Goshen News, Goshen, IN

Breaking News

Police News

March 30, 2009

Man drowns in Irish Lake while fleeing police

By Rod Rowe

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. – A young man who fled from sheriff’s deputies drowned early Sunday at Irish Lake.

According to a report by the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, a North Webster police officer was called to Lake Estates Mobile Home Park at 5:05 a.m. Sunday on a report of a suspicious person. Officers located an all-terrain vehicle in a roadway and a short time later a pickup truck with a trailer arrived.

The North Webster officer approached the three people with the truck and one claimed to be the owner of the ATV. He questioned the three about their activity in the area.

One of the three, later identified as Jarred Lee Neibert, 21, Winona Lake, allegedly gave a false name to the officer. While the officer was checking the identity of the people, Neibert fled on foot.

There was an arrest warrant for Neibert, although the officer was not aware of that when Neibert ran, according to police. Neibert went into the lake and tried to swim across a channel to flee police. Other officers arrived at the scene and took positions on each side of the channel.

Neibert began to struggle and could not swim to either shore. Officers were unable to reach the victim and he drowned. The body was recovered from the Irish Lake channel at 11:36 a.m.

No one was charged with any crime, according to the sheriff’s department release.

The sheriff’s department dive team, the Warsaw dive team, conservation officers and North Webster emergency medical services were also at the scene to assist with the incident.

Irish Lake is part of the Barbee lakes chain and is southwest of Lake Wawasee and west of North Webster.







Text Only
Police News
Parade
Magazine
Click HERE to read all your Parade favorites including Hollywood Wire, Celebrity interviews and photo galleries, Food recipes and cooking tips, Games and lots more.
Community Calendar
Loading…
Events by eviesays.com
AP Video
Nordic Festival Puts North Korea in Spotlight 'Rumor Has It' Adele's Rolling in the Grammys Grohl, Grammy Nominees Cut Up on the Red Carpet Greece Passes New Austerity Deal Amid Rioting Coroner: Houston Autopsy Results Weeks Away Raw Video: Greek Rioting Ahead of Austerity Vote Raw Video: Child Rescued After Kosovo Avalanche Pop Music Superstar Whitney Houston Dies at 48 Whitney Houston's Church Mourns Her Passing Reaction to Houston's Death at Clive Davis Party 79 Turtles Seized at Shanghai Airport Severe Cold Wreaks Havoc in China Fuel Removal Under Way on Capsized Italian Ship Police: Houston Found Dead in Her Hotel Room Paul Suffers Narrow Loss to Romney in Maine Palin Brings Anti-Washington Message to CPAC Obama Scraps Birth Control Mandate Navy Names Ship for Gabrielle Giffords Uzbek Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama Marines: No Punishment for Nazi-like Flag
Poll

The Goshen Housing Authority has a $571,050 shortfall. Should the Goshen City Council use money from its $4.7-million “rainy day” fund to pay the debt and maintain the current level of service provided by the voucher program?

Yes, the Council should allocate all the money owed
No, the Council should not allocate any money
The Council should pay what cannot be raised privately
     View Results