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CRIME & SAFETY
Mass shoplifting incident on Grape Road ends in high-speed chase
MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- The St. Joseph County Prosecutors Office has officially charged 24-year-old Shykeena Smith with felony Resisting Law Enforcement after she led Mishawaka Police officers on a chase through the city on July 8. MPD says officers were responding to a report of an ongoing group of shoplifters at...
Woman killed after fiery crash into train
BAUGO TWP., Ind. (WNDU) - A 36-year-old woman has died after she crashed her SUV into a moving train. She has not yet been identified. Police say the crash happened just before midnight at a railroad crossing at Ash Road and Lincoln Way in Osceola. The say preliminary evidence indicates...
Mishawaka man charged with shooting repo man towing his brother's Jeep
A Mishawaka man faces felony charges accusing him of firing numerous gunshots at the occupants of a tow truck repossessing a truck registered to the man's brother. Colten Gilmartin, 35, is accused of running out of a house on West Colfax Avenue, just to the north of John Young Middle School, and shooting at a repo man and woman driving away with his brother's Jeep Wrangler in tow.
Motorcyclist killed in crash involving semi on State Road 2
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — The St. Joseph County FACT team is investigating a deadly crash on South Bend's west side. Those with FACT say a motorcycle collided with a semi on State Road 2 near Chapel Lane, around 6:30 p.m. Police tell WSBT 22 the 29 year-old motorcyclist...
Man arrested after breaking into Tippecanoe Place, found drinking beer and cooking
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- South Bend Police Department officers responded to a call at Tippecanoe Place on July 6 of a man who had broken into the restaurant and made himself at home, cooking a sandwich and pouring a pitcher of beer. Responding officers spoke with Chef Mark Lofton, who...
Man stabs girlfriend's roommate while trying to get his things from her apartment
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A man has been arrested and charged stemming from an incident where he was trying to retrieve his belongings from his girlfriend's apartment but ended up allegedly stabbing her roommate in the process. Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Troupe told police that his things were supposed to be left...
Multiple-vehicle crash under investigation by St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- On July 16, a crash occurred at the intersection of Walnut Street and Colfax Street at 6:07 p.m. that involved multiple vehicles. The St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team (FACT) was activated following the crash. The crash occurred after an attempted traffic stop. A vehicle,...
Elkhart man charged with 2-year-old's murder in standoff makes court appearance
ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — The man at the center of an 18-hour long standoff in Elkhart County made his first court appearance this morning. A preliminary not guilty plea was entered on behalf of 37-year-old Ryan Snyder. Snyder’s 2-year-old son, Jaxon, was found dead inside Snyder’s Pendleton Drive home...
1 injured in drive-by shooting in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - A person is injured after a drive-by shooting on South Bend’s northwest side. Officers were called around 8:30 p.m. to the 1100 block of Huey Street just off Lincoln Way West after a ShotSpotter alert was issued for several gunshots in the area. When...
Tip to Cass County Sheriff’s Office leads to arrest of known felon
A tip to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of a known felon in possession of several firearms and possibly selling narcotics. The tip stated that the firearms were being held in a travel trailer in Howard Township. With help from Pokagon Tribal Police, a traffic...
59-year-old South Bend woman sentenced to one year for embezzlement
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The United States Attorney's Office Northern District of Indiana announced 59-year-old Robin Hood, of South Bend, has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Hood was also given one year of supervised release and was ordered to pay $549,000 in...
Man sentenced for 2022 crash that left 58-year-old dead
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- Court documents state Seth Jason Becker was sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty but mentally ill regarding the July 2022 crash that left 58-year-old Janeth Gomez dead in South Bend. Becker was originally charged with one count of reckless homicide, one count of criminal...
Man arrested and charged with felony regarding 2023 shooting of 11-year-old
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Court documents state 22-year-old Arthur Leon Taylor has been charged with assisting a criminal, a level five felony, regarding the April 2023 shooting that left 11-year-old T'yon Horston dead. The affidavit states on April 20, 2023, around 5:52 p.m., officers responded to the area of N....
No, your Facebook friend wasn't killed in a crash on the highway. It's another scam.
Another day, another online scam on social media. A Facebook post appeared early Wednesday afternoon bearing the awful news that a Mishawaka man was one of several people killed in a fatal crash on an unnamed highway. Only there was no such crash, and the man, Tribune reporter Greg Swiercz, was alive and well.
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