Incidents:
05/21/18 Police received a phone call of an elderly female walking on State Road 23 near 200 N. The caller said she seemed to be lost and confused.
05/21/18 A resident on 100 N. in Knox asked for an officer as the neighbor’s German Shepherd is loose and attacking the neighbors while the owner is not at home.
05/21/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported in the 5700 block of S. 900 E. in Culver.
05/22/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on Toto Road, one mile east of U.S. 35 in Knox.
05/22/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported in the 4300 block of north 1200 E. in Grovertown.
05/22/18 A realtor told police that two dogs appear to not be taken care of at a home for sale on 200 N. in Knox.
05/22/18 Residents called police to report an AT&T scam.
05/22/18 Police were asked to assist in removing an unknown person riding the train.
05/22/18 Firefighters from the Bass Lake Fire Department were called to a vehicle fire on U.S. 35 and 500 S.
05/22/18 A caller traveling near the 7700 block of East 50 North in Hamlet told police that he was hit head-on by a vehicle driving in the wrong lane.
05/22/18 A driver called police saying that a wrong-way driver on U.S. 30 in Hamlet caused an accident.
05/23/18 A Hamlet resident reported an attempted break-in at his residence.
05/23/18 A Knox resident reported an attempted break-in. The caller said a rope was damaged that holds the cat door.
05/23/18 A car vs deer accident was reported on State Road 10 east of 50 E. in North Judson.
05/23/18 A Knox resident was at the Starke County Justice Center to report the theft of items from his property.
05/23/18 Emergency responders were dispatched to an accident on U.S. 35 and U.S. 30.
05/23/18 A Knox resident told police that five loose dogs are attacking two dogs that are tied up at a home on 700 East. The owners are not at home.
05/24/18 A Knox resident asked to speak to officers about problems with the neighbor’s dogs.
05/24/18 A report was taken in an incident where a county truck went down in a ditch. The incident occurred on 800 S. between 200 E. and 300 E. in Knox.
05/24/18 A North Judson resident asked to speak to officers concerning an aggressive dog.
05/24/18 A two-vehicle accident was reported on U.S. 35 and 150 N. in Knox.
05/24/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on State Road 23 south of 750 N.
05/24/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on U.S. 35 just north of 200 S. in Knox.
05/24/18 A Knox resident reported the theft of her grandfather’s tools by a construction company.
05/25/18 A caller told police that she was almost robbed by a man wearing a mask.
05/25/18 A North Judson resident complained of her neighbor’s dogs running loose and killing chickens.
05/25/18 A four-vehicle accident was reported on U.S. 35 and 300 N. in Knox. There were injuries reported.
05/25/18 A resident notified police that she found two bags at Lerch Cemetery with a strong odor.
05/25/18 A Knox resident advised that a woman in a newer black Ford F150 hit his dog. She did stop to apologize but did not offer to pay or reimburse him for the dog. He wanted to speak to an officer.
05/26/18 A Knox resident told police that she came home to find her house ransacked and items missing.
05/26/18 A Monterey resident reported the theft of an ATV.
05/26/18 A Knox woman asked for police assistance after she found items missing from a house she rented out.
05/26/18 A Knox man told police that the post office shows that his medications were delivered but he doesn’t physically have the package.
05/26/18 A Knox resident said a unknown person(s) took at bat to his vehicle.
05/27/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on State Road 10 between 1150 E. and 1200 E. in Knox.
05/27/18 A two-vehicle accident with injuries was reported on U.S. 35 and 25 N. in Knox.
05/27/18 An accident was reported on State Road 10 and U.S. 35.
05/27/18 The La Porte County Sheriff’s Department notified Starke County that a reckless driver headed into the county driving a tan suburban is swerving and throwing beer cans at other cars.
05/27/18 A motorcycle vs. truck accident was reported on State Road 8 and U.S. 35 in Knox.
05/27/18 A vehicle was damaged after running over the railroad tracks on 1150 E. in Knox.
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:
05/21/18 Shawn Heck, 31, of Knox, held for Starke County Community Corrections.
05/21/18 Shawn Gentry, 28, of Knox, arrested on a preliminary charge of unlawful possession of a syringe.
05/22/18 Ricky Howard, 29, of Winamac, was arrested on a body attachment.
05/22/18 Edward Barber, 57, of Chicago, arrested on a felony arrest warrant and preliminary charges of criminal trespass, resisting law enforcement and failure to aid an officer.
05/23/18 Vincent Rossetti, 39, of Knox, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of paraphernalia, habitual traffic violator and possession of marijuana.
05/23/18 Alyssa Loftus, 26, of Peru, arrested on an arrest warrant.
05/23/18 Dennis Wireman, 49, of Knox, arrested on a preliminary charge of resisting law enforcement.
05/24/18 Gregory Wleklinski, 31, of Valparaiso, arrested on a felony arrest warrant.
05/25/18 Cassidy Stewart, 24, of Valparaiso, arrested on a probation revocation.
