Vanderpool Enters Guilty Plea In 2017 Shooting Incident
WARSAW — A Warsaw man who fired shots at police in February, 2017, pleaded guilty to one of the lesser of three initial charges.
Daniel Vanderpool, 55, 2204 Dubois Drive, Warsaw, was initially charged with attempted murder, criminal recklessness and attempted voluntary manslaughter in a Feb. 19, 2017 incident where he fired shots at Warsaw police from inside his home.
In a plea hearing Monday, April 23 in Kosciusko County Circuit Court, Vanderpool entered a plea of guilty to attempted voluntary manslaughter, a level 2 felony.
Vanderpool was accused of firing shots at Warsaw police officer Gordon Allen after police responded to reports of residential alarms. According to police, Vanderpool was intoxicated and under the influence of several medications and had become agitated with his own home’s alarm system. When police responded to his home, Vanderpool fired shots from inside his house at the officers. Police attempted to negotiate with Vanderpool but eventually took him into custody after using tear gas inside the home.
Circuit Court Judge Michael Reed told Vanderpool and his counsel Matt Buehler that weapons used in the crime would have to be surrendered to the Warsaw Police Department.
Vanderpool is scheduled to be sentenced on the charge at 9:30 a.m. June 14.