Showing pornographic materials and explaining the sex acts to an 8-year-old boy has led to felony charges against a 32-year-old Warsaw man. Blaine Adam Elliott, 32 of 502 N. Parker St., Warsaw, was arrested Monday on two felony charges of disseminating pornographic materials to a minor. Kosciusko County … Read More
After a month-long investigation, Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers conducted an undercover purchase of marijuana in Milford Monday when the alleged drug dealer suddenly ran from the scene. Undercover Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers were in Milford yesterday afternoon concluding the investigation with an arranged purchase … Read More
A Warsaw man was arrested this weekend after his father allegedly attempted to take the fall for him. According to police reports, Shane Michael Pingleton, 18, of 5128 W. SR 114 Lot 4, North Manchester, was arrested for illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage and failure to stop … Read More
A tip led Warsaw narcotics officers to a “significant” methamphetamine manufacturing operation in southern Kosciusko County Tuesday night that ultimately landed a North Manchester man in jail. Warsaw Police detectives initially responded to a Warsaw residence where they were provided with a tip that meth was being manufactured … Read More
On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, police arrested a Warsaw man following an alleged battery that left one man seriously injured. According to police records filed by Warsaw Police Department Officer Wayne Wilkie, Quentin Keith Latham, 30, of 314 N. Buffalo St. 1/2, Warsaw, assaulted 55-year-old Larry Fabian, … Read More
Already facing a misdemeanor charge for pointing an unloaded gun at someone in October, a Warsaw man was again arrested this morning on violent charges. Jacob William Ponko, 33, of 3203 Kuder Ln., was taken into custody by Warsaw Police Officer Ryan Coble early this morning on charges … Read More
Child molestation charges have been filed against a Syracuse man who allegedly admitted to his crime. Dannie Ray Woods, 56, of 7421 E. 1300 N., Syracuse, was interviewed by an officer of the Indiana State Police Department and subsequently arrested on charges that he molested or fondled a 13-year-old … Read More
The Syracuse Police Department say a Syracuse man reported receiving a threatening letter on Dec. 5, the same day a Bremen woman received a very similar letter. Today, that man was arrested for intimidation and false reporting. Jason Wilson, 40, of Syracuse reported he had received a letter … Read More
A 48-year-old Warsaw man will have to defend himself in court against an accusation that he molested a 12-year-old girl more than 2 years ago. Jeff Allen Haney was arrested Saturday, nearly 17 months after the now 15-year-old girl’s father said he caught the two holding hands and … Read More
A Winona Lake man accused of robbing and beating a New Paris man during a home invasion incident last month was arrested Wednesday and has had his initial hearing in court. Jeffery Hunt, 25, of Winona Lake, and his father, Jeffrey Hill, 43, also of Winona Lake, are … Read More
Convicted of dealing cocaine, a Warsaw man was sentenced to 6 years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Nathan Lafountain, 23, was convicted Thursday on a Class A felony charge of dealing cocaine. The charge stemmed from a May incident in which Lafountain was found by Warsaw Police … Read More
Initially charged with three felonies relating to drugs, a Milford man was remanded to custody in court this morning to begin a 6 year prison sentence. Domingo Melendez III, 34, was arrested in March for dealing/delivering/manufacturing methamphetamine. As a result of the investigation, the Kosciusko County Prosecutor’s Office … Read More
In exchange for a plea of guilty to dissemination of material harmful to children, two charges of D felony child solicitation were dropped against a Warsaw man who made two girls, ages 7 and 8, watch porn and exposed his genitals to them. Joseph Sturgill, 32, appeared before Kosciusko … Read More
Adam C. Snyder, 28, of Warsaw, was sentenced this week in federal court for the felony offense of possessing child pornography, an illegal hobby he had been involved in for years. Snyder was arrested in February after a freelance computer specialist was hired by Snyder to remove the … Read More
Jeffery Joseph Hunt, 25, of Winona Lake, is being sought today for his alleged role in a home invasion robbery that seriously injured an elderly New Paris man. Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department investigators say Hunt and his father, Jeffrey Ramon Hill, 43, also of Winona Lake, forced their … Read More
Guilty on four charges, a Winona Lake man was sentenced to work release for leading police on a pursuit in January that ultimately led to him climbing a tree to hide and requiring the fire department’s help to get down. (See related) Jeremy Neibert, 24, appeared before Judge … Read More
