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POLICE NEWS: Goshen woman injured in Cass County crash
A Goshen woman was injured in a crash in Cass County, Michigan, early Tuesday morning.
Cass County deputies reported that at 4:30 a.m., Alisha Kindy, 35, of Goshen, was traveling north on Shattuck Road when she lost control of the vehicle, which traveled off the roadway and struck a tree.
The vehicle continued to travel back onto the roadway before leaving the roadway to the left and becoming stuck in a field. Kindy, however, was ejected from the vehicle, after it struck the first tree. She was transported by SMCAS Ambulance to Elkhart General Hospital for injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Assisting agencies on scene were SMCAS Ambulance, Penn Township Fire Department, and Central Cass Fire Department.
Drivers hospitalized in crash
Both drivers in an Elkhart crash were taken to the hospital for treatment Saturday afternoon.
Elkhart County deputies reported that at 1:15 p.m., Trefon Dimitroff, 54, of Elkhart, was passing through the interaction at C.R. 15 and C.R. 32 facing south in a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox.
Police reported that Saulo Padilla, 55, of Goshen, traveling west on C.R. 32 in a 2017 Toyota Tacoma entered the intersection. Dimitroff drove into the path of Padilla's vehicle and they collided, police reported.
Both men were taken to Goshen Hospital for injuries.
HIT-AND-RUN
• An 18-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 11:33 a.m. Friday that following a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of C.R. 17 and C.R. 10, one of the vehicles left the scene without exchanging information.
• A 30-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 2:06 p.m. Friday that someone struck her 2007 Toyota Corolla at the intersection of C.R. 4 and C.R. 9, and then left the scene without exchanging information.
• A vehicle involved in a horse-and-buggy crash in the 65000 block of Ind. 13 in Goshen at 11:46 p.m. Friday reportedly fled the scene of the crash.
ARRESTS
• A 17-year-old was taken to the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center at 4:34 p.m. Sunday on charges of auto theft and never obtaining a license after police were called to the 900 block of Greene Road for a report of a theft vehicle.
• A 48-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 7 p.m. Saturday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after police were called to C.R. 45 and Missouri Avenue for a possible drink driver.
• A 25-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 1:45 p.m. Saturday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after she was stopped at Elkhart Road and Peddler's Village Road having been reported as a reckless driver.
• A 21-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 11:27 p.m. Thursday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment following a crash at the intersection of C.R. 38 and Ind. 119.
• A 50-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 2:30 a.m. Saturday on charges of burglary, possession of meth and of paraphernalia after police were called to Forest River, 57490 C.R. 3 for a burglary in progress and found him on site, having allegedly forced entry by cutting a hole in the chain-link fence and stealing copper wire.
• A 19-year-old man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 3:19 a.m. Saturday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a vehicle crash in the 14000 block of C.R. 18 in Middlebury.
• A 62-year-old woman was arrested and jailed by Goshen police at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday on charges of refusing to identify and providing a false ID statement at a traffic stop near Pike Street and Main Street for moving violations.
• A man was arrested and jailed by Elkhart County deputies at 6:22 p.m. Sunday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangerment after he was stopped by police on U.S. 33 near Hively Avenue.
SEX CRIME
Elkhart County deputies took a rape report on Monday.
SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE
• A woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 4:43 a.m. Monday hearing two gunshots near her home in the 58000 block of C.R. 21 in Goshen. A single brass casing was found.
• Goshen police were called to the parking lot of Planet Fitness, 2616 Peddlers Village Road, for the sounds of gunfire at 12:07 a.m. Tuesday. Officers conducted an area check and found no evidence of gunfire.
TRASH FIRE
Goshen firefighters were called to the 30 block of Roxbury Park at 4:20 a.m. Monday. No injuries were reported and the fire department was able to extinguish the fire, which was later reported as a trash fire on the property.
BURGLARY
• A 62-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that between May 3 and June 3 someone entered his garage in the 23000 block of Third Street by breaking a window, and then stole a chainsaw and chainsaw oil.
• A 68-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday that someone had entered her house through an unlocked door and stole her purse in the 26000 block of Stoney Creek Drive in Elkhart.
OFFICERS REPORT
Elkhart County deputies were called to Sunnybrook Drive and Spring Mill Drive for a report of two men leaving the area after they attempted to open several car doors at 3:50 a.m. Monday. Officers found the vehicle.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
• A 38-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies at 3:19 p.m. Friday that someone broke into his storage unit at 20 East Self Storage, 22715 Old U.S. 20, Elkhart. Elkhart County deputies found that as least five storage units at the facility had also been broken into.
• The Elkhart County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at 9:55 a.m. Monday in the 62000 block of C.R. 15 for juveniles damaging property.
THEFT
U-Haul reported to Elkhart County deputies at 1:47 p.m. Friday that two men rented a 2012 GMC 10-foot truck from U-Haul of Elkhart, 29057 Old U.S. 33, Elkhart, and failed to return it for four days. Charges are being forwarded to the Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office.
FRAUD
• A 77-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that on May 21 she mailed a check to Discover for nearly $2,500 and on May 27, it was deposited by someone who put their own name on the check to be able to deposit it as the check was to the order of the suspect and not Discover.
• A 46-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that around noon June 11 she was defrauded of $800 by someone claiming to have a house for rent.
• A 78-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 2:01 p.m. Monday that money was stolen from her in a scam online.
