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.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | January 30, 2013
WARSAW - The Kosciusko County coroner's office has positively identified the man killed in a house fire on Chapman Lake last week. Around 10:30 a.m. January 23, firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Chapman Lake Dr. on Warsaw's north side, a blaze investigators say was caused by a space heater. Through the use of X-rays and dental records, a forensic expert in Fort Wayne is confirming the body found in the home was 65-year-old Stephen Hall of Warsaw and that Hall died from smoke inhalation and thermal burns.
NEWS
WSBT-TV Report | January 24, 2013
WINONA LAKE - Indiana Governor Mike Pence stopped in Kosciusko County less than 24 hours after giving his first State of the State address. Pence gave the keynote speech Wednesday at the Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet in Winona Lake. He talked about some of the same proposals he gave during his State of the State. One of the big plans is for a 10% reduction in state income tax over two years, an idea that's not sitting well will some in the legislature, even with members of the governor's own party.
NEWS
By Don Wagner dwagner@wsbt.com | WSBT-TV | December 18, 2012
PIERCETON - Kosciusko County police arrested a North Manchester man at gunpoint after officers caught him breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home with a gun. Shortly after noon on Monday, deputies got a call about a possible burglary just west of Pierceton. They arrived at 6511 East Pierceton Road and found a shattered door to the home. Moments later, a suspect identified as 38-year-old Troy Frieden left the home covered in blood and was held at gunpoint until arrested.
NEWS
WSBT-TV Report | December 16, 2012
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY - Two people were airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital after crashing into a tree during an early morning police chase Saturday in Kosciusko County. It started with a domestic battery call on East County Road 1300 North near Warner Road shortly after 2 a.m. when an officer saw a vehicle take off from the scene. Police say the driver, 19-year-old Andrew Gabbard, refused to stop, ran a stop sign and hit two trees. The car rolled over, trapping both people inside.