Fort Wayne
CRIME & SAFETY
CORONER ID: Victim in fatal South Clinton Street motorcycle crash identified
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 21-year-old Fort Wayne man has been identified by the Allen County Coroner’s office as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash Monday evening. The coroner’s office says Brian Michael Scott Cook was taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition, where he was later pronounced dead.
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...
FWPD unveils boat for department’s water patrol unit
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — While the Fort Wayne Police Department is always patrolling the Summit City’s roadways, the department now has the final piece it needs to patrol the city’s waterways as well. On Tuesday, the FWPD unveiled its new patrol boat on social media that...
Owner, CEO Of Columbia City Construction Business Arrested For Theft, Corrupt Business Influence
COLUMBIA CITY — The CEO and owner of a Columbia City construction business has been arrested for theft and corrupt business influence. Larry G. Hilty, 34, 116 W. Van Buren St. Apartment 201, Columbia City, is charged with theft where the value of the property is over $50,000 and corrupt business influence, both level 5 felonies.
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...
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.
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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