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Starke County Sheriff’s Office
Incidents: 3/14/16 – Officers responded to a residence in the 9700 block of East 700 North in Koontz Lake to take a battery report. 3/14/16 – The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Starke County EMS and...
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Starke County Sheriff’s Office
Incidents: 3/21/16 – Damage was reported to a sign at the intersection of Range Road and 600 North. It appears someone fired shots at the sign. 3/21/16 – A resident in the 8800 block of east 150 North...
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Koontz Lake Meth Bust Leads to Multiple Arrests
A Merrillville couple faces drug charges in Starke County following a multi-agency meth bust in Koontz Lake Monday evening. Deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint of...
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NIPSCO Scam Calls Reported in Starke County
Several Grovertown and Koontz Lake area residents and businesses have reported receiving scam telephone calls from someone claiming to be a NIPSCO representative. The caller advises service will be...
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Drug Investigation Results in Five Arrests
An investigation by the Knox Police Department into alleged drug activity results in five arrests. Officers executed a search warrant around 4:30 p.m. yesterday at a home in the 200 block of Clark...
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Drug Investigation Leads to Three Arrests
A tip from another police department led to the Friday arrests of three people allegedly involved in manufacturing methamphetamine. Knox Police Chief Harold Smith says officers from his department...
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Investigation Leads to Drug Arrest
Melissa Howard A month long drug investigation by the Hamlet Police Department resulted in an arrest. Officers executed a search warrant at 302 W. Davis Street on Friday, according Hamlet Police Chief...
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Township Officials — Trash Dumping Will Not Be Tolerated
Washington Township officials are having troubles with illegal trash dumping. Trustee Cathy Benko recently found 10 bags of trash stuffed into the cans at the cemetery. She says the barrels there are...
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Knox PD Investigation Leads to 10 Drug Arrests
A Tuesday afternoon raid on a home in the 200 block of West Bender Street by Knox City Police and the Starke County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of 10 residents on various drug charges....
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Meth, Bomb Discovered During Drug Raids
A pair of months-long drug investigation by the Starke County Sheriff’s Office resulted in a total of five arrests, the discovery of crystal meth with a street value of more than $23,000 and a...
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Knox PD Drug Investigation Results in Three Arrests
An investigation by the Knox Police Department into reports of illegal drug activity culminated in the arrests of three Knox residents yesterday. City officers and members of the Starke County...
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Sheriff’s Office, Knox Police Bust Three for Meth
A pair of Knox residents face numerous drug charges following a Friday morning search of a rural residence by the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and Knox City Police. They found methamphetamine, items...
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Accused Heroin User Arrested at Truck Stop
Walter Girton A Porter man faces a drug charge in Starke County following a Wednesday morning incident at the Grovertown Truck Stop. The Starke County Sheriff’s Office, Hamlet and Indiana State Police...
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Starke County Commissioners Approve Overtime Policy for Sheriff’s Employees
The Starke County Sheriff’s Office can keep a better budgetary handle on overtime for sheriff’s deputies, investigators and correctional officers thanks to action this week by the county commissioners....
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Major Crimes Unit Busts Pot Growing Operation
A pair of Knox residents face drug charges following yesterday’s bust of a large marijuana growing operation in downtown Knox by officers from the Starke County Major Crimes Unit. They served a...
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Knox Residents Arrested on Drug Charges
A pair of Knox residents are facing drug charges following an investigation by the Starke County Major Crimes Unit. Officers from the Knox Police Department and Starke County Sheriff’s Office...
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U.S. 30 Traffic Stop Leads to Four Arrests
A Friday afternoon traffic stop for a registration violation by deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrests of four Logansport men, three of whom face weapons charges....
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Starke County Sheriff’s K-9 Apprehends Fugitive
Eric Day A Rochester man who was wanted on multiple Fulton County felony warrants is jailed in Starke County after a Friday night incident in Koontz Lake. Deputies from the Starke County Sheriff’s...
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Motorcycle Rider Injured in Knox Wreck
A Mentone man was injured Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle struck the rear of a car that turned in front of him. The crash happened on South Heaton Street just north of Advance Auto. Knox City...
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Wanted Couple Arrested Following Police Standoff, K-9 Intervention
A North Judson man wanted on felony warrants from Illinois now faces charges in Starke County after a Wednesday night standoff with police. A North Judson Police Officer spotted 30-year-old Ferdinand...
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