WARSAW — The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department honored one of its own last Friday, with a retirement party for Detective/Sergeant J.D. Ayres.

Ayres began his law enforcement career in 1995 as a jailer/confinement officer after being hired by Kosciusko County Sheriff Al Rovenstine. In February of 1996, Ayres was assigned to the road division as a deputy sheriff.  Ayres had left the department for employment in the private sector for a short duration in 2007, before returning to law enforcement in 2010 as a North Webster Deputy Marshal. He returned to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department in 2010, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Detective Sergeant in 2011.

Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine presented a shadow box containing items associated with his various years of service while an officer with the sheriff’s department. Ayres, and his wife Deb, have two adult daughters, Addison and Brette. Brette is continuing on her father’s career path as she is currently a patrolman with the Columbia City Police Department.