Area Accident Reports
Kosciusko
Officers with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department investigated the following accidents:
9:15 p.m. Sunday, April 17, East Old Road 30 and North SR 13, Pierceton. Driver: Carol J. Halfman, 80, North CR 1000E, Pierceton. Halfman’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $5,000.
4:40 a.m. Sunday, April 17, North CR 300E north of East CR 1100N, Syracuse. Driver: Kacia N. Gray, 25, North Pawnee Road, Syracuse. Gray swerved her vehicle and it went off the road, hitting a fence and a tree. She was arrested at the scene for operating while intoxicated. Damage up to $10,000.
3:14 a.m. Sunday, April 17, South CR 200W and West CR 700S, Claypool. Driver: Justin A. Chalmers, 28, North Old SR 15, Warsaw. Chalmer’s vehicle collided with a deer. Damage up to $10,000.
2:11 a.m. Sunday, April 17, West Crystal Lake Road west of North Brown Lane, Warsaw. Driver: Bryan R. Sponseller, 57, North CR 650 W., Warsaw. A deer ran into the side of Sponseller’s vehicle. Damage up to $5,000.
2:27 a.m. Saturday, April 16, South CR 1000W north of West CR 500S, Mentone. Driver: Andrea L. Smith, 34, South Dale Lane, Claypool. Neal swerved her vehicle to miss a deer and it went off the road, hitting a tree. Smith complained of neck pain at the scene. Damage up to $5,000.
10:43 p.m. Friday, April 15, West SR 25 north of South CR 1200W, Mentone. Drivers: Christina M. Ross, 33, North SR 25, Tippecanoe, and William K. Brown, 28, South CR 1200W, Mentone. Ross’s vehicle rear-ended Brown’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
1:15 p.m. Friday, April 15, East McKenna Road east of EMS B35 Lane, Warsaw. Drivers: Logan D. Vetor, 19, North Grant Street, Warsaw, and Les Lee Reimer, 50, Pierceton. Vetor went left of center and his sideview mirror hit the sideview mirror on Reimer’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
Warsaw
Officers with the Warsaw Police Department investigated the following accidents:
8:55 p.m. Saturday, April 16, East Center Street and North Hickory Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Aaron M. Stratton, 25, East Main Street, Warsaw, and Cynthia A. Charlton, 51, East Ridge Valley Drive, Warsaw. Both vehicles entered the intersection and Stratton’s vehicle clipped the back of Charlton’s vehicle. Damage up to $2,500.
6:31 p.m. Saturday, April 16, East Center Street and South Scott Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Norma E. Bauer, 50, West SR 25, Mentone, and David C. Ferro, 68, Westwind Point, Fort Wayne. Bauer’s vehicle rear-ended Ferro’s vehicle at the stoplight. Damage up to $2,500.
11:46 a.m. Saturday, April 16, East Center Street east of North Maple Avenue, Warsaw. Drivers: Raelynn LaFrance, 20, 18B Road, Argos, and Jesus Flores, 32, West Water Street, Bremen. LaFrance glanced down at her phone and her vehicle rear-ended Flores’s vehicle. Damage up to $10,000.
10:24 p.m. Friday, April 15, East Center Street west of Detroit Street, Warsaw. Driver: Gary L. Neace, 32, East Fort Wayne Street, Warsaw. As Neace was turning his vehicle into a parking lot, an SUV rear-ended it and drove away. A nearby witness, Joe Fairfield, described the scene top police. Neace was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital with complaints of head pain and knee pain. Damage up to $2,500.
9:35 p.m. Friday, April 15, North Detroit Street and Jalynn Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Amber R. Koebcke, 30, North Syracuse-Webster Road, Syracuse, and Jeremy A. Price, 30, Oak Brook Place, Warsaw. Koebcke turned her vehicle onto North Detroit Street and it crossed into the lefthand lane, colliding with Price’s vehicle. Officer Chris Brown of the Warsaw Police Department witnessed the accident. Damage up to $5,000.
10:40 a.m. Friday, April 15, East Center Street and South Cleveland Street, Warsaw. Drivers: Larry L. Plummer, 80, Nye Street, Warsaw, and Richard Johnson Reeser, 60, Kildarr Drive, Laingsburg, Mich. Plummer’s vehicle rear-ended Reeser’s vehicle at the stoplight. Damage up to $10,000.