Police news for Jan. 20, 2009

THE GOSHEN NEWS

Crash injures two

Two drivers were hurt in a three-vehicle crash at Ind. 19 and Ind. 119 at 3:30 p.m. Monday.

According to a report by Elkhart County police, Steven Slabaugh, 21, 20992 U.S. 6, Milford, was driving a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee and was stopped headed west on Ind. 119. The Jeep collided with a northbound 2006 Honda Civic driven by Antonia Armenta-Valaquez, 60, Chicago, Ill., and the Honda collided with a 2000 Dodge Ram truck driven by Alan Houser, 23, 69898 C.R. 13, New Paris.

Houser had neck pain and Armenta-Valazquez had chest pain.



Motorist injured

One driver was hurt in a two-vehicle rear-end crash at 1:38 p.m. Monday at U.S. 20 west of C.R. 35.

According to a report by Elkhart County police, Stephanie Marks, 25, Elkhart, was driving a 1993 Pontiac east on U.S. 20 and was distracted by occupants of her car before her car struck the rear of a trailer pulled by a 2003 Chevrolet driven by Nancy Vida, 56, Elkhart.

Vida had neck and back pain as a result of the crash. Sheriff’s officers cited Marks for driving with a suspended license.



One hurt in crash

One person was hurt in a truck rollover crash at 7:55 p.m. Saturday at Ind. 15, south of C.R. 126.

According to Elkhart County police, Joann Hershberger, 54, Goshen, was driving a 1997 Ford F-150 north on Ind. 15 when she lost control of the truck. It went off the east side of the road, hit a utility pole and rolled onto its top. The driver suffered a cut hand.



Woman hurt

An Elkhart woman was hurt in a two-car crash involving an Elkhart County sheriff’s deputy at 12:57 p.m. Tuesday north of Elkhart.

According to a sheriff’s department report, Linda Veroeke, 53, Elkhart, was driving a 2001 Saturn from a driveway onto C.R. 7, north of Edwards Road, when she drove into the path of a Crown Victoria driven on C.R. 7 by Sheriff’s Ptl. Brook Demeke, 36, Elkhart.

Veroeke was taken to Elkhart General Hospital for treatment of a hip fracture. Demeke was not hurt.



Motorists arrested

The following drivers were recently arrested by Elkhart County police on alcohol-related charges:

• Michelle M. Browning, 42, 18967 Jefferson Lane, Goshen, was stopped in the vehicle she was driving at U.S. 33, south of C.R. 20, at 1:22 a.m. Tuesday. She was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated as a Class D felony.

• Police reported they stopped a driver for speeding and having expired license plates on his vehicle at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday at Ind. 19 and Robair Street in Elkhart. The driver, Keith Hodges, 42, 1304 S. Main St., apt. B, Elkhart, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated, driving while his license is suspended and jailed on a warrant that charges him with dealing in cocaine, a Class B felony. He was incarcerated at the Elkhart County Jail on $75,000 bond.

• Sheriff’s officers reported they stopped a car at Benham Avenue, south of Hively Avenue, at 12:30 a.m. Sunday because the driver went left of the centerline. The driver, Steven B. Warr, 26, 24620 Green Valley Parkway, Elkhart, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated and driving while his license was suspended. He was incarcerated at the county jail. Bond was set at $1,500.

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