage to a car and pole at the residence caused by a vehicle hitting them as the driver was leaving.
1/17/17 – A resident in the 10100 block of 700 North in Walkerton reported checks stolen from her account.
1/17/17 – A resident in the 100 block of South Fisher Street in San Pierre reported a television set and Fire Stick were stolen.
1/17/17 – A Knox resident reported receiving harassing calls from her ex-husband who is threatening to kill her because he doesn’t approve of the child custody guidelines.
1/17/17 – All Starke County units were dispatched to a stabbing in the 4400 block of South Dawn Drive in North Judson. It is being investigated as a murder.
1/18/17 – The Indiana State Police, Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Hamlet Police, Starke County EMS and Hamlet Fire Department all responded to a two-tractor-trailer injury crash on U.S. 30 in front of Guntown.
1/18/17 – A hit and run property damage accident was reported in the Badell Dental Clinic parking lot in Knox.
1/18/17 – A Knox resident reported receiving scam telephone call about a lottery prize.
1/18/18 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported in the 7100 block of east 200 North in Knox.
1/18/17 – A resident in the 5200 block of south Detroiter Lane in North Judson reported someone tried to break into the garage and her husband scared them away.
1/191/17 – Items were reported stolen from a vacant residence in the 10800 block of east Iroquois Road in Walkerton.
1/19/17 – A resident in the 7500 block of east 25 North in Knox reported dogs stolen out of her residence.
1/19/17 – A resident in the 1600 block of west 400 South in North Judson reported the theft of a valuable bronze sculpture from her garage.
1/20/17 – A North Judson resident reported a 36-year-old man is texting her 15-year-old daughter.
1/20/17 – A resident in the 4000 block of south 300 East in Knox reported hogs tearing the yard up.
1/20/17 – A Knox resident reported receiving harassing telephone calls from someone claiming to be a debt collector.
1/20/17 – Dispatchers received a report of shots fired in the 10300 block of west State Road 10 in San Pierre. The caller advised she heard them after a motorcycle drove by.
1/21/17 – A resident in the 3300 block of east 400 North in Knox reported his mailbox was smashed and the post was stolen.
1/21/17 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported on U.S. 35 at 800 South in Knox.
1/21/17 – A Knox resident reported a woman followed her home from work and threatened her.
1/21/17 – A two-vehicle property damage accident was reported at the intersection of State Road 10 and U.S. 35 in Knox.
1/21/17- A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on 700 East just south of 200 North.
1/22/17 – A resident in the 5600 block of CR 210 in Knox reported someone drove through her yard and damaged it.
1/22/17 – A vehicle versus deer property damage accident was reported on U.S. 39 north of the Pulaski County line in North Judson.
1/24/17 – A Knox resident reported a contractor from Valparaiso stole $5,000 from him.
1/24/17 – A resident in the 4100 block of south 800 West in San Pierre reported pellet gun damage to his trailer.
1/24/17 – A Knox woman asked to file a harassment report.
1/25/17 – A single vehicle property damage accident was reported in the 6200 block of State Road 8 in Knox.
1/25/17 – The Starke County Highway Department reported the theft of road signs from the intersection of County Road 400 North and County Road 300 East. A “Stop” sign mounted to a steel post had been stolen. The post that it was mounted to was broken. Another “Stop” sign at the intersection had been knocked over, as well as a “New Traffic Pattern Ahead” sign. The “Stop” sign is valued at $40. Two steel sign posts were replaced, valued at $15 each. The signs, sign posts, and hardware are property of the Starke County Highway Department.
1/25/17 – A property damage accident was reported at the Koontz Lake Fire Department after someone backed into a vehicle.
1/25/17 – A woman came to the Starke County Sheriff’s Office to file a fraud report.
1/25/17 – A Knox woman reported being harassed by a man against whom she has a protective order.
1/26/17 – A resident in the 6000 block of North 600 East in Hamlet reported someone broke into the garage.
1/26/17 – A caller in the Koontz Lake area reported seven or eight mailboxes were damaged overnight in the area of Kaney and Apache.
1/26/17 – A resident in the 7700 block of North Tecumseh Road in Walkerton reported damage to her car.
Arrests
Inclusion in the arrest reports is not an indication of guilt, it is merely a record an arrest was made. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty.
1/3/17 – Nicholas Robert Bellecomo, 37, North Judson – Invasion of privacy.
1/4/17 – Theresa Lynn McDaniel, 48, North Judson – Warrant.
1/5/17 – Sara B. Hopkins, 39, Grovertown – No charges listed.
1/6/17 – Adrianna Dawa Frazo, 19, Knox – Warrant.
1/6/17 – Troy P. Bell, 47, Walkerton – Possession of a syringe.
1/7/17 – Joel W. Hanske, 60, North Judson – Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person.
1/9/18 – Aaron Tracy Eckman, 43, Argos – Warrant.
1/9/18 – Dennis Gene Wireman, 47, Plymouth – Unlawful possession of a syringe and possession of paraphernalia.
1/9/19 – Nickolas G. Lozzi, 31, Monterey – Warrant.
1/13/17 – Raechel A. Daugherty, 27, Knox – Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more, operating while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with a BAC of .08 or more.
1/13/17 – Keith Landin Dalton, 24, Hamlet – Possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of a syringe.
1/15/17 – Aaron Lee Lambright, 19, Shipshewana – Reckless driving and illegal possession/consumption of alcohol.
1/15/17 – Christopher Lee McCurdy, 50, Knox – Driving while suspended prior.
1/22/17 – George M. Taylor, 40, Knox – Operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more.
1/22/17 – Brenden Thomas Baxter, 70, Indianapolis – Possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana with a prior conviction.
1/25/17 – David Neal Weirick, 57, Culver – No charge listed.
1/25/17 – Oscar Enrike Escaante, 21, Winamac – Driving while suspended prior.
1/26/17 – Eric Dwaine Lawton, 43, Plymouth – Warrant.
