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Intruder shot dead by homeowner after entering home in Yoder
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – One man is dead after entering a home, uninvited, and being shot by the homeowner Saturday evening in Yoder. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 100 block of Chrisren Cove in Yoder, Ind. just after 5:30 p.m. on reports of a shooting.
Motorcyclist dead after crash on South Clinton Street
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Around 6:51 this evening the Fort Wayne Police Department responded to a crash where a motorcycle T-boned a vehicle near the South Clinton East Brackenridge Streets intersection. The male motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition, where he was later pronounced dead. Both...
One man dead after t-boning a vehicle near the Downtown Post Office
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - One man has died after colliding with a vehicle on his motorcycle near the downtown post office today. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) reported the crash today at 6:51 p.m., near South Clinton Street and East Brackenridge Street. The FWPD said when they arrived...
Identity of the early Sunday morning Swordsman released by FWPD
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - FWPD has identified the man who brandished two swords at his roommates early Sunday morning. The Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) said the man accused of threatening two of his housemates with swords on June 30th, around 2:51 a.m., was Trevaughn T. Adams, 23. The...
FWFD: No injuries following fire at southwest side hotel
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The Fort Wayne Fire Department (FWFD) says crews are responding to a fire at a hotel on the city’s southwest side Monday afternoon. The fire was called in around 2:30 p.m. at Comfort Suites Fort Wayne Southwest, in the Village at Coventry. Firefighters say...
Crews fight early morning Spencerville barn fire
SPENCERVILLE, Ind. (WPTA) - Crews are working to fight a barn fire in Spencerville early Tuesday morning, authorities say. According to officials working the scene, a barn caught fire on the intersection of Raynor Road and Cuba Road in rural Allen County. Crews say they are working to prevent the fire from spreading as the barn was already burnt to the ground when they arrived.
Fire damages house on Fort Wayne’s southeast side
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A southeast Fort Wayne home was damaged in a fire Monday. The flames ignited just before 2 p.m. in the 3700 block of Clermont Avenue, in a neighborhood off Wayne Trace near McKinnie Avenue. In a release from the Fort Wayne Fire Department, firefighters...
Indiana State Police Fort Wayne Post Troopers Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries
FORT WAYNE — On June 13, Indiana State Police troopers that graduated with the 57th ISP Academy Class surpassed their 25th year of service. Master Trooper Marc Leatherman currently serves as the Area II Crash Reconstruction Team Leader, a full-time position that was created in 2023 to provide oversight and technical management of the more serious technical crash investigations across the northeast Indiana region. He has been a certified Crash Reconstruction Investigator since 2005, and managing the technical crash investigations in a part-time role since 2013.
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