POLICE NEWS: Death of 3-year-old Elkhart County boy being investigated
According to police, the child had been run over by a skid steer in the 61000 block of C.R. 43 in Goshen around 4:11 p.m.
Emergency medical services responded and attempted life-saving measures, but the 3-year-old male was beyond help.
The death is under investigation.
Pennsylvanian injured in Concord Township crash
A woman was injured in a crash in Concord Township on Tuesday afternoon.
Elkhart County deputies reported at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday, Leslie Nungaray Mondragon, 29, of Elkhart, was at the intersection of Arbor Kove Drive and Old U.S. 20 in a 2017 Kia Sonata waiting to turn left and told police she had enough time and turned left onto Old U.S. 20, but into the path of a 2011 Hyundai Sonata driven by Taisha Rivra, 32, of Easton, Pennsylvania.
Rivera was not wearing a seatbelt and struck her head on the windshield, police said. She was taken to the hospital for the injury.
Mondragon was cited for failure to yield the right of way causing bodily injury and driving without a license.
Freezer on trailer causes Tuesday crash
Two woman were hospitalized after their vehicles crashed into a freezer on Ash Road Tuesday morning.
Elkhart County deputies reported at 10:32 a.m. Tuesday, Bennie Shaw, 75, of Elkhart, was traveling south on Ash Road south of C.R. 16 pulling a trailer containing two unsecured freezers with his 1996 Chevrolet GMT. One of the freezers fell off the trailer and into the northbound lane of traffic, striking a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Jessica Anderson, 68, of Edwardsburg, Michigan.
The collision sent the freezer back into the southbound lane of traffic, where it struck a 2019 Ford Fusion driven by Denise Snider, 42, of Goshen
Shaw was cited for operating a vehicle with an unsecured load and failure to provide vehicle registration.
Anderson and Snider were both hospitalized for minor injuries and pain.
ARSON
A 51-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 4:30 p.m. Sunday that her neighbor's home in the 51000 block of Woodhaven Drive in Elkhart was on fire.
The woman reported that the homeowner had walked away from the house when it caught on fire.
The Cleveland Township Fire Department arrived and extinguished the house fire. The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fire.
HIT-AND-RUN
• A 52-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 9:31 a.m. Sunday that someone struck her son's vehicle overnight in the 300 block of Oakridge Avenue.
• Goshen police were called to the 1900 block of Lincolnway East at 10:53 a.m. Sunday for a vehicle that backed into another vehicle and left the scene.
• A 74-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 5:39 p.m. Friday that her vehicle was crashed into at Aldi, 2036 Lincolnway East.
ARRESTS
• A 27-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Goshen police at 6:52 a.m. Sunday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of cocaine after police were called to the 1100 block of Harvest Drive for a hit-and-run.
• A 30-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 10:21 a.m. Friday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of marijuana after police a traffic stop on a gold Dodge Charger.
• A 25-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 2:22 p.m. Friday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and without ever receiving a license and possession of marijuana following a vehicle crash near C.R. 6 and C.R. 9.
• A 28-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 4:25 a.m. Saturday on charges of burglary, domestic battery and invasion of privacy after he allegedly entered a home wherein someone had a restraining order against him without permission and attacked the resident.
• A 52-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 10:21 p.m. Saturday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he was stopped near Ind. 120 and C.R. 17.
• A 22-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 10:46 p.m. Friday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment after he was stopped on Ind. 120 at Hilbish Boulevard.
• A 40-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 8:02 p.m. Sunday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment, disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement, driving without a license and neglect of a dependent after someone called in a woman driving with an unrestrained child in the front seat of a vehicle near Walmart, 30830 Old U.S. 20, Elkhart.
CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS
A 52-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between midnight-2 p.m. April 21 someone shot a tire on his vehicle in the 56000 block of Farmhouse Drive in Middlebury.
SEX CRIME
• The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office received a report on April 30 from the Indiana Department of Child Services regarding a child possibly involved in an inappropriate relationship with an adult.
• The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office received a report of a child molestation in Elkhart county at 7:42 p.m. April 29.
• The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office took a report of a child molestation at 5:33 p.m. Friday.
BURGLARY
A 25-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 7 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday someone entered her home in the 58000 block of C.R. 111 and removed items.
HOMELESS ASSIST
Goshen police attempted to offer shelter, transportation and social service opportunities to those at a homeless encampment in the 300 block of West Washington Street on Monday. The encampment was found abandoned and deemed to be an environmental hazard due to trash accumulation in a flood zone. The City of Goshen Code Enforcement and Parks Department were notified for clean up.
THEFT
• A 53-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies at 7:30 a.m. Friday that someone took vehicles from his parking lot in the 67000 block of C.R. 29 in New Paris.
• A 60-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday someone stole a 2022 silver Jeep Grand Cherokee rented from Enterprise from the 21000 block of Angela Drive in Goshen.
• BP, 53031 Ind. 13, Middlebury, reported to Elkhart County deputies at 12:55 p.m. Friday that someone stole lottery tickets from the store.
• A 46-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 12:30 p.m. Saturday that her wallet was stolen while she was at Gordon Food Service Store, Elkhart.
• A 42-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that around 9:45 p.m. Saturday that his 20213 Chevrolet Equinox was stolen from in front of Wendy's, 55606 Ash Road.
• A 23-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 6:12 p.m. Friday that someone she knew refused to return her vehicle in the 29000 block of Carolina Avenue. The vehicle was placed into NCIC/IDX as stolen.
• Goshen police were called to the 3000 block of College Avenue at 4:29 a.m. Monday for a possible theft.
• A man reported to Goshen police at 5:35 a.m. Monday that his 1998 Honda Civic was stolen from his home in the 500 block of Oatfield Lane.
• A 23-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 12:56 p.m. Monday a statue was stolen from her mother's gravesite in Violet Cemetery, 2700 Violet Road.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
• A window at Snyder's Men's Shop, 126 S. Main St., was found to be damaged by a possible bullet hole at 12:02 p.m. Monday by Goshen police.
• A 35-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 4:47 p.m. Monday that her vehicle was vandalized in the 900 block of Main Street.
• An Elkhart County corrections officer reported at 2:50 p.m. Friday finding a damaged cell door at the jail.
OFFICER'S REPORT
Elkhart County deputies received a report at 11 a.m. Friday of an Amazon package with a white belt and a black bag with racquetball equipment was found behind property in the 26000 block of Roscommon Drive in Elkhart.
FRAUD
A 65-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies at 2:59 p.m. Monday received a fraudulent bill.
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