POLICE NEWS: Trooper finds missing Plymouth baby in Elkhart County

Yahoo

15-05-2025

A 6-month-old child abducted by a non-custodial parent was safely returned after an observant Indiana State Trooper saw the vehicle it was believed to have been taken in.
Master Trooper Brian Hoffman heard a dispatch that the Plymouth Police Department was investigating a child abduction by a non-custodial parent on Saturday.
A description of the vehicle was given and a possible route of travel. Around 3:04 a.m. Hoffman thought he saw the vehicle, a maroon 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driving east on U.S. 20 near C.R. 17. After catching up to the vehicle and verifying that it was the vehicle being looked for, Hoffman called for additional units as he followed it eastbound.
Hoffman made a traffic stop on the vehicle as it pulled into a business nearby. As Hoffman approached the Trailblazer, the front and rear passenger windows were lowered, and he saw a man sitting in the rear passenger side seat holding a baby.
The man identified himself as Shaquile Booker, 30. Hoffman and officers with the Bristol Police Department safely took Booker into custody. The child was unharmed.
Plymouth Police Department was contacted and came to the scene to take custody of Booker and returned the child to its custodial parent. Booker was taken to the Marshall County Jail where he faces several charges related to the case and a warrant out of Allen County.
HIT-AND-RUN
• A 49-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies at 7:57 p.m. Friday that someone crashed into his mailbox in the 29000 block of C.R. 18 in Elkhart and fled the scene.
• A 64-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 7:20 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Friday someone crashed into his 2008 Mercedes CLS parked in his driveway in the 26000 block of Roseland Drive and fled the scene.
• A 23-year-old man reported to Goshen police at 6:34 a.m. Monday being involved in a hit-and-run where the other driver left the scene near Pike Street and Chicago Avenue.
• A 55-year-old man reported to Goshen police at 7:56 a.m. Monday that his mailbox was hit overnight in the 1300 block of Berkey Avenue.
FIRES
• Goshen police and fire at 8:28 p.m. Sunday were called to the 500 block of North Eighth Street for a house fire. No injuries were reported.
• Goshen police and fire were called to the 2900 block of Linden Drive at 11:41 a.m. Sunday for an explosion. A paint booth at Herr Custom Paints had caught on fire while workers were cleaning it. No injuries were reported.
• Goshen police and fire were called to the 3:20 p.m. Sunday to a dumpster fire in the 4300 block of Balsam Fir Lane in Ashton Pines.
• Goshen Fire responded to a house fire in the 700 block of South Main Street at 8:14 p.m. Sunday.
ARRESTS
• A 38-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies around 8 p.m. Friday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment following a traffic stop near Ind. 15 and C.R. 24.
• A 22-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 3:01 a.m. Saturday on charges of criminal recklessness while armed with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of a crash and operating a vehicle while intoxicated after she was found stranded in a vehicle near U.S. 33 and Peddler's Village Road.
• A 43-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 8:54 p.m. Saturday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of marijuana after he was involved in a single-vehicle crash in the 6000 block of Ind. 15 in Goshen.
• A 37-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 12:29 p.m. Sunday on charges of leaving the scene of a crash, driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance and an outstanding warrant after he reportedly ran from a crash near U.S. 33 and C.R. 20.
• A 35-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 6:35 p.m. Sunday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving without a license after he was stopped for driving recklessly in the C.R. 14 and C.R. 17.
• A 31-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 3:36 a.m. Sunday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated during a traffic stop near C.R. 26 and C.R. 9 in Elkhart.
• A 22-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Goshen police at 9:51 p.m. Monday on charges of possession of marijuana and never obtaining a license after a traffic stop near Beaver Lane and Chicago Avenue for an equipment violation.
BURGLARY
A 71-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between May 3-9 a burglary occurred at his storage unit in the 22000 block of Old U.S. 20.
SEX CRIME
• A 39-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 9:39 a.m. Sunday a man violated her personal space by recording her.
• The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Child Services received a report of a child in need of services at 3:06 p.m. May 1.
• A child in need of services was reported to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Child Services at 3:03 p.m. May 12.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
A 60-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 10:25 a.m. Sunday that someone damaged her vehicle's window overnight in the 400 block of North Riverside Boulevard.
FOUND PARAPHERNALIA
Goshen police were called to the 1000 block of West Pike Street at 12:18 p.m. Sunday for paraphernalia found at Lassus Gas Station. The employees stated a man dropped the paraphernalia and left.
HOMELESS ASSIST
• While on patrol of the parks, at 4:13 p.m. Sunday Goshen police found a homeless encampment on Madison Street.
• Goshen police visited a homeless encampment at 1:23 p.m. Monday on private property in the 300 block of West Waverly Avenue and made contact with an individual who agreed to leave upon the return of two others who were not present at the time. Shelter, social services and transportation were offered but denied.
OFFICER'S REPORT
A 32-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies at 2:45 p.m. Saturday he left his handgun on the roof of his car and it fell off somewhere around U.S. 20 near Middlebury. The firearm was located and taken to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
The Elkhart County Criminal Complex observed an inmate breaking the glass on a cell door with an item within their cell on Saturday.
THEFT
• A 54-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that around 4 p.m. Saturday that his Amazon package was stolen from his front porch in the 30000 block of Riverbend Circle.
• A 23-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that around 1 p.m. April 25 someone stole her guitar from the 29000 block of C.R. 20 in Elkhart.
• A 19-year-old man requested a VIN check on a 2020 Suzuki motorcycle in the 54000 block of Midnight Star by Elkhart County deputies. The Suzuki was found found to be stolen out of Dover, Delaware, in December 2022. It was impounded.
FRAUD
• An 18-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that on March 28 someone opened a credit card in her name and spent over $2,000 on it without her consent.
• A 49-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that between April 11-25 someone was emailing him pretending to be one of his employees and wanting to update his banking information to a different account.
• A 33-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 4:49 p.m. Monday that someone took money from her Cash App.