On Monday, May 16, at approximately 2:25 in the afternoon, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department obtained a 911 emergency call regarding a car accident in the area of Michigan Road and 4A Road. The call said the crash involved a passenger car and a pickup truck pulling a trailer.
Before Detective Snyder arrived on the scene the male driver of the pickup truck fled on foot and was not located. The pickup truck was found to have been stolen out of Nappanee and the trailer stolen out of Goshen.
During the investigation, Marshall County detectives were able to identify 35-year-old Jorge Crowder of Short Street in Nappanee as the suspect in the thefts.
With a joint effort along with the Nappanee Police, Crowder was located in Elkhart on May 31st and taken to the Elkhart County Jail. He was then transferred to Marshall County for the charges of Theft, Vehicle Theft with a prior conviction, and Leaving the Scene of an Accident.
He is being held on a $20,000 cash bond.
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