Churubusco Police Log, June 15-30, 2009

MONDAY JUNE 15

9:30 a.m. – Unit 3, Unit 2, OIL CHANGE ON THE 2002 @ 72,484. NEXT SERVICE DUE 75,484.

10 p.m. – Unit 3, Whitley County, Call M. PARRISH. SHE IS A C.A.S.A. VOLUNTEER REPRESENTING ——— , SHE STATED SHE HAS A COURT ORDER FROM JUDGE HEURER FOR ANY RECORDS ON ———. I TOLD PARRISH THAT ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER WRITTEN HAS GONE TO LESLIE AT PROBATION AND THAT SHE NEEDS TO CONTACT HER. PARRISH STATED SHE HAS ALREADY DONE THAT, BUT FEELS WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFO.

11:30 p.m. Unit 3, Whitley County dispatch, DISABLED VEHICLE ON 205 BY THE FEED MILL .. RAN OUT OF GAS, A GOOD SAM BROUGHT GAS BUT THE DRIVER RAN THE BATTERY DOWN. THE GOOD SAM’S HUSBAND CAME BACK AND WORKED ON THE CAR, REPAIRING BATTERY CABLES. GOT IT STARTED!

4:34 – Unit 4,  ASSISTED on call in  REFERENCE to A VEHICLE AT BLUE RIDGE … ALL JUVENILES

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

7:25 – Unit 3, Whitley County, Call from EAST PLEASANT STREET in reference to BROKEN CAR WINDOW.

Arrived at scene -  T. BULTEMEIER ADVISED THE REAR WINDOW OF HER 1997 GREEN

DODGE CARAVAN WAS BROKEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 9 PM 06/15/2009,

AND 7 AM THIS MORNING. EQUAL AMOUNTS OF GLASS BOTH INSIDE AND OUT OF THE

VEHICLE. DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF ANY OBJECTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT MAY

HAVE BEEN THROWN THROUGH IT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE SUBJECT’S DRIVEWAY.

8:15 a.m. – Unit 3 OBSERVED An accident, property damage, AT WASHINGTON AND N MAIN… #1. MURPHY/ #2 SWANK; MINIMAL DAMAGE, BOTH PARTIES REQUESTED NO REPORT.

9:40 a.m. – Unit 3, VERBAL WARNING SPEED, MCCREE, C.

11:30 a.m. – Unit 3, Unit 2, AT WEST PLEASANT in reference to BROKEN REAR VAN WINDOW…

11:45 a.m. – Unit 3 Unit 1  – WEST PLEASANT BROKEN REAR VAN WINDOW. STATED HE HEARD A LOUD PICKUP TRUCK AND A CRASH NOISE AROUND 11 PM BUT HE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT.

1:49 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch, Unit 2, T. SEMLER IN. HE THINKS NATIONAL CITY TOOK HIM FOR FIFTY DOLLARS.

3:20 p.m. Unit 2, SUBJECT reporting AGGRESSIVE DRIVING COMPLAINT ON STATION. I HAD HIM FILL OUT STATEMENT FORMS.

6:28 p.m. -  Whitley County, Unit 2, report of fight,  5443 N FISH HATCHERY RD SUSPECT MAYBE HEADING FOR AUBURN.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 17

8 a.m. – Unit 2, TALKED WITH PROSECUTOR IN REFERENCE TO WHAT CHARGES WE AGREED ON – AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, INTIMIDATION AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT. I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WHO WAS DRIVING THE OTHER VEHICLE.

8:30 a.m. – Unit 2, AT KIMMELL NO SUSPECT VEHICLE THERE AND DID NOT GET ANSWER AT DOOR

8:45 a.m. – Unit 2,  OUT AT ANOTHER POSSIBLE ADDRESS IN LIGONIER. FOUND SUSPECT. VEHICLE GRAY PICKUP LICENSE PLATE. WENT TO DOOR, BUT AGAIN KNOW ONE WOULD COME TO DOOR. LEFT NOTE TO CALL ME.

9:35 a.m. – Unit 2, OUT AT Whitley County Jail TO SEE IF JODY CAN DO A LINE UP ON THE DRIVER. SHE WILL GET BACK TO ME WHEN SHE HAS IT. I WILL ALSO ASK YOUNG ADAM IF HE CAN TO ONE FROM HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE PICTURES.

12 noon – Unit 2, PICKUP JODY’S LINE. THIS WILL NOT WORK. I HAVE COLUMBIA CITY WORKING ON IT AND I DID MY OWN FROM ADAM’S PICTURES.

3:50 p.m. Unit 1, Subject in, ADVISED SHE HAD A INTERNET RELATIONSHIP WITH A GUY NAMED ————- WHO LIVES IN TEXAS, SHE BROKE IT OFF AND HE IS SENDING HIS ASAIN GANG UP TO HER RESIDENCE TO KIDNAP HER AND TAKE HER TO TEXAS. SUBJECT ADVISED 2 ASIAN MALES AND 1 WHT. MALE WERE AT HER RESIDENCE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. ABOUT 20 MIN. AGO. I ADVISED HER TO TELL HER PARENTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND IF THEY WANT A REPORT, TO CALL THE SHERIFFS DEPT. ALSO NOT TO HAVE INTERNET RELATIONSHIPS AT YOUNG AGE.

10:35 p.m. – Unit 4,  OUT AT THE PARK…BURTON BROTHERS IS REMOVING AN INDEPENDENT (game concessionaire) FROM THE PARK…HE WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD STICK AROUND UNTIL DOING SO.

11 p.m. – Unit 4,  BURTON’S IS BLOCKING THE TRAILERS of guys THAT WANTED TO LEAVE DUE TO THEM OWING THEM $750 RENT…I TOLD THEM THAT SINCE THEY WANTED THEM TO LEAVE, I SUGGESTED THAT THEY DO SO AND TO DEAL WITH THE MONEY ISSUE THROUGH THE COURTS, THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO BLOCK THEM FROM LEAVING TO WHICH IT WOULD END WITH A VERBAL OR WORSE OUTCOME.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18

8:30 a.m. – Unit 2, ——-  CALLED. ASK HIM TO COME IN AND LOOK AT A PHOTO LINE UP. HE STATED HE WOULD WORK ON IT.

10:45 a.m. – Subject RETURNED MY CALL. HE STATED THIS GUY SLAMMED ON HIS BREAKS IN FRONT OF HIM. I TOLD TO MAKE OUT STATEMENT AND BRING IT IN.

5:30 p.m. – Ft. Wayne Police Dept.  WANTs US TO FIND TWO OF THE BURTON BROTHERS SO THEY CAN SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT A CASE THEY ARE WORKING.

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

7:30 a.m. – Whitley County dispatch, Unit 11, REPORT OF GRN PONTIAC, FEMALE DRIVER W. BOUND on 30 TURNING N. ON 205. (driving erratically) NO PLATE INFO.

7:45 a.m. -  FOLLOWED WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE VEHICLE FROM 850 E. TO WESLEY CHAPEL. DRIVING SEEMED OK.

noon – Unit 11, Subject ON STATION WITH ITEMS FROM WEST ST. NOT ALL ITEMS REPORTED ARE IN THE BOX. SHE called WHILE AT THE STATION. WHO STATED IT WAS OKAY FOR HER TO KEEP THE REST. I TOLD HIM THAT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL subjects WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND MAKE A NEW STATEMENT SINCE HE IS STILL OUT OF COUNTRY.

3:10 p.m. – Unit 3 , Whitley County dispatch, REPORT OF SEVERAL YOUTHS WALKING INTO TOWN ON 900 EAST THAT ARE WALKING IN THE ROADWAY — NOT MOVING FOR TRAFFIC.

3:30 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch. Called to VANDALIA APT’S IN REFerence to an ABANDONED VEHICLE.

Arrived at scene – WHITE HONDA 2 DOOR, , HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE, TITLE AND CELL PHONE IN PLAIN VIEW, VEHICLE SIGNAL 80, RETURN TO ALBION, PHONE DISCONNECTED, ADVISED subject COULD TOW at OWNER’S EXPENSE.

8:20 p.m. – Unit 3, CITATION for EXPIRED DRIVERS LICENSE TO TARTAGLIA, R.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

7:45 a.m. – Unit 11, OUT WITH 5K (Turtle Days 5K run)

11:45 a.m. – LOCK OUT AT PARK

4:30 p.m. – Unit 11, WHILE OUT AT PARK FOR TURTLE DAYS, I WAS APPROACHED by ———– WHO STATED HE HAD RECEIVED A THREATENING PHONE CALL FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO THEY HAD THROWN OUT ON WED. NIGHT. I LISTENED TO THE MESSAGE IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL, WHO SAID, “YOU KNOW MY NAME, YOU KNOW MY NUMBER,” AND, “I’M NOT AFRAID OF YOU PEOPLE.” ————– FELT THAT THIS WAS A THREAT. THE CALL WAS RECEIVED ON SAT.

7:15 p.m. – Unit 11, TURTLE DAYS.

8 p.m. – Unit 92-9 / Unit 7 Turtle Days BEER TENT.

11 p.m. – Unit 92-7 CELL PHONE TURNED IN BACK AT THE MIDWAY. I WAS ADVISED IT BELONGS TO ————– OF COLUMBIA CITY. SILVER, MOTOROLA RAZOR PHONE SITTING ON DESK.

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

1:15 a.m. Unit 92-9 / Unit 7, (security) BEER TENT.

1:14 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch, Unit 2 =  COMPLAINT ON HOME AVE.

3:58 p.m.  – Unit 2, Verbal Warning EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE, SADE, P.

6:05 p.m. – Noble County, Whitley County dispatch, ASSISTING NC ON 10-90 EAST on SWAN RD FOUND NOTHING WRONG.

10:40 p.m. – Whitley COunty dispatch, Unit 92-9, report in reference to THEFT. HE HAD 84 HYDROCODONE STOLEN SOMETIME BETWEEN 4PM AND 9:15PM. POSSIBLE SUSPECT —————-.

MONDAY, JUNE 22

7:05 a.m. – Unit 3, Unit 92-3, THEFT FROM EEL RIVER CAMPGROUND, MOSTLY ALCOHOL. Unit 92-3 WANTED TO KNOW IF Unit 92-9 MADE ANY LOG ENTRIES FROM 3RD SHIFT LAST NIGHT REGARDING ANY KIDS CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS. ALSO TAKEN WAS A GPS SYSTEM.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

8:40 p.m. – Unit 1, Called to EAGLE LUMBER / REP. ON SCENE – NO PASS CODE.

8:45 p.m. – BUILDING SECURE.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

12:27 a.m. – Unit 92-3, Whitley County dispatch, UNKNOWN PROBLEM(S) WASHINGTON UNKNOWN PROBLEM. FEMALE ADVISED HUSBAND LEAVING, WAS A VERBAL fight.

12:33 a.m. -  PANIC ATTACK reported SOMEWHERE BETWEEN N.C. 700 E AND BUSCO. LOCATED NORTH OF TOWN. ON 900 E. SIGN OFF.

4 a.m. – Whitley County dispatch, Be on the alert FOR A BLACK SUBURBAN westbound ON 205 FROM LAOTTO. INVOLVED IN HIT SKIP. WILL HAVE RT. FRONT DAMAGE.

9 a.m. – Unit 2, WORKING TRAFFIC FOR TREE CUTTING

12:56 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch, subject WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MOLESTING

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

2 a.m. – Unit 11,  OVERHEARD A VERBAL fight BEHIND THE ———. SPOKE WITH ————-WHO STATED AN UNKNOWN SUBJECT FROM THE BAR HIT HIM IN THE FACE. HE HAD A GOOD CUT UNDER HIS RIGHT EYE THAT PROBABLY COULD HAVE USED A STITCH, BUT HE ADAMANTLY REFUSED A MEDIC. HE COULD NOT DESCRIBE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO STRUCK HIM AND ALSO STATED THAT SOMEONE STOLE HIS BIKE. I TRIED TO GIVE HIM A RIDE HOME, BUT HE REFUSED, STATING THAT HE ONLY LIVED A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY. HE REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY PERSONAL INFO. I TOLD HIM NOT TO COME BACK TO THE BAR TONIGHT AND HE WALKED HOME. I RETURNED TO THE BAR WHERE NO ONE SAW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT BIKE WAS IN THE GARBAGE BIN. SURE ENOUGH, THERE IT WAS. I BROUGHT IT TO THE STATION. APPARENTLY ROE WAS IN THE BAR.

7:30 a.m. – Unit 1, Subject IN FOR LIFETIME HANDGUN PERMIT

11:30 a.m. – Subject  CALLED AND ADVISED ————HAS HIS DOG AND IS REFUSING TO GIVE IT BACK. I TALKED WITH ———— AND SHE SHUT THE DOOR IN MY FACE BECAUSE THE LADY THAT IS UPSTAIRS WAS EATING AND SHE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TALK TO ME.

noon – Called ———-,  ADVISED HER AND I WILL BE THERE AT 12:30 TO GET DOG AND IF NOT RETURNED, SOMEONE WILL BE CHARGED WITH THEFT. SAID IT WAS NOT HER DECISION BUT SHE WILL TALK TO THE OTHER LADY.

1 p.m. -  AFTER A LONG ARGUMENT WITH THE DOG WAS FINALLY RETURNED.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

2:55 p.m. – Unit 3, Whitley County dispatch, Report of  RED TRUCK N/B 205 APPROACHING COLLINS… PASSING ON YELLOW, SPEEDING EXCESS OF 70 MPH … INTERCEPTED RED DODGE SOUTH OF ANDERSON ROAD AT 67 MPH…CITATION DWS INFRACTION to CLELLAN, D.  — BY ROHRER’S — HOLD LIC DRIVER.

6:50 p.m. – Subject  IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FLAGS THAT THE FIREWORKS store HAVE SET ALONG 33 OUT IN TURTLE TOWN PLAZA. STATED THEY ARE BLOCKING THE VIEW OF DRIVERS PULLING ONTO 33, AND IT’S VERY DANGEROUS.

10:10 p.m. – Unit 3, I DROVE THROUGH THE LOT OF TURTLE TOWN PLAZA, I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FLAGS ALONG 33 BLOCKING MY VIEW AS I EXITED THE PARKING LOT.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

3:30 a.m. – Unit 92-9, FOUND A CAR AND 4 MALES IN THE PARK BY THE SKATEBOARD AREA . Warned them of criminal trespass and told them not to return to the park the rest of the year.

4:15 a.m. – CITATION for SPEEDING 51/30 mph to K. DABBS.

9:40 a.m. – Whitley County dispatch, Unit 11, TURTLE RUN NEAR W. WHEATFIELD LANE, IN REFERENCE TO A RED PONTIAC WITH A MALE INDIVIDUAL POSSibly PASSED OUT WITH BLOOD ON HIS ARM.

9:44 a.m. – OUT WITH VEHICLE, SPOKE WITH ——-AND ———. BOTH WERE ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT. THEY STATED THEY ARE LIVING THERE ON TURTLE RUN, BUT THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH THEIR ROOMMATE SO THEY WERE SLEEPING IT OFF IN THE CAR. THE CAR WAS LEGALLY PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BOTH SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, I ADVISED THEM NOT TO DRIVE ANYWHERE. HAD BEEN PAINTING AND HAD REDDISH PAINT ON BOTH ARMS.

6:45 p.m. – CITATION for D.A.S. (speeding) to PERKINS, A.

7:30 p.m. – Verbal Warning for D.A.S. to SNYDER-QUINN, K.

11:02 p.m. – ASSISTED COUNTY 10-50 property damage accident at 650 E AND 575 N.

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

2:45 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch, SUBJECT ON STATION WITH A LOST DOG, A WHITE WITH BROWN TERRIER MIX, PINK COLLAR. FOUND NEAR MILL STREET.

6 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch,  accident, personal injury, ON 205 IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. HEAD-ON COLLISION, 4 PATIENTS, ALL LISTED AS A- AT SCENE.

5 p.m.  – Unit 11, CITATION SPEEDING to  HILL, S. — STATED HE IS GOING TO CONTEST IT SO I WROTE A SHORT REPORT.

10 p.m. -  DROPPED PREVIOUS DOG OFF AT SHELTER.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30

10 a.m. – Unit 11, SPOKE WITH GATEWAY WHO STATED HE NEEDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL HELP ON SUNDAY AM, BUT WHEN HE DIALED 911, HE WAS ROUTED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE HE GOT TO WHITLEY CO. DISPATCHERS. I WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT CATHY TO SEE IF SHE KNOWS ANYTHING.

1 p.m. – Whitley County dispatch,  LOSE DOG COMPLAINT, OWNERS LIVE AT MILL ST. ONGOING PROBLEM. SPOKE WITH ————— , ADVISED HER OF THE LAW AND SUBSEQUENT FINES. TWO DOGS, A HUSKY MIX AND A CHIHUAHUA.

1:30 p.m. – CAN’T GET IN TOUCH WITH CATHY ABOUT EARLIER ENTRY. SPOKE TO DISPATCH, THEY WILL CALL TO HAVE HIM CHECK HIS 911 ACCESS.