News Release WARSAW – Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man whose body was found in early April in a field north of Pierceton. Authorities found the human remains on April 2 about 300 yards from SR 13, south of Old Road 30, according to a news release from the Kosciusko …read more.

SYRACUSE — A death investigation is ongoing regarding an incident that occurred in the Fox Run area of Syracuse Friday evening, Oct. 12. Officials with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department did confirm that the incident is not being classified as a murder at this time. No further information is available.

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department and the Kosciusko County Coroner’s office is investigating the death of a person found deceased in his vehicle, outside the Kosciusko County Justice Building this morning, Thursday, Jan. 18. The name of the person is not being released pending notification of family members. According to the sheriff’s department the …read more.

Warsaw Officer with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following incidents: 1:11 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 500 block East Main St, Warsaw. Bob J Broomfield reported theft from her residence. 10:37 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2100 block North Point Drive, Warsaw. Mary Margaret Wentzel reported theft from her vehicle. 4:32 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, 100 …read more.

Kosicusko 6:59 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 8300 block of East CR 900N, Syracuse. Chester L. Los reported criminal mischief to a tree. 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 13300 block of North Eastshore Drive, Syracuse. Michael Ruhl reported his Social Security number and date of birth were used to open an account with a Chicago business. 6:52 …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 7:05 p.m. Monday, June 13, 9600 block of West CR 300N, Etna Green. Dexter Ray Sparks reported a neighbor’s dog attacking his. 12:09 p.m. Monday, June 13, 7100 block of West SR 25, Mentone, Officers investigated a call about an unresponsive subject. 11 a.m. Monday, …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 5:03 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2500 block of East Center Street, Warsaw. Officers investigated a death. 8:47 a.m. Saturday, June 11, 200 block of South Main Street, Leesburg. Personnel at Freedom Oil Express reported a drive-off theft of gasoline. Syracuse Officers with the …read more.

By FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF CHRIS SAILORS ROCHESTER — Just before midnight Saturday, May 7, the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department was sent to an area near 846 W. Ninth St., for an apparent deceased female that had been located. Fulton County Deputies located the body of a female in a wooded area adjacent to West Ninth …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 12600 block of SR 13, North Manchester. Officers responded to calls about a female hallucinating. 1:33 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2400 block of West CR 250S, Warsaw. Tyler G. Marshall reported a theft of a push mower. 12:56 a.m. …read more.

Kosciusko Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following incidents: 1:27 a.m. Monday, April 18, 200 block of EMS R4 Lane, Pierceton. Joshua Aaron Stutzman reported a battery. 1:07 a.m. Sunday, April 16, 5800 block of South Maple Grove Lane, Warsaw. Kevin L. Zickefoose reported a domestic battery. Midnight Saturday, April 16, 2500 …read more.

WARSAW — Madison McKenzie Jones, 19, 301 Ulrich Drive, Milford, plead guilty to charges of battery resulting in serious bodily injury and neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, this morning in Kosciusko County Circuit Court. Jones was charged Feb. 27 at which time her two-month old child suffered blunt force trauma.

WARSAW — Two adults and an infant were transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital with what police have reported as miner injuries, following a two-vehicle accident at 11:48 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27. The accident was at Winona Avenue and South Union Street.

Steuben county officials are investigating the appearance of a yellow granular substance found inside a mailbox Tuesday evening, June 30, in Hamilton, Indiana. Small amounts of the same substance were also found on and around other mailboxes in the area of County Road 700 East and County Road 500 South, according to the Steuben County …read more.

South Bend Police are investigating their second pedestrian versus train death in a week, having identified the most recent victim as Elijah Brooks, 16. Brooks was struck by a westbound train at approximately 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27. According to police, Brooks was walking home when he was hit by the train near the 1700 …read more.

Kentucky Fried Chicken ordered DNA testing on what a customer claimed to be a deep fried rat that had been served to him in a meal and found that it was not a rat, but in fact chicken. Devorise Dixon ordered the food at a KFC in Wilmington, California. After opening his to-go box and …read more.

The death of a 23-year-old Eastpointe, Mich., woman is being investigated by the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office and Warsaw Police. Police were called to the 3300 block of Lake City Highway, Warsaw, at 9:12 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. They had received a call of an unresponsive female in a parked vehicle. Brooke Marie Beohm was …read more.

An investigation has been launched by Noble County Sheriff’s Department after the discovery of a man found dead in a cornfield Tuesday, June 16, near CR 1200W, south of CR 550N, northeast of Syracuse. According to a report filed by Noble County Sheriff’s Department, police received a welfare check around 11:44 p.m. for a man, …read more.

  Warsaw Police Department is hosting a photogrammetry class for 10 officers from around the state this week. The class is offered through the Indiana Association of Certified Accident Investigators. Warsaw Police Department Lt. Kip Shuter is president and National Regional Director. The course is instructed by Indiana State Police Sgt. Tom Merkling from the Fort …read more.

Investigators from the Indiana State Police in Fort Wayne are investigating the death of a male inmate of the Whitley County Jail after he was found unconscious and unresponsive in his cell early this morning. Preliminary investigation by Detective Andrew Mills indicated that during a routine check at approximately 1:30 a.m., confinement officers found Brian …read more.

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Office released the cause of death for arrestee Kevin J. Minnix who died Tuesday while incarcerated in that county’s jail. (See related) The autopsy reveals asphyxiation as the cause of death. According to Mark E. Hodges, sheriff, at approximately 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Minnix was found unresponsive and sitting on the floor …read more.

Investigators from the Indiana State Police post in Fort Wayne are investigating the death of a 48-year-old male inmate of the Whitley County Jail after he was found unconscious and unresponsive in his cell last night. Preliminary investigation by Detective Andrew Mills indicated that at approximately 2 p.m., 48-year-old Kevin J. Minnix of Columbia City …read more.

Infant Jase Allen Jacquay, 20 hours old, passed away at 4:35 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014, at Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Ind. He was born March 9, 2014, in South Bend, Ind., to Earl and Katie (Fruit) Jacquay. Jase is survived by his parents: Earl and Katie Jacquay, North Webster, Ind.; three brothers: Hunter …read more.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department has tonight issued additional information on what is being called a type of farming or construction accident that killed a Warsaw man. Emergency personnel responded just before 7 p.m. Sunday to 1657 East 225 South, Warsaw, after receiving a 9-1-1 call of a male subject trapped under a skid-loader or …read more.

Detectives from the Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a death that occurred early today on Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area near Mongo in Lagrange County. Early today, deputies from Lagrange County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a river access within the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife …read more.

A 53-year-old Warsaw man fell to his death early Sunday morning, but fficials are being tight-lipped on what happened. Kosciusko County Coroner Michael Wilson says only that the death of Bryan W. Busz, 53, is under investigation and an autopsy is pending. Medics and police were called to 418 S. Union St. Apt. E at …read more.

The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department responded Saturday to a call for service at 30969 Riverbend Circle Apt. 1 in Elkhart County. A 2-month-old male child, Elia-Juwon Baker, was transported to the hospital and was later determined to be deceased. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. The investigation is ongoing between the Elkhart County Coroner’s Office, the …read more.