Three people were arrested on Monday after officers attempted to take Eric Wireman into custody on a warrant.
Officers received information that Eric Wireman, 31, was at 15385 W. 160 N. in Medaryville. He was wanted on a Starke County warrant for failure to appear. He did not appear in court on a felony charge of dealing in methamphetamine and a misdemeanor charge of visiting a common nuisance.
A man with an extensive criminal history received his sentence in the Starke Circuit Court this week following his pleas of guilty to two of the four charges against him. Eric Wireman was arrested on Oct. 17 after police received a phone call of individuals manufacturing methamphetamine at a residence.
Three Knox residents were arrested Friday on several drug charges.
Officers from the Starke County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at 2885 E. 150 S. in Knox. Three people were found and detained inside the residence. A search of the property was conducted and detectives and officers found an inactive methamphetamine lab, methamphetamine, controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.
A Knox man was arrested Monday after he was reportedly in possession of narcotics.
An officer with the Knox City Police Department was called to the SuperValue Inn after a call came in about a battery. The alleged victim, who later told police that a battery did not occur, told police that the suspect, Eric Wireman, had ran from the scene toward Smith Farm Store.
Four people were arrested late last night after the Starke County Dispatch Center received a phone call of individuals manufacturing methamphetamine at a residence.
Knox City Police officers arrived at 406 E. John Street and took two people into custody on outstanding warrants. The pair were transported to the Starke County Jail and when police returned to the residence, an active methamphetamine lab was located inside the residence. Two more people were arrested after further investigation into the incident.
After being on the run from Starke County Community Corrections for six days, Eric Wireman was arrested Tuesday after he was located by a Community Corrections recovery team at a motel in Winamac. Originally released on home detention for B-felony Burglary, Wireman failed to report to Community Corrections on Feb. 29 as part of his weekly check-in as a high-risk offender.
Community Corrections Director Shawn Mattraw said after Wireman’s failure to appear, multiple attempts to contact him were made. Officials traveled to his last known address and were told he had moved out shortly before they arrived, and they determined he had absconded from home detention. After six days of looking for him, a recovery team located him at a motel in Winamac and he has been arrested, with formal charges of Escape to be filed by the prosecutor.
Judge Kim Hall has expressed his agreement with the filing of official charges, and he sent Wireman to back to the Department of Corrections to serve out his initial sentence. The earliest possible release of Wireman is October 15.
