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Police Blotter • Butler crash leaves two drivers injured BUTLER — A Garrett man and an Edgerton, Ohio, man were taken to hospitals following a two-vehicle crash south of Butler just before 6 a.m. Thursday, Butler Police said. Jason Andrew Kaufman, 21, of the 700 block of South Cowen Street, Garrett, was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, for treatment of a blunt-force trauma injury, according to a police report. Mathew R. Dietsch, 35, of the 200 block of Clarksville Road, Edgerton, was taken to DeKalb Health hospital at Auburn after suffering cuts to his forehead and for knee and back pain, police said. Kaufman was driving his 1994 Jeep east on R.E. Jones Road (C.R. 30), east of S.R. 1. He told police the power steering failed on his vehicle, causing him to drift across the roadway in front of Dietsch, who was driving west in a 1998 Dodge Dakota. A witness told police he heard brakes squealing and saw the Kaufman vehicle cross in front of the Dietsch vehicle.
Driver ejected in S.R. 3 crash LAOTTO — A Fort Wayne man was ejected from his vehicle in a collision Thursday at 5:14 p.m. on S.R. 3, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department said. Robert Connet, 52, sustained injuries including internal bleeding, fractured ribs and multiple lacerations, a news release said. Police said Nichole Stoddard, 20, of LaOtto, was driving a 1998 Dodge Dakota eastbound on C.R. 62. She crossed the southbound lanes of S.R. 3
and stopped in the median. She did not see Connet’s 2002 Chevy Silverado traveling north and began to cross the northbound lanes, striking Connet’s truck in the driver’s side. Connet’s pickup was forced off the road and rolled over, ejecting Connet before it came to rest on its driver’s side in the ditch, police said. Police estimated damage of $5,000 for Stoddard’s truck and $8,000 for Connet’s. Parkview Samaritan flight service, LaOtto Fire Rescue, DeKalb EMS, The Noble County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police assisted the sheriff’s department.
Woman breaks leg in moped collision BUTLER — A Butler woman suffered a broken leg in a truck-moped collision at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, Butler Police said. Laura E. Reza, 38, of the 100 block of South Broadway, suffered a lower leg fracture in the crash at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 6) and John Street, police said. Reza was driving her moped east on U.S. 6 when she ran into the back of a stopped 2004 Ford F-350 pickup, driven by Richard Kaiser, 49, of the 8000 block of U.S. 6, Butler, according to a police report. Reza was ejected from her moped. She was taken to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, for treatment of her injuries, police said. A witness told police Reza didn’t appear to slow down prior to the collision, according to a police report. Police estimated total damage between $2,501$5,000.
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8:30 a.m. — DeKalb County Commissioners, courthouse, 100 S. Main St., Auburn. 4 p.m. — Auburn Common Council and Board of Public Works and Safety, closed executive session to discuss pending litigation, Council Chambers, 210 E. Ninth St. 7 p.m. — Hamilton Town Council and Park Board, Town Hall.
5 p.m. — Hamilton Fire Board, Town Hall.
Three natural gas companies fined INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has issued $180,000 in fines against three of the state’s largest natural gas companies for safety violations involving underground pipelines. The commission said Thursday the fines stemmed from Northern Indiana Public Service Co., Vectren and Citizens Gas not following procedures or keeping accurate pipeline records, which resulted in pipeline locations either being misidentified or not found as required under the state’s “Call Before You Dig” laws. Commission officials started the safety review after the 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., that destroyed 38 houses and killed eight people.
Man gets 110 years in double murder INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man who pleaded guilty to his role in the shooting deaths of a man and his 7-year-old niece has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Jeremy Priel was sentenced
Friday in the December 2011 slayings of Kyleigh Crane and her 21-year-old uncle, Jeremy Crane, who were found shot to death in a home on Indianapolis’ far east side. Priel had pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in their killings. His 24-year-old co-defendant, Michael Bell, has also pleaded guilty to two counts of murder. He’s expected to be sentenced Aug. 9 to 100 years in prison. The victims’ family considered Bell a close friend and Kyleigh called him “Uncle Mike.” The victims were slain during a robbery that authorities say netted the men about $40.
they’re facing layoffs as the district continues dealing with big enrollment drops. The northwestern Indiana district notified 95 teachers of layoffs, which will drop its teaching staff to about 570. District spokeswoman Charmella Greer tells the Post-Tribune that 32 other employees also are having their jobs cut. The staff reductions follow continued enrollment declines with several charter schools opening in the area and families moving from the troubled city. The Gary schools had about 8,500 students last school year, down from more than 16,000 seven years earlier.
Gary schools lay off nearly 100 teachers
State Police probe rape claim at jail
GARY (AP) — About one-seventh of the teachers in the Gary Community Schools have been told
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police detectives are investigating after a male inmate at the
Marion County Jail was found having sex with a female inmate, our news partner, NewsChannel 15, reports. Administrators said the male inmate was “mistakenly” put in an all-female cell by a guard around 5 p.m. Wednesday. When deputies returned to the cell, they found the male engaged in “sexual activity” with a female inmate. The male inmate is being held on auto theft and receiving stolen property charges, and the female inmate on prostitution and public indecency charges, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said. The male inmate told guards that the sex was consensual. The female inmate denies that and told guards she was raped. She was taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital for evaluation and treatment.
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