Staff Report

Christopher Lee Dean

WARSAW — A Syracuse man was recently arrested after allegedly stealing a man’s truck in Kosciusko County and driving it to Kentucky.

Christopher Lee Dean, 31, 72833 CR 29 No. 7, Syracuse, is charged with theft and two counts of fraud, all level 6 felonies.

On Aug. 10, 2019, an officer with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office spoke with a man who said Dean and a woman stole his 2012 Chevrolet pickup truck. The woman is identified as Amber L. Burnworth, Warsaw. The man said Dean and Burnworth had been staying at his residence for the last two months.

According to court documents, the man said sometime on Aug. 9, 2019, Dean and Burnworth had removed all their belongings from his residence and left in his truck. They also stole the man’s credit card.

The man told the officer his credit card was used at the Speedway location in Pierceton and the Warsaw Walmart. There were also failed attempts of the card’s usage at Tipton; Hebron, Ky.; and Georgetown, Ky. A KCSO officer received surveillance video from Speedway and the Warsaw Walmart, identifying Dean as the person using the stolen credit card.

The Monticello Police Department in Wayne County, Ky., found the man’s truck at a Walmart and arrested Dean and Burnworth.

Dean was booked locally for this case on July 14, 2022, with an $11,000 surety and cash bond.