NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | June 11, 2013
NORTH WEBSTER - A Kosciusko County man is behind bars after falsely accusing a North Webster police officer of committing murder. In May, detectives with the county sheriff's department started an investigation into allegations made against the police officer. North Webster Town Marshal Greg Church told investigators he had been contacted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, who said they received an e-mail from a Kosciusko County man identified as Michael Roy Wiggins, 32, North Webster.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | June 7, 2013
NORTH WEBSTER - A Kosciusko County man was badly hurt in a bicycle accident on Friday. Around 4:20 p.m., county sheriff's deputies and North Webster emergency crews were called to McKenna Road, east of Robert Lewis Drive. When they arrived, they found Daniel King, 50, of Leesburg on the ground suffering from extensive head and facial injuries. Medics performed CPR on King who was immediately taken by Samaritan helicopter and airlifted to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne in critical condition.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | June 3, 2013
BURKET, Ind. - Police in Kosciusko County have uncovered what may be the largest marijuana grow operation in the county's history. Acting on an anonymous tip Monday morning, members of the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Drug Task Force went to a small rural farm in the 7800 block of West, County Road 600 South, southwest of the town of Burket. Officers met with the owner, Christopher Cords, 48, who gave police the okay to search his barns and out-buildings. Deputies then uncovered an elaborate indoor marijuana grow operation which covered several rooms inside the main barn.
NEWS
Jessica Schliska (jschliska@wsbt.com) | May 22, 2013
Two individuals were arrested in the last 48 hours on drug related charges, according to Kosciusko County Sherrif's department. Deputies and Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers were dispatched to a residence Monday afternoon at the 700 block of County Road 800 South in Claypool after receiving a tip of possible methamphetadmine production. Police say officers arrived at the residence and found an active meth lab, as well as the resident, identified as Norman Lee McCord.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | May 20, 2013
PIERCETON, Ind. - Kosciusko County police say a Warsaw man is dead after he crashed his moped and was run over by an SUV. Shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, sheriff's deputies and medics were called to the 5000 block of Pierceton Road, just west of Pierceton. There, they found Brandon Hollon, 23, of Warsaw in the road with serious injuries. Fatal crash investigators say Hollon was heading west when he suddenly lost control of his moped and crashed. There's no word what caused him to lose control.
BUSINESS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | May 1, 2013
WARSAW - Kosciusko County police are warning us about an email scam that has surfaced in our area. Sheriff Rocky Goshert says people have recently received emails containing fraudulent information, saying the owner's credit card has been suspended. The message goes on to say that activating the card is “quick and easy,” and the credit card has been “suspended for your protection.” Goshert says the email than asks the person to complete a downloaded form that's attached to the original message and provide personal information, including Social Security number, mother's maiden name, credit card number and PIN number.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | April 14, 2013
SYRACUSE, Ind. - A northern Kosciusko County man was robbed and attacked in his home early Sunday morning, and police are looking for the culprits. Just after 12:30 a.m., police in Syracuse were called to the 600 block of N. Harrison St. After arriving, they learned Jeremy Smith had been the victim of a home invasion. Smith told officers he heard someone pounding on his back door, and when he went to answer it, two men kicked in the door and attacked him. Police say once inside, the suspects, both dressed in black and wearing ski type masks, hit Smith several times.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | April 10, 2013
WARSAW - A Kosciusko County man was seriously hurt when his motorcycle slammed into a car. County police say it happened on State Road 25 at the intersection of County Road 25. They say around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Richard Lattea, 46, of Etna Green was riding his motorcycle north on S.R. 25 behind a 2007 Cadillac when the driver of the Cadillac slowed as she approached the intersection to turn east. That's when Lattea's bike hit the back of the car. When police and medics arrived, Lattea was lying on the ground in “ respiratory distress.” He reportedly had a collapsed lung and was airlifted to Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne where he was in serious condition.
NEWS
WSBT-TV Report | March 4, 2013
WARSAW - An autopsy was scheduled Monday on a Kosciusko County man found dead inside a home. Police were called to the Hide-Away Hills Mobile Home Park Sunday afternoon for a welfare check. When they arrived, they found the man dead. Kosciusko County news site Stacey Page Online is reporting this is a suspicious death. Crime Scene investigators, detectives and the coroner are investigating. Detectives are interviewing an individual about the case, but there's no word yet whether that person is a suspect.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | February 20, 2013
CLAYPOOL - A Columbia City man is behind bars accused of fondling a 3-year-old Kosciusko County girl. County police were called to a Claypool home around 11:30 p.m. Monday. The young girl's mother told deputies a family friend of hers stopped by earlier to visit and brought her brother, who she identified as Zachery Walsh. The mom said she and her friend went to Warsaw for hair supplies and left Walsh to watch her 3-year-old and 4-year-old sister. The mother returned and found the 3-year-old had apparently been inappropriately touched by Walsh.