POLICE NEWS: Six arrested in Goshen during search

Jan. 5—Six people were arrested while Goshen police were conducting a search near the 700 block of Fair Oaks Drive at 9:48 p.m. Friday.

According to police, the six were arrested on various charges of dealing methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana. The arrested include a 37-year-old Goshen man, a 34-year-old Goshen woman, a 50-year-old man experiencing homelessness, a 42-year-old Goshen woman, a 71-year-old Goshen man and a 44-year-old Syracuse man. Three of those arrested were taken to the Elkhart County Jail.

EPD arrests battery suspect after SWAT deployment

On Saturday, Elkhart Police Department officers arrested a battery suspect with an outstanding felony warrant after he reportedly refused to leave a residence in the 300 block of North Second Street and after Elkhart County Regional SWAT team deployment.

Arrested was Games Birkhead, 48, of Elkhart.

At about 1:46 a.m., an Elkhart Police Department officer responded to 220 W. Jackson St. to check on a woman who was knocking on doors and screaming for help. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the female victim as well as a male victim. The two victims reported that a known man attacked them at a residence in the 300 block of North Second Street, Elkhart.

Officers said they obtained a judicially approved arrest warrant for the suspect, identified as Birkhead, and learned that Birkhead had an outstanding and unrelated felony warrant as well.

According to Elkhart police, the Elkhart County Regional SWAT team was activated, since Birkhead refused to leave the residence. At approximately 8:09 a.m., the Elkhart County Regional SWAT team assisted in executing the arrest warrant. After breaching the North Second Street home, Birkhead was arrested inside without further incident, according to the police report. After medical clearance, Birkhead was transported to the Elkhart County Jail. No injuries were reported during the incident.

Another search warrant was obtained for the home and officers seized items that were included in the search warrant, the report reads.

Birkhead, along with the warrant, faces unspecified preliminary charges associated with this incident. This case will be forwarded to the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office for review of formal criminal charges.

One driver injured in crash

A Cromwell woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at C.R.s 14 and 19 at 6:09 p.m. Friday.

According to a report from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office, a 2015 Ford Escape driven by Susan Phillips, 69, Cromwell, was eastbound on C.R. 14 and failed to yield the right of way while turning north onto C.R. 19. Her vehicle and a 2001 Jeep Gladiator collided. The Jeep, driven by Nathan Rojics, 24, Osceola, was westbound on C.R. 14 and after the collision it left the road and went into a ditch.

Rojics was uninjured.

Phillips had chest pain and was taken to Elkhart General Hospital for treatment.

ARRESTS

* A 71-year-old Goshen man was arrested by Goshen police at 10:38 a.m. Saturday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after being stopped at Eisenhower Drive North and Caragana Court. The man was taken to the Elkhart County Jail.

* A 33-year-old Warsaw woman was arrested by Goshen police at 4:30 pm. Saturday on charges of possession of marijuana and operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a traffic stop in the 1000 block of South Main Street. She was taken to the Elkhart County Jail.

DEATH INVESTIGATION

Goshen police are investigating the death of a 53-year-old Goshen woman in the 200 block of South Ninth Street. Officers were called to the home for a welfare check and found the deceased woman. Her family has been notified.

ARSON

Two boys set a T-shirt on fire at Walmart, 4024 Elkhart Road, Goshen, at 8:18 p.m. Saturday and Goshen police were notified, according to a report from Goshen officers.

BULLET HOLE FOUND

A bullet hole was found in the bedroom of a 65-year-old Goshen man in the 1500 block of Cedarbrook Court in Goshen, at 6:08 p.m. Friday, according to a Goshen police report.

THEFTS

* A 20-year-old man’s mother reported to Goshen police at 1:05 p.m. Friday her son’s firearm was stolen in the 900 block of Colonial Manor Drive, Goshen.

* A 42-year-old South Bend woman reported to Goshen police at 1:58 p.m. Friday that someone she knows took her vehicle and refused to return it. The vehicle was later found and returned to the woman, police reported.

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