Warsaw Police detectives along with officers from the Fort Wayne Police Department recovered a stolen vehicle last night.
The vehicle had been reported stolen on Wednesday morning from Wilby’s gas station on W. Lake Street in Warsaw. The owner left the keys in the vehicle while she went into gas station.
An anonymous tip to Warsaw Police advised that the vehicle and the suspects responsible could be located at the Knights Inn on Goshen Road in Fort Wayne. At approximately 2:00am this morning, police located the stolen vehicle in the parking lot of the Knights Inn.
The vehicle also had a stolen license plate on it. Officers went to room 113 and located Michael Kneller, 36, and Tiffiany Anderson, 34, both of Warsaw. Both Kneller and Anderson had multiple outstanding warrants out of Kosciusko County and where taken into custody without incident.
Kneller was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on felony warrants for; failure to appear for sentence (guilty of possession of chemical reagents and theft), fraud, attempted fraud, theft, and attempted theft. As well as, misdemeanor warrants; theft and attempted theft. Additional felony charges related to the auto theft will be filed. He is being held with no bond.
Anderson was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on felony warrants for; failure to appear (fraud, theft, attempt to commit theft), fraud, attempt to commit fraud, theft, attempt to commit theft, forgery (multiple counts), theft enhancement (multiple counts), and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Misdemeanor warrants include; theft (multiple counts) and attempt to commit theft. Additional felony charges related to the auto theft will be filed. She is being held with no bond.
Warsaw Police were assisted in their investigation by the Fort Wayne Police Department.
