Efforts of Five Fort Wayne Troopers Lead to Numerous Criminal and OWI Arrests in 2009

FORT WAYNE, IN - The traffic and criminal enforcement efforts of five Indiana State Police Troopers, assigned to the Fort Wayne Post, highlighted one of the Department’s mission statement philosophies which states that “we will address crimes and offenders with diligent, conscientious and proactive initiatives”. 

In June of 2009, Fort Wayne District Commander, Lt. Rob Townsend put together a team of four Troopers whose primary focus was OWI enforcement in the District.  Troopers Caleb Anderson, Jen Holt, Matt Teusch, and Jason Ward, from June through December, put together an impressive resume of traffic enforcement contacts (both tickets and warnings), criminal arrests and OWI arrests. 

--Traffic Enforcement Contacts 4209

--Criminal Arrests     409

--OWI Arrests                264 

In Noble County, Trooper Brian Kreger, with the help of the Kendallville Police and Noble County Sheriff Departments, set out to take criminals off of the streets of Kendallville, especially those involved in the manufacturing, possession and distribution of methamphetamine.  The enforcement effort called ACE, which stands for Anti-Crime Enforcement, yielded extremely positive results during the summer months of 2009. 

--Traffic Enforcement Contacts     73

--Criminal Arrests       64

--OWI Arrests         3

--Stolen Vehicles Recovered        2