Staff Report

WARSAW — A Syracuse man faces eight charges after police were called to the Kosciusko County Work Release Center in reference to an irate visitor.

Kyle Colby Thompson, 34, 3672 E. CR 1300N, Syracuse, is charged with possession of methamphetamine – enhancing circumstances, a level 5 felony; possession of methamphetamine, a level 6 felony; possession of a syringe, a level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement (forcible), a class A misdemeanor; resisting law enforcement (fleeing), a class A misdemeanor; criminal trespass, a class A misdemeanor; disorderly conduct, a class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor.

Kyle Colby Thompson

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on March 7, a Winona Lake Police officer responded to a dispatch of an irate visitor at the Kosciusko County Work Release Center on Center Street in Warsaw. 

Upon arrival, the Winona Lake officer saw a Warsaw Police officer speaking with work release staff at the front door of the KC Work Release Center. Police were informed that Thompson had just left in the direction of the Deluxe Inn, located behind the work release center, to the west. 

Thompson is allegedly the boyfriend of one of the female inmates at the work release center. Staff there told police that Thompson was at the work release center and had been very agitated when he was inside the building and had been yelling, making unreasonable noise and pacing in the hallways. Work release staff said they were concerned about the erratic behavior and believed Thompson to be under the influence of drugs.

Staff attempted to get Thompson to quiet down and leave the facility, but he refused to comply. Staff members had to physically remove Thompson from the facility.

While standing at the entrance to the work release center, the Winona Lake police officer heard yelling coming from the area of the Deluxe Inn. The officer ran to that location to assist other officers. Upon reaching the Deluxe Inn, the officer saw a man, later identified as Thompson, standing beside a vehicle in the Deluxe Inn parking lot.

As the officer approached, Thompson began to run through the parking lot in the direction of the Wyndham Garden Hotel. The officer yelled for Thompson to stop, but Thompson continued running through the parking lot at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, toward the hotel entrance. The officer again yelled for Thompson to stop, and Thompson stopped by the southeast entrance door to the building.

The officer approached, drew his taser and ordered Thompson to get on the ground. Thompson failed to comply with the officer’s commands and appeared agitated, moving and pacing around while raising and lowering his arms.

Once again, the officer ordered Thompson to the ground, but Thompson turned and ran south, then turned west and entered the front door of the hotel, yelling unintelligibly as he did so. Two officers were able to subdue Thompson in the hallway of the hotel, near the elevator. While on the ground, Thompson continued to physically struggle with police and refused to comply with commands. During the struggle, Thompson knocked one officer’s body camera off his vest.

Once officers got Thompson on his feet, they found a hypodermic syringe and a small black zipper pouch containing more syringes laying on the floor underneath his right side. A total of seven syringes and two cotton balls were found. Police also found a plastic container with a white crystal substance in Thompson’s pants pocket. The substance field-tested positive for methamphetamine.

During the investigation, officers received a screenshot from the video surveillance system, positively identifying Thompson as the disruptive person inside the work release center. 

Thompson was booked at the Kosciusko County Jail March 7 on a $5,250 surety and cash bond.