Nov. 21 – Elkhart police have named Charles Bell Jr., 26, of Elkhart, as a suspect in connection with a stabbing Monday evening.
Police said officers contacted a 49-year-old man who had been stabbed in the 1200 block of South Main Street in Elkhart at 5:22 p.m.
During the investigation, officers located Bell, 26, in the 1300 block of Eden Street and took him into custody at approximately 5:28 p.m.
Medics took the victim to the hospital for evaluation and treatment of potentially life-threatening injuries. The victim reported to police that he knew Bell and claimed he stabbed him and took his backpack.
Bell was arrested and booked into the Elkhart County Jail on preliminary charges of Robbery with Great Bodily Injury, a Level 2 Felony; aggravated battery, a level 3 felony; and resisting law enforcement, a class A misdemeanor. His bond is $150,000.
A five-car pileup in Goshen
Five vehicles were involved in a pileup on US 33, just south of Bashor Road, on Wednesday at 6:01 p.m.
Goshen police reported that Juan Pineda Fuentes, 36, of Goshen, was driving northwest on US 33 in a 2017 Chevrolet Traverse and was struck from behind by a 1997 Chevrolet Astro Van driven by Jose Lariz Villalpondo, 58, of Goshen, leading to the pile. upwards.
Villalpondo told police he was waiting at a stoplight when his vehicle was struck from behind and the impact pushed his vehicle into another vehicle.
Villalpondo’s Chevrolet Astro Van struck the rear of a silver 2012 Buick Regal driven by Joseline De La Rosa, 17, of Ligonier, which was pushed into a maroon 2008 Kia Sorento driven by Dayana Lizardo Inciarte, 40, of Elkhart , who was pushed into a closet. brown 2013 Honda Odyssey driven by Jordan Swartzentruber, 30, of Goshen.
Villalpondo was trapped in his vehicle and required medical attention. He was taken to Elkhart General Hospital. Inciarte was also transported to Goshen Hospital for possible whiplash.
Fuentes was cited for driving a vehicle while never obtaining a driver’s license and having no insurance on the vehicle he was driving.
Attempt to avoid a crash goes wrong
A teenager was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday evening.
Goshen police say Joseph Cassell, 48, of Goshen, was driving south on Main Street Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and another vehicle attempted to make a U-turn at the overpass near Prospect Avenue.
Cassell told police the other vehicle was turning too fast and he couldn’t stop, so he took evasive action and jumped around the bend to drive around the other vehicle.
Cassell was uninjured, but his passenger, 17-year-old Lilly Cassell, was taken to the hospital for abdominal pain.
In the event of a minor accident, the driver is admitted to hospital
A woman was hospitalized after a crash in Goshen Wednesday evening.
Elkhart County deputies report that Andrew Lengacher, 22, of Goshen, was driving west on CR 18 at 5:56 p.m., waiting to turn left onto CR 23 in a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and allegedly failed to yield, causing him to crashed into a 2011 Toyota Prius driven by Madison Coleman, 24, of Goshen, who was traveling straight on C.R. 18.
Coleman was transported to Elkhart General Hospital for a bleeding nose resulting from the airbag deployment. Lengacher was cited for failure to yield.
HIT-AND-RUN
– Goshen police were called to the 200 block of Johnston Street at 11:39 a.m. Wednesday where it was reported that a Green Oaks vehicle from Goshen was struck by another vehicle, but the other vehicle left without exchanging information.
– A 64-year-old Millersburg woman reported to Goshen police Tuesday that a collision had occurred in the parking lot of Menards, 1925 Lincolnway East. After investigating the reported incident, police learned that the damage did not occur in the parking lot as initially thought.
– A 60-year-old Elkhart woman reported a property damage accident in which the other driver left the scene to Goshen police on Wednesday at 5:48 p.m. Police stopped and identified the other driver and filled out an accident report and a case report. The case will be sent to the Elkhart County District Attorney’s Office for review.
– A 21-year-old woman reported to Goshen police Wednesday at 8:35 p.m. that her vehicle was struck while parked empty in the 1600 block of South 16th Street and that the driver involved left the scene without providing vehicle information.
ARRESTS
A 33-year-old woman was arrested by Goshen police at 7:49 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after she was stopped for a traffic violation near the intersection of North Indiana Avenue and West Lincoln Avenue.
SEXUAL CRIMES
– The Goshen Police Department received a report from the Department of Child Services at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday for review.
– The Goshen Police Department received a report from the Department of Child Services for review at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday.
CRIMINAL ILLEGAL
A woman reported to Goshen police Wednesday at 8:24 p.m. that someone was trying to break into her home in the 300 block of South Seventh Street. Police on scene found a broken pumpkin and damage to her vehicle, but were unable to locate the suspect.
THEFT
– A 54-year-old woman reported a theft from her vehicle in the 400 block of Reynolds Street to Goshen police at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday.
– A 45-year-old woman reported to Goshen police at 12:44 a.m. Wednesday that someone entered her vehicle overnight.
– A 37-year-old woman reported the theft of a laptop and purse from her car in the 600 block of South Fifth Street to Goshen police Wednesday at 3:01 p.m.
– A 27-year-old woman reported a car theft at Brookside Manor to Goshen police on Wednesday at 11:04 p.m.
– A 78-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County deputies that multiple checks containing contributions to an organization were stolen from her mailbox in the 27000 block of Sunset Strip in Elkhart or in transit between Oct. 1 and Tuesday. One of the checks was also reportedly changed to $1,000 before being cashed from one of the bank accounts.
—Jet Technologies, 53893 N. Park Ave., Elkhart, reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 7 p.m. Nov. 14 and 3:30 p.m., someone cut a gate lock and stole a black 2008 US Cargo single-axle utility trailer .
– A 31-year-old man reported to Elkhart County deputies that between 8 a.m. Nov. 16 and 10 a.m. Wednesday, someone he knew stole a S&W Model 59 handgun from the 52000 block of CR 29 in Bristol.
– A 36-year-old woman reported to Elkhart County police that someone broke into her vehicle and took her bank card information between Nov. 8 and 9 in the 17000 block of CR 22 in Goshen.
FRAUD
A 51-year-old woman reported fraudulent activity to Goshen police Wednesday at 4:10 p.m.
POTENTIAL THREAT
Goshen police were notified of a threat made in the 1200 block of South Indiana Avenue on Wednesday at 8:04 p.m. The investigation is ongoing.
