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Hit-and-Run Victim’s Name Released, Investigation Continues
An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for the victim of a Sunday morning hit-and-run accident in North Judson. Officials with the Starke County Sheriff’s office say Michael Keller Sr., 57, of North Judson...
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Autopsy Scheduled Today for Hit-and-Run Crash Victim
06-16-15 An autopsy will be performed today on the North Judson man who was killed early Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash. He’s identified as Michael Keller Sr., 57. Deputies from the Starke...
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Public’s Help Sought in Locating Hit and Run Suspect
Juan Carlos Reyes-Vasquez The Starke County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect in Sunday’s fatal hit-and-run crash in North Judson. He’s identified as 26-year-old...
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Starke County Commissioners Approve Use of Force Policy for Community...
Starke County Community Corrections officers who choose to undergo initial and continuing education training can carry firearms on duty after action Monday by the Starke County Commissioners. Program...
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K-9 Aids in Arrest of Unruly Nude Man
An unruly, naked man was taken to IU Health Starke Hospital for treatment and a mental evaluation after being arrested with help from Starke County Sheriff’s K-9 Terror. Officers responded just before...
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Starke County Sheriff’s Office Gets Grant for New Vests
Communications/Marketing Director Amanda Steeb presents an Operation Roundup grant check to Chief Deputy Kenneth Pfost and Patrolman Robert Manning of the Starke County Sheriff’s Office. Photo provided...
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Judge Sets Trial for Man Accused of Fleeing from Cops
A Grovertown man who is accused of backing his car into a Starke County Sheriff’s Deputy following a high-speed chase will go to trial next month on charges stemming from that incident. Starke Circuit...
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Police Reports
Starke County Sheriff’s Office Incidents 7/2/15 – Starke County EMS, Knox Fire Department First Responders and a Starke County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a traffic accident on State Road 8 east in...
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North Judson Police Department Incidents North Judson Police Department 7/20/15 – The North Judson Police responded to an animal complaint in the 300 block of Franklin Street. A dog owner had to...
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Chavez Testimony Expected Today in Murder Trial
The fate of a Knox man accused of killing his estranged wife, kidnapping an employee from Mark Bailey’s Discount Center and carjacking an English Lake couple last June 6th will soon be in the hands of...
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K9 Assists in Apprehension of Robbery Suspect
Cody Cooley Officers from several Starke County law enforcement agencies assisted in the apprehension of a man at a Koontz Lake residence on an out-of-county robbery warrant. They responded to a home...
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Police Reports
Knox Police Department Incidents 7/29/15 – Officers were called to the BP gas station on South Heaton Street in Knox, where an employee advised a man threw a rock at a female customer’s windshield....
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Starke County Sheriff’s Officials Crack Burglary Cases, Make Three Arrests
Several months worth of investigations into burglaries around Starke County led to the recent arrests of three people. Detectives found stolen property at a residence in the 300 block of 500 East in...
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Hamlet Police Find Meth Lab in Vehicle at Library
Officers from the Hamlet Police Department made two arrests this morning after reportedly finding a meth lab inside a vehicle in the public library parking lot. One of the men in the car was wanted on...
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Trespassing Call Leads to Drug Arrest
Patrina Hall A Winamac woman faces drug charges in Starke County after an alleged trespassing incident. Deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 2000 south block of...
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Police Reports
Starke County Sheriff’s Office Incidents 8/5/15 – A resident in the 2000 block of west Toto Road reported the theft of her cell phone by a known suspect. 8/5/15 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office,...
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Starke County Sheriff’s Office Launches Website
The Starke County Sheriff’s Office has a new website. The page, www.starkecountysheriff.com, features a roster of jail inmates with booking photos and charges and information about scheduling a visit...
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Police Reports
Incidents 9/24/15 – A resident in the 10400 block of East 500 North in Grovertown came home to find the back door of the home kicked in, their master bedroom ransacked and a safety deposit box missing....
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Sex Offender Faces New Charges in Starke County
James Sobieck A registered sex offender faces new charges in Starke County. James Sobieck of Knox was arrested after a two-day investigation by the Starke County Sheriff’s Office. They got a tip on...
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Stabbing Investigation Leads to Arrest
Christopher Gross A North Judson man is jailed following a stabbing last Thursday at Born’s Trailer Park in North Judson. Deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office responded to the emergency...
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