Starke County Sheriff’s Office

Incidents:

12/03/18 A slide-off was reported on 25 N. east of U.S. 35 in Knox. No injuries were reported.

12/03/18 A single vehicle rollover accident was reported in the 5200 block of S. Elm Street in Knox. Injuries were reported. Four occupants were in the vehicle.

12/03/18 An armed robbery incident was reported at the Marathon gas station at Koontz Lake.

12/03/18 A slide-off was reported south of State Road 10 on 1000 E. in Knox.

12/04/18 A Culver resident reported the theft of a generator.

12/04/18 A one vehicle accident was reported in the 5100 block of E. Toto Road in Knox.

12/04/18 A residential break-in was reported in Walkerton.

12/04/18 A car vs. raccoon accident was reported in the 8100 block of S. 800 E. in Monterey.

12/05/18 Police responded to a slide-off on U.S. 35 and 500 N. in Hamlet.

12/05/18 A slide-off was reported on U.S. 35 and 250 N. in Knox. No injuries were reported.

12/05/18 A two vehicle accident was reported at State Road 8 and 700 E. in Knox.

12/05/18 A car vs. deer accident was reported on State Road 8 between U.S. 35 and State Road 39 in Knox.

12/05/18 A North Judson resident reported his farm gate stolen.

12/06/18 A report was filed by a Koontz Lake resident.

12/06/18 A car vs. semi truck accident was reported in front of the Grovertown Truck Stop.

12/06/18 A one vehicle accident was reported on State Road 23 S. of 400 S.

12/06/18 A Koontz Lake resident reported the theft of mail.

12/07/18 A North Judson resident reported the theft of a vehicle.

12/08/18 A caller said his vehicle was rearended in the eastbound lane of U.S. 30 west of State Road 23 in Hamlet. No injuries were reported.

12/08/18 A Walkerton resident filed a theft report.

12/08/18 An accident was reported on U.S. 30 in the westbound lane west of State Road 23 in Hamlet. No injuries were reported.

12/09/18 A Knox resident reported gas stolen out of his barn.

12/09/18 A hit and run accident was reported on Iroquois Road and Topinabee Road in Walkerton. The vehicle hit a police and left northbound toward 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:

12/04/18 Tiffany Eskridge, 29, of Rochester, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of paraphernalia.

12/04/18 Nathaniel Furlong, 34, of Monterey, arrested on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and unlawful possession of a syringe.

12/05/18 Sammy Bottorff, 25, of North Judson, arrested on a preliminary charge of domestic battery, committed in presence of a child less than the age of 16 and public intoxicated.

12/08/18 Jose Maldonado-Collado, 44, of Knox, arrested on a preliminary charge of domestic battery committed in the presence of a child less than 16 year of age.

12/09/18 Michael Meeks, 21, of North Judson, arrested on a preliminary charge of auto theft and a bench warrant.

12/10/18 Matthew Sharp, 16, of Plymouth, booked into the Starke County Justice Center on charges of armed robbery with a deadly weapon, criminal recklessness, theft.