POLICE NEWS: Three-car pileup leads to two being injured
Elkhart County deputies reported that at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, James Wroblewki, 58, of Hicksville, Ohio, was traveling west on U.S. 20 near C.R. 35 in a 2000 Ford F-350. Police reported that Wroblewki said he saw brake lights in front of him, but was unable to stop and collided with the vehicle in front of him, a 2012 Ford Edge driven by Jessica Hovis, 37, of Howe.
Howe wasn't entirely sure what happened, while Angel Martinez, 55, of Goshen, stopped in front of her at the light in a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta told police they were both rear ended.
Howe and her passenger, Heather Caldwell, 41, were transported to the hospital for injuries.
Driver flees scene of crash
A man was hospitalized in a crash early Thursday morning outside Goshen where the driver at fault fled the scene.
According to Elkhart County deputies, at 12:55 a.m. Edgar Lopez Ramirez, 24, of Goshen, was traveling east on C.R. 40 west of C.R. 21 in a 2015 Nissan Rogue when a 2002 Toyota Rav4 traveling west went left of center and crash head-on into his vehicle.
The driver of the Toyota fled the scene on foot.
Lopez Ramirez and his adult passenger were both transported to Elkhart General Hospital for injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
ARRESTS
• A 42-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Goshen police at 12:43 a.m. Thursday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he was stopped near C.R. 45 near Florence Avenue for speeding.
• A 42-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday on charges of obstructing and interfering with the execution of a civil order of a court; in which she was refusing to vacate a residence after being formally evicted on Ponderosa Court in Elkhart.
BURGLARY
A 47-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that between Monday and Wednesday that someone entered her home in the 400 block of North Sage Wood Street in Bristol and vandalized it.
FOUND PROPERTY
Goshen police responded to the 4500 block of Elkhart Road at 9:37 a.m. Wednesday for items found in the roadway. The items were collected for safekeeping by the street department.
HIGH SCHOOL INCIDENT
Goshen police were called to Goshen High School, 401 Lincolnway East, at 2 p.m. Wednesday for a 16-year-old in possession of marijuana. The teen was taken to the juvenile detention center and processed by probation before being released to parents.
ANIMAL NEGLECT
Elkhart County deputies began an investigation at 8:38 a.m. Wednesday into the death of vertebrate animals within the county.
OFFICER'S REPORT
Elkhart County deputies at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday took a case report of a juvenile overdose in the 18000 block of Joan Kay Lane in Goshen.
THEFT
A 36-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday someone stole from his vehicle somewhere between the 16000 block of Daisy Avenue and Cleveland, Ohio.
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