WARSAW — A Pierceton man was sentenced to one year in jail on Wednesday, Jan. 15, after attempting to kidnap two minors. Jason J. Nelson, Jr., 20, 3104 E. Wooster Road Lot 69, Pierceton, was charged with intimidation with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and kidnapping, a level 6 felony. On June 4, …read more.

CROWN POINT — A 22-year-old St. John man faces 21 criminal charges after abducting a 16-year-old girl from Lake County. Alexander Martin Curry-Fishtorn is charged with four counts of kidnapping, five counts of criminal confinement, six counts of stalking, one count of intimidation, one count of domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, two counts …read more.

KOSCIUSKO — A Pierceton man was arrested after allegedly attempting to kidnap two minors. Jason J. Nelson, Jr., 20, 3104 E. Wooster Road 69, Pierceton, is being charged with intimidation with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and kidnapping, a level 6 felony. On June 4, an officer with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office …read more.

HOUSTON — Rhode Island State Police say two children reported missing in 1985 have been found in the Houston area and their noncustodial mother has been charged with snatching them.

Henry Wright Jr. COLUMBIA CITY — Henry Wright Jr., 25, pleaded guilty in the Whitley Circuit Court to charged counts of rape, kidnapping and robbery stemming from events, which occurred in Columbia City and South Whitley on Dec. 15, 2015, according to the Whitley County Prosecutor’s Office. Wright also acknowledged being a habitual felony offender. …read more.

BERRIEN COUNTY, MICH. — Police continue to investigate a double homicide and child abduction that happened in Berrien County; and at this point officers believe the same suspect is responsible for both. Police received a 911 call around 9 p.m. Thursday night, Jan. 14, after someone found two bodies in a home in the 6400-block …read more.

COLUMBIA CITY — Three men are behind bars in the Whitley County Jail after allegedly kidnapping, carjacking and raping a woman. Though details are limited at this time, the Whitley County Prosecutor’s Office has released a statement with preliminary details. According to the release, Henry M. Wright Jr., 25, is charged with rape, a level …read more.

WARSAW — “It is a product for kids, benefiting kids,” said Dave Bazzoni, about “Joe Journeyman – The Only Player To Play For All 32 NFL Teams,” a search and find story, created by two local residents and a local business. Net proceeds from the sale of “Joe Journeyman” products are donated to support “Joe’s Kids” in Warsaw, as well as children’s hospitals such as Riley Hospital for Children.

WARSAW — Alongside the recent release of Joe Journeyman, The Party Shop in Warsaw will be hosting a fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 3. The shop will be working in conjunction with iDNA, Warsaw, to raise money for Joe’s Kids Foundation using iDNA’s new book “Joe Journeyman.”

Indiana State Police confirmed yesterday that they apprehended a suspect in the kidnapping of a New Mexico teenager at a downtown Indianapolis bus station. Police from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, had issued an Amber Alert for Andrea Lucero, 16. ISP received information that the teen and her abductor were on a Greyhound bus that would …read more.

At the Oct. 9 meeting of the Kosciusko County Council, iDNA, a subsidiary of Wildman Business Group, was granted its requested tax abatement. A 10-year abatement was requested at the council’s Aug. 14 meeting, when Josh Wildman came before the council and announced his business was expanding its product line, buying new equipment and planning …read more.

Thomas Edward Skeens Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department detectives investigated a possible kidnapping and the man sought in a manhunt Friday was named as a suspect. Police were initially called at 7:28 a.m. Friday to a home in the 5600 block of South Woodland Lane, Warsaw. The alleged victim was Tanner Leonard, 20, a resident of …read more.

For the second time in less than a month an attempted kidnapping has been reported in Kosciusko County. On Sunday, July 21, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Ben Sanders was called to Wizard of Oz Way in Cromwell. The complainant, a 32-year-old woman, reported an attempted assault and kidnapping of a juvenile had occurred the …read more.