Jul 13, 2021 / 07:48 PM EST
MACY, Ind. (WISH) After a 2½-hour standoff Tuesday afternoon in Miami County, Indiana State Police arrested a 45-year-old man wanted for violation of parole from a 2013 conviction on drug and gun offenses out of Tippecanoe County.
Jason Fites, of rural Macy, was jailed in Miami County with new, preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement; criminal recklessness with a firearm; possession of heroin; possession of methamphetamine; dealing heroin; dealing methamphetamine; pointing a loaded firearm; violent felon in possession of a handgun; and possession of a syringe.
Online court documents show Fites was convicted in February 2013 in Lafayette for possession of meth, and a firearm charge. He sentenced to prison and released in May 2020, according to online prison records.
Miami County man arrested after chase, over 2 hourlong standoff
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Crash in Miami County kills one
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May 28, 2021 / 03:20 PM EST
Indiana State Police on Friday announced the arrest of Andrew King, 35, of Rochester. King has been charged with reckless homicide and false informing in connection to a fatal three-vehicle crash in Miami County on May 10.
Troopers were called to the area of U.S. 31 and Miami County Road 100 North on May 10 for reports of a crash.
Investigators learned King was distracted while driving a 2016 Volvo semi northbound on U.S. 31. King failed to stop at the red light and rear-ended a Toyota Corolla driven by Sarah Wallace, 32, of South Bend, police said. Her two young children Cecilia Wallace, 2, and Leo Wallace, 6 months, were backseat passengers in the vehicle.
A South Bend baby was killed Monday in a crash on U.S. 31 and two other people were seriously injured.
Police responded to a three-car crash just before 4 p.m. on U.S. 31 at Miami County Road 100 North. According to Indiana State Police, two vehicles were stopped or slowing down for a red light at Miami County Road when a semi did not stop and hit one of the vehicles, pushing it into the second vehicle.
Leo Wallace, 6Â months, was killed in the crash. Cecilia Wallace, 2, was flown to Riley s Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. She sustained life-threatening injuries. Sarah Wallace, 32, was transported to a Fort Wayne hospital with serious injuries.