By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Ryan Victor Head

WARSAW — A Warsaw man was recently arrested for stealing money from two local businesses.

In the first case, Ryan Victor Head, 33, 920 Anchorage Road Lot 107, Warsaw, is charged with theft, a level 6 felony. He is also charged with forgery and theft, both level 6 felonies, in a second case.

On Aug. 10, 2022, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy spoke with the owner of Sterling Contracting and Liberty Concrete in North Webster. The owner said Head used the business’s credit and WEX fuel cards to make unauthorized purchases.

According to court documents, the deputy reviewed surveillance footage from two local gas stations and saw Head using one of the cards to purchase fuel.

Head spoke to a KCSO detective on Aug. 12, 2022. During the interview, Head said he mistakenly grabbed the wrong credit card to make personal purchases. The detective said there were 43 charges made to the card over a two-month period.

On Aug. 16, 2022, the business owner said she asked Head if he could repay the money he owed so he did not have to go to jail. The total unauthorized charges made by Head on the cards were $10,858.69.

Head paid $1,572.07 to the owner as payment toward the unauthorized purchases he made.

On May 11, a Warsaw Police officer responded to a complaint about an individual attempting to cash checks which were stolen from Terry’s Automotive. The business’s owner said a bank representative contacted him to report that an individual attempted to cash two checks which were stolen from the business.

Both checks were made payable to Head in the total amount of $20,500.

Surveillance footage from a local bank showed Head beginning the process to open a checking account, depositing one of the checks, and withdrawing cash.

Head was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Sept. 1.