Starke County Sheriff’s Department
Incidents
1/26/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a property damage accident on 600 East just south of 400 North in Hamlet.
1/26/15 – Jason Cooke was placed on lock-down in an isolation cell at the Starke County Jail after he allegedly became combative with jail personnel and Starke County Sheriff’s Deputies, who used a taser on him twice. The incident is under investigation.
1/26/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a vehicle versus deer crash on 600 North east of 800 East in Knox.
1/26/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department took a report of a vehicle versus deer crash that occurred on English Lake Road.
1/27/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a vehicle versus deer crash on Division Road east of State Road 23 in Knox.
1/28/15 – A Monterey resident reported receiving a scam telephone call from 281-791-0111 advising his loan for $1,500 was approved and said he did not apply for a loan.
1/28/15 – A Knox resident reported beings scammed out of $285 and an additional $310 from a company in North Carolina.
1/28/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Toto and Range Roads. One person complained of back and neck pain but did not want an ambulance.
1/28/15 – A resident in the 8800 block of North 1175 East in Walkerton reported the theft of his son’s Adderall medication.
1/28/15 – Officers responded to a two-vehicle property damage accident on State Road 23 in front of the Koontz Lake Grocery Store.
1/29/15 – An official from Wells Fargo Bank reported the theft of items from a foreclosed home in the 1800 block of east 250 South in Knox.
1/29/2015 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department took a report of a vehicle versus deer crash on 600 North at 750 East in Knox.
1/29/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department, Starke County EMS and Washington Township Fire Department First Responders responded to a traffic accident in the 11400 block of East State Road 8 in Knox.
1/30/2015 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department took a report of a single-vehicle property damage accident on 1000 East at State Road 8.
1/31/15 – A North Judson resident reported a vehicle theft.
1/31/15 – A resident in the 1900 block of west 200 South Sq. in North Judson caught two men trying to steal a 4-wheeler and said they took off westbound on 200 South in a red 1993 Chevrolet truck.
1/31/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single-vehicle property damage accident on U.S. 35 near Economy Auto in Knox.
2/1/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single-vehicle slide off on State Road 10 two miles west of North Judson.
2/1/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a slide off on State Road 39 south of County Road 50 South.
2/1/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a property damage accident on U.S. 35 north of Stelrema.
2/1/2015 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a slide off on U.S. 35 south of 350 South in Knox.
2/1/2015 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a property damage accident on U.S. 35 at 500 South.
2/1/2015 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to a property damage accident in the westbound lanes of of U.S. 30 at U.S. 35.
Starke County Sheriff’s Department January 2015 Statistics
Knox Police Department
Incidents
1/20/15 – Several items were reported stolen from a residence in the 300 block of South Heaton Street in Knox, including a television, Xbox One, handgun, magazines and ammunition.
1/20/15 – A Knox woman reported her 1995 Ford Mustang was stolen and sold to a man in Hamlet. She advised her name was forged on the title before the car was sold for $300.
1/26/15 – A Knox woman reported criminal trespass and damage to her property and told officers she has video of a known suspect damaging her vehicle on Jan. 22.
1/29/15 – A man reported the security light on shelter 6 at Wythogan Park in Knox was broken. The officer who took the report noted this damage is in addition to incidents where suspects broke a plexiglass display located on the south side of the concession stand.
1/29/15 – A television, laptop computer and a pool stick bag are among the items reported missing from a residence in the 100 block of North East Street.
