CRIME & SAFETY
CORONER: Human remains found along I-469 identified as missing 31-year-old man
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - The Allen County Coroner’s Office identified human remains discovered earlier this month along a major highway. The coroner says the remains discovered along I-469 on March 11 are that of missing 31-year-old Cody Rose. Fort Wayne police say Rose went missing from his home on Indian Village Blvd. on April 22, 2022.
Delphi defense attorneys crowdsource over un-reimbursed fees
DELPHI, Ind. (WSBT) — The attorneys representing Delphi double murder suspect Richard Allen are turning to crowdsource funding, and have raised more than $12,000 so far. Previous emails and motions indicated that the judge has been slow to reimburse bills and denied funds for witnesses, with the co-defense counsel claiming he has more than $51,000 in un-reimbursed fees.
FWPD asking for assistance identifying man seen attempting to force girls into van Monday afternoon
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Fort Wayne police are asking for help locating a man seen attempting to force two juvenile girls into a van Monday afternoon. The man, described as a bald white man in his 40s with a medium build and beard, was seen in a small and white rusty old minivan with plastic on the passenger side window. Police say the van may be a work van.
Traffic flowing at northeast Fort Wayne intersection after 3-car crash
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A three-car crash in northeast Fort Wayne shut down a busy stretch of road Wednesday morning. Dispatch confirmed the crash happened at Maplecrest and Rothman roads shortly before 9:30 a.m. Southbound Maplecrest was temporarily shut down, and Fort Wayne Police officers at the scene...
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to arson
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - A man received his sentence today after pleading guilty to arson. Blancie Ziko, 48, was sentenced to 12 years, with 11 of that suspended in connection to a truck set on fire in January. On Sunday, January 21, a Fort Wayne Fire Department arson investigator...
Witness: Southtown Walmart shooter was there to buy drugs
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) -- Police say the man who drove Micah Nunn to the Southtown Crossing Walmart before he shot and killed a man on Thursday told them they were there to buy drugs. Nunn is charged with murder in the death of 23-year-old Devon Evans Herlde. In a...
FWPD urge parents and kids to “stay alert” after two kidnapping attempts
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Monday afternoon, officers with the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) say two separate kidnapping attempts were made on children in Fort Wayne. BACKGROUND: FWPD asking for assistance identifying man seen attempting to force girls into van Monday afternoon. 21Alive spoke to a mother and daughter...
JAVA reflects on missing persons after human remains found on major highway were identified
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - We now know the identity of the man whose remains were found earlier this month in Southern Allen County. Yesterday, the coroner confirmed they were that of Cody Rose. He went missing in April of 2022. Rose was missing for nearly two years, and there...
One person shot near Reed Road and Lake Avenue in non-life-threatening condition
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Just after 8 tonight police got a call that one man had been shot near Reed Road and Lake Avenue while driving in Fort Wayne. When police arrived, they found the man had stopped at the Arbor Lakes Apartments. He had one gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital, where he is confirmed to be in non-life-threatening condition.
NAMUS, FWPD records: 16 Fort Wayne missing persons still unaccounted for
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Since 1991, 16 people who went missing from Fort Wayne remain unaccounted for. Records from the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the Fort Wayne Police Department give details about the missing persons and insight into their disappearances. The timeline below shows the 16 individuals who continue to have open missing persons cases in Fort Wayne.
FWFD responds to kitchen fire at home in southeast Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Fire Department responded to a kitchen fire at a home on the city’s southeast side Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were seen at a house in the 5000 block of Roberta Drive, which is near the intersection of Paulding and Hessen Cassel roads.
Allen County SWAT K-9 demonstration and reading at EACS tomorrow
ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WFFT) - Tomorrow, Allen County SWAT officers will hold a K-9 demonstration and read to elementary students in the county. New Haven Primary, 1445 Berwick Lane, 10-11 a.m. Southwick, 6500 Wayne Trace Boulevard, 11 a.m. to noon. New Haven Intermediate, 919 Homestead Drive, 12:30-1 p.m. Prince Chapman...
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