Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Incidents:

08/20/18 Emergency responders were called to a house fire in the 200 block of Railroad Street in Hamlet.

08/20/18 Police were called to the area of 600 W. south of 800 S. in North Judson for an overturned vehicle.

08/20/18 A Knox resident reported the theft of a car.

08/22/18 Police were notified of a car that was hit by the crossing arm on the railroad tracks at State Road 8 and 600 E. in Knox.

08/22/18 A two-vehicle accident was reported at 650 S. and State Road 10.

08/23/18 A two-vehicle rear-end accident was reported on U.S. 35 and State Road 10. No injuries were reported.

08/23/18 A Knox resident told dispatchers that someone put sugar in his car’s gas tank and would like to speak to an officer.

08/23/18 A vehicle accident was reported at 850 E. and 500 N. in Grovertown.

08/24/18 A North Judson resident reported items stolen from his outbuilding.

08/24/18 A Knox resident told officers that he was bitten by the neighbor’s dog.

08/24/18 A man told police that he went into the license branch and left his two children in the car. When he returned the car he saw they were gone.

08/24/18 A Knox resident reported the theft of items from his residence.

08/25/18 A Culver resident told police that someone damaged his property and stole his mailbox.

08/25/18 A North Judson man reported that someone broke into his pole barn.

08/25/18 A caller told police that there was a car in the ditch on State Road 8, a quarter mile east of the railroad tracks east of Knox. No injuries were reported.

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:

08/20/18 Jeremy Lowe, 39, of Plymouth, arrested on a preliminary charge of habitual traffic violator.

08/21/18 Vonnie McDaniel, 31, of Winamac, arrested on a preliminary charge of invasion of privacy.

08/21/18 Jeremy Rowe, 39, of Walkerton, hold for Starke County Community Corrections.

08/22/18 Chester Maciejack, 21, of Knox, hold for Starke Circuit Court.

08/22/18 Amanda Stacy, 28, of North Judson, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of a narcotic drug, unlawful possession of syringe, maintaining a common nuisance, and dealing in a narcotic drug.

08/23/18 Stephanie Cole, 34, of Knox, arrested on preliminary charge of possession of paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine, theft less than $750, and unlawful possession of a syringe.

08/23/18 Kevin Cole, 29, of Knox, arrested on preliminary charge of possession of methamphetamine and theft less than $750.

08/23/18 Shane Seidelmann, 43, of Walkerton arrested on preliminary charges of battery results in bodily injury to another person and interference with reporting a crime.

08/23/18 James Corbett, 41, of Grovertown, arrested on preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person.

08/24/18 Kristopher Eskridge, 29, of Knox, arrested on a body attachment.

08/24/18 Michael McDougal, 43, of Hamlet, arrested on a felony arrest warrant.

08/26/18 Nathan Gamblin, 26, of Valparaiso, arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction.

08/26/18 Dalton Benesh, 25, of Medaryville, arrested on a bench warrant.

08/26/18 Felicia Hill, 30, of Culver, arrested on preliminary charges of invasion of privacy, criminal gang intimidation and refusal to aid an officer.

08/26/18 Markus Kensley, 55, of Knox, arrested on an arrest warrant.