PRESS RELEASE: Three Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery
11/1/2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On October 30, 2017, at approximately 1:25 a.m., a call was dispatched reference armed subjects in the 400 block of S. Columbia Street, Warsaw, Indiana. The caller stated three men jumped out of an older vehicle with firearms. The caller advised he witnessed the occupants re-enter the same vehicle, described as small, dark in color with a loud exhaust.
Warsaw Police Department officers located and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the 1900 block of East Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Nathan Dollar (age 18) of Columbia City. Two other occupants were identified as David Mefford (age 19) of South Whitley and Jeffery Walker (age 22) also of South Whitley.
A subsequent investigation resulted in the locating of an assault rifle, tire iron, crowbar, along with drug paraphernalia and marijuana. The three male occupants were detained and interviewed by investigators. It was determined, based on statements, the subjects intended to commit a robbery in the vicinity.
All three subjects were transported and booked into Kosciusko County Jail on conspiracy to commit Robbery, a level 3 felony, where they are being held on a prosecutor investigative hold. The incident is still under investigation by Warsaw Police Department detectives.
Ryan E. Coble
Detective
Public Information Officer
The above information was discovered as a result of a police investigation. The Warsaw Police Department
acknowledges that the charged defendant(s) are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Address/Location
City of Warsaw Police Department
2191 East Fort Wayne Street
Warsaw, IN 46580
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 574-372-9515