Police Reports

Police reports are not an indication of guilt. They are merely a record that an incident was reported to the authorities. All defendants are innocent until proven guilty.

Starke County Sheriff’s Department

Sheriff Oscar Cowen
Starke County Sheriff Oscar Cowen

Incidents

6/2/14 – Deputies responded to a tractor-trailer versus automobile accident on U.S. 30 near 800 East in Hamlet. No injuries were reported..
6/2/14 – A resident of the 10000 block of West State Road 10 in San Pierre asked to speak to an officer about telephone harassment.
6/2/14 – Scott D. Anderson, 41, was involved in a hit-and-run property damage accident U.S. 421 at State Road 10. He said the vehicle that caused the accident left northbound on U.S. 421. It was a Jeep with temporary tags.
6/2/14 – Craig with CenturyLink reported damage to pedestal boxes on 400 East and west of 250 West.
6/2/14 – A resident in the 4800 block of East 150 North in Knox reported telephone harassment.
6/2/14 – A resident in the 1200 block of South 1000 East in Knox asked to speak to an officer about another man who refuses to bring his truck back or pay him the money he owes for it.
6/3/14 – A resident in the 3400 block of East Island View Drive in Knox reported a building on her property has been broken into and items are missng.
6/3/14 – A Knox resident received a scam phone call from Washington, D.C. number 202-239-5772. He said the caller was very rude and hung up before any more information was ascertained.
6/3/14 – Breann Lee, 27, of Knox, hit a deer on State Road 8 west of State Road 23 in Knox.
6/3/14 – A resident in the 1200 block of South 1000 East in Knox told deputies he let a kid who was doing some work for him take his debit card to buy some materials, and there are some unauthorized charges on it. He later reported he let someone borrow his truck. They brought it back damaged with no oil in it.
6/3/14 – Julio V. Pinilla, 58, of Knox, was cited for speeding 87/55on State Road 39 south of 200 South.
6/3/14 – Julie Vanhee, 59, no address listed, hit a deer on U.S. 30 east of State Road 23 in Grovertown.
6/3/14 – A residentin the 7700 block of North Tippecanoe Drive North in Walkerton said he thinks his neighbor placed a dead duck on his porch. Dispatchers referred the call to the DNR.
6/3/14 – A female caller advised there is a needle off the roadway on the southwest side of the Eagle Creek Bridge on 800 East.
6/3/14 – A resident in the 1700 block of East 400 South in Knox said items were taken from he house while she was driving her afternoon bus route.
6/3/14 – A caller reported three juveniles on mopeds driving recklessly around Bass Lake Beach in the traffic.
6/4/14 – A resident in the 5500 block of South State Road 1150 East in Culver reported she was swindled out of $4,000 from a caller claiming to be her grandson in jail. She wired him the money via Moneypak.
6/4/14 – A caller advised young males on a 4-wheeler are riding out in font of vehicles on State Road 23 near 600 and 650 North in Grovertown.
6/4/14 – The San Pierre Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 10400 block of West State Road 10 in San Pierre.
64/14 – A resident in the 7200 block of east 150 South in Knox filed a fraud report.
6/5/14 – A private investigator handling a child custody case reported a possible protective order violation involving two Hamlet residents.
6/5/14 – A caller in the 5200 block of south 275 West in North Judson reported property damage after a man at the residence kicked her car. She says the door will not open now.
6/5/14 – A resident in the 10700 block of East 900 South in Monterey reported her neighbors have been setting fireworks off all day and all night and making a lot of noise. She said she has asked them repeatedly to stop because her small children are unable to take naps or go to bed.
6/5/14 – A vehicle versus deer crash occurred on 800 South at 700 East.
6/6/14 – Krista H. Kruyer, 37, of Argos was cited for speeding 80/55 on U.S. 35 at 500 North.
6/6/14 – Pulaski County dispatchers advised of a flat black sporty-type smaller vehicle, possibly a Buick, northbound on U.S. 421 with a flashing blue light attempting to pull over a semi.
6/6/14 – A rollover accident with injuries was reported near the Grovertown Truck Stop.
6/6/14 – A resident in the 6000 block of South 200 East in Knox asked to speak to an officer about people cutting down her trees.
6/6/14 – A resident in the 2200 block of South 650 West in North Judson reported a tall, skinny man just stole his blue 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee at gunpoint, left northbound on 650 West and is now in LaPorte County. He said the vehicle has mechanical problems and won’t make it far. Before leaving in the Jeep, the man dropped another man off at the home on 650 West. That man said he was taken at gunpoint from the Mark Bailey’s parking lot by the tall, skinny man, who told him that he had killed his wife.
6/7/14 – A caller in the 400 block of North U.S. 35 in Knox reported getting harassed by vendors.
6/7/14 – Deputies responded to a property damage accident in the 6000 block of South Range Road in North Judson.
6/7/14 – A resident in the 3700 block of South U.S. 35 in Knox advised a neighbor two houses south of her is shooting a gun outside. She said it is very loud and is making her very nervous.
6/714 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Departm625 East. ent, Starke County EMS and Bass Lake Fire Department responded to a wreck with injuries on State Road 210 east of 625 East.
6/8/14 – A resident in the 3400 block of West 400 South asked to speak to an officer about children who were on her property the previous night.
6/8/14 – Officers responded to a residential burglary alarm in the 7500 block of South 200 West in North Judson. ADT was unable to contact a key holder.
6/8/14 – Items were reported stolen from a pallet in the parking lot at Mark Bailey’s Discount Center.
6/8/14 – A caller in the 1600 block of East Toto Road reported people fishing in the pond on his property without permission. He said he asked them to leave and they refused.
6/8/14 – A resident in the 2200 block of South 700 East in Knox reported his 11-year-old daughter is being harassed by another female.

Arrests
6/4/14 – Cody Justice Huddleston, 19, North Judson – Driver never licensed.
6/6/14 – Jorge Morales, 43, North Judson – Operating while intoxicated and possession of marijuana.
6/7/14 – Jerry Miller, 58, Knox- Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (A misdemeanor and C misdemeanor).

Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department

Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer
Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer

Incidents

6/2/14 – Multiple agencies respond to a domestic dispute.
6/2/14 – Deputies from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department and Medaryville Police Department respond to a domestic dispute.
6/2/14 – The Medaryville Fire Department was called to assist with a field fire in Jasper County.
6/3/14 – Winamac Police respond to a report of a woman who is being threatened by her neighbor.
6/3/14 – Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputies respond to a dispute between neighbors over cutting tree limbs.
6/3/14 – An iPad was reported stolen from a student’s desk at Eastern Pulaski Schools. Winamac Police are investigating.
6/3/14 – Deputies respond to a report of a residential break-in.
6/4/14 – Officers from the Winamac Police Department and Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department respond when a man catches and detains someone breaking into his car in downtown Winamac.