Nicholas Silvers

WARSAW — A Fort Wayne man is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing a purse that was left in a locked vehicle.

Nicholas Scott Silvers, 40, 1517 Runnion Ave., Fort Wayne, is being charged with fraud, a level 6 felony; two counts of theft, one a class A misdemeanor and the other a level 6 felony; and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor. 

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Nov. 16, 2018, a Warsaw police officer was dispatched to Lowes in reference to a theft. The officer spoke with the female victim, who advised she was working at Lowe’s. When her shift ended at 11 a.m. she went to her vehicle in the parking lot and found that the passenger side window had been broken and her purse was missing. 

She reported that the purse contained $60 in cash, a credit card and an Interra Credit Union debit card. 

It was determined that the Interra Credit Union debit card was used at Murphy Oil for $45 and at a Cardtronics ATM for $302.75. A WPD officer spoke with a manager at Murphy Oil on Dec. 13, 2018, and was able to view surveillance footage of a male subject driving a silver vehicle using the Interra Credit Union debit card stolen from the female’s vehicle. The officer was able to identify the person in the video as Silvers. 

Silvers was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail on Jan. 25 on a  $5,750 surety and cash bond. He was previously convicted of theft on July 30, 2018, in Lagrange County.