Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Incidents:

01/01/18 A car vs. pole accident was reported on 700 E. south of State Road 10 in Knox.

01/01/18 A Knox resident told police that she was pulling into a driveway on 100 W. in North Judson when she slid into a pole.

01/01/18 Emergency responders were called to an accident on U.S. 35 north of U.S. 30 in Hamlet.

01/01/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on 1025 E. south of Division Road in Knox.

01/01/18 A car slid off the road in the 6200 block of E. 200 N. in Knox.

01/02/18 A car slid off the road on U.S. 35 south of U.S. 30 in Hamlet.

01/02/18 The Knox Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in the 8800 block of E. 200 South in Knox.

01/02/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S 30 westbound near 900 E. in Grovertown.

01/03/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on State Road 10 and 250 W. in North Judson.

01/03/18 Police were notified of a vehicle in the ditch at 300 N. and 1025 E. in Knox.

01/03/18 A white truck hit the Marshall/Starke County line sign on State Road 8.

01/04/18 Officers responded to a call of a vehicle in the ditch at 600 E. north of 300 N. in Knox The caller said the driver is unable to get out of the vehicle, but believes the driver is not injured.

01/04/18 A report was received about a white SUV that slide off of the road at U.S. 421 and State Road 10.

01/04/18 The Washington Township Fire Department was toned to a vehicle fire in the 11900 block of E. 150 S. in Culver.

01/04/18 A man called police asking for an ambulance as his son walked home from a car vs. pole accident at 300 E. and 200 S. Bradley Rowe was cited for reckless driving.

01/04/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on 600 E. between 200 N. and 250 N. in Grovertown.
01/04/18 A caller told police that a semi jackknifed on the overpass on U.S. 35 and U.S. 30.

01/04/18 A vehicle slid off of the road on U.S. 35 and 500 N. in Knox.

01/05/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on U.S. 421 N. of State Road 10 in San Pierre.

01/05/18 A car slid off of the road on Toto Road in the area of 250 E. in Knox.

01/05/18 A report will be reviewed by the Starke County Prosecutor’s Office concerning a battery incident in an inmate’s cell. It is alleged that Roland Minix hit another inmate.

01/05/18 A car slid off of the road on 900 N. west of State Road 23.

01/05/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 35 and 400 N. in Hamlet.

01/05/18 A Knox resident reported the theft of firearms, TVs, many household items and clothing from his residence.

01/05/18 Police responded to an accident on 100 W. three miles south of State Road 10 in North Judson.

01/05/18 A car slid off of the road on State Road 23 and 600 N.

01/05/18 A robbery was reported at the Marathon gas station in North Judson.

01/05/18 A car slid off into the median at U.S. 30 and State Road 23.

01/06/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 30 and 700 E. in Knox.

01/06/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 35 north of U.S. 30 in Hamlet.

01/06/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 30 west of the Marshall County line.

01/06/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 30 a half-mile east of 1100 E. in Knox.

01/06/18 A car slid off of the road on U.S. 30 and 600 E. in Hamlet.

01/06/18 Emergency responders were called to an accident on State Road 8 and the Marshall County Line.

01/06/18 A two-vehicle accident was reported at the Fingerhut Bakery location at Bass Lake.

01/07/18 Police were notified of a truck that hit a pole in the 7000 block of S. State Road 10 in Knox.

01/07/18 A property damage accident was reported on Toto Road E. of U.S. 35 in Knox.

01/07/18 Police were called to a car vs. pole accident on 700 E. and 25 N. in Knox.

01/07/18 A two vehicle accident resulted in the vehicles in the ditch on U.S. 30 east of U.S. 35 in Knox.

01/07/18 A car was found in the ditch on State Road 39 north of State Road 8 in Knox.

01/07/18 A car was found in the median on U.S. 30 and 700 E.

Arrests:

01/02/18 Tane Sikes, 38, of Franklin, IN, arrested on preliminary charges of visiting a common nuisance and resisting law enforcement.

01/02/18 Spencer Allen, 26, of Winamac, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine and visiting a common nuisance.

01/02/18 Melissa Kellems, 24, of Francesville, arrested on a preliminary charge of visiting a common nuisance.

01/02/18 Joseph Giselbach, 38, of Ora, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a syringe, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of a schedule I, II, III, or IV controlled substance, possession of marijuana,

01/02/18 Stephanie Rudd, 27, of North Judson, arrested on preliminary charges of unlawful possession of a syringe and visiting a common nuisance.

01/06/18 Kyren Miller, 21, of Michigan City, arrested on preliminary charges of robbery resulting in bodily injury, battery, theft, and interference with reporting a crime.

01/07/18 Clay Norris, 34, of Grovertown, arrested on preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury and strangulation.