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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

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ID	102599
Title of Article	TRICK-OR-TREATERS SCARE UP GOODIES AT CITY HALL
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	TOP: Jenna Brouillette (left), marketing and communications manager for The Lerner Theatre, and other city officials greet trick-or-treaters and their parents on the second floor of City Hall during the City Hall trick-or-treat event in Elkhart. BOTTOM LEFT: Chief Probation Officer Bryan Shaw (right), dressed as Ted Lasso, gives a handful of candy to Eliana Skelton, 8. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dimitri Campbell (right), 4, dressed as a police officer, pretends to handcuff Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson on Thursday.
Date	Nov 01, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart Municipal Building, Halloween

ID	102315
Title of Article	NEVER FORGET
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	flag suspended by two firetrucks; Rodney Dale speaks; police officers place wreath by memorial
Date	Sep 12, 2025
Page	A1
Subjects	September 11, 2001 Attacks

ID	98128
Title of Article	12 new police officers accept oath of office
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 07, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department

ID	96853
Title of Article	Honoring the fallen
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Phil Byars speaks; Elkhart Police officers salute; Leonard Sailor plays bagpipes
Date	May 16, 2024
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Peace Officers Memorial Day, Police Officers, Memorials

ID	96136
Title of Article	Patrolman Joins Elkhart Force
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Patrolman Jerod Bechtold of Ligonier was sworn in Monday as a new Elkhart Police officer. ; From left are Mayor Rod Roberson, Patrolman Jerod Bechtold and Chief Dan Milanese.
Date	Mar 27, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department

ID	95569
Title of Article	City welcomes three new officers
Notes	Dane Frieden; Aric Chevalier; Matthew Gimson
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jon Chevalier; Aric Chevalier
Date	Feb 27, 2024
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Officers

ID	95428
Title of Article	Appeals court affirms sentence for fraud by former cop
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Junaid Gulzar
Date	Feb 14, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Police Officers, Fraud, Lawsuits, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

ID	95187
Title of Article	Former officer convicted of wire fraud appeals sentence
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Junaid Gulzar
Date	Jan 24, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Police Officers, Fraud, Lawsuits, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

ID	95011
Title of Article	Fired jail officer faces charge in court
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Malachi Yoder
Date	Jan 13, 2024
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, Police Officers, Sexual Misconduct

ID	94417
Title of Article	Firefighters win Salvation Army bell-ringing contest
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Firefighters ring bells
Date	Dec 12, 2023
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Salvation Army, Police Officers, Firefighters

ID	93831
Title of Article	Man dead, officer hurt in SWAT standoff
Notes	731 W. Franklin
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jonathon Carver
Date	Nov 08, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Police Officers, Shootings

ID	93335
Title of Article	Officer gets 1 year for beating handcuffed man
Notes	Joshua Titus; Cory Newland
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Joshua Titus
Date	Oct 13, 2023
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Officers, Lawsuits

ID	93231
Title of Article	Two new police officers sworn to duty
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Mayor Rod Roberson, Patrolmen Thomas Breneman and Justin Miracle, and Chief Dan Milanese
Date	Oct 11, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Officers

ID	94168
Title of Article	Concord officer terminated for unwanted communication
Notes	Eric Schuman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Oct 04, 2023
Page	A3
Subjects	Concord Community Schools, Police Officers

ID	89419
Title of Article	New police officers, promotions approved
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Stanley McCray, Chief Milanese and Cameron Nafziger; Rod Roberson, Riley Arvantis, Dustin Fitzgerald and Dan Milanese
Date	May 23, 2023
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Officers

ID	89034
Title of Article	Man charged with threatening DNR officer
Notes	Harassment
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rodney Silcox
Date	May 06, 2023
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Police Officers, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

ID	84296
Title of Article	Fourteen officers sworn in at Sheriff's Office
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Judge Stephen Bowers swears in 13 corrections officers and 1 patrol officer; New Elkhart County Sheriff's Department corrections and patrol officers
Date	Oct 11, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department, Police Officers

ID	83022
Title of Article	Former police officer convicted of wire fraud
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Sep 10, 2022
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Fraud

ID	82928
Title of Article	Police officer pleads guilty to beating prisoner
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Cory Newland
Date	Sep 08, 2022
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Misconduct Investigations, Newland, Cory

ID	82756
Title of Article	Storm Cuts Power to Thousands
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Firefighters and police officers respond to downed electrical lines
Date	Aug 30, 2022
Page	A2
Subjects	Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), Electricity, Franklin Street, Weather

ID	81399
Title of Article	Men in Batman shirts allegedly claimed to be police during carjacking
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Jul 06, 2022
Page	A3
Subjects	Police Officers

ID	81237
Title of Article	Concord welcomes new officer to department
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Alan Delinski and Judge Stephen Bowers
Date	Jun 30, 2022
Page	A5
Subjects	Concord Community Schools, Police Officers

ID	80392
Title of Article	Concord welcomes Schuman to police department
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	John Riddle, with new CCSPD Officer Eric Schuman
Date	May 25, 2022
Page	A5
Subjects	Concord Community Schools, Police Officers

ID	76927
Title of Article	Police offer internet sale exchange area
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Designated internet sale exchange area at Elkhart Police Department
Date	Dec 22, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Safety

ID	75929
Title of Article	Burnishing the badge
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart Police officers; Police Chief Kris Seymore
Date	Oct 16, 2021
Page	A1, A4
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Seymore, Kris, Police Officers

ID	74701
Title of Article	Police seek to formalize pact over school officers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Sep 28, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen Community Schools, Police Officers

ID	73860
Title of Article	Concord welcomes new police officer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Officer John Riddle, Judge Kristine Osterday and Nic Minder; Officer John Riddle, Officer Darrin Tucker and Chief of Police Nic Minder
Date	Aug 18, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Concord Community Schools, Police Officers

ID	73455
Title of Article	Elkhart police officer suspended, demoted
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nathan Lanzen
Date	Jul 20, 2021
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Merit Commission

ID	72175
Title of Article	March overtime patrols snare unsafe drivers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Apr 29, 2021
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County Traffic Safety Partnership, Ordinances, Traffic, Police Officers

ID	71491
Title of Article	Holcomb signs police reform, school funding bills into law
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Apr 02, 2021
Page	A4
Subjects	Holcomb, Eric, Laws, School Funding, Police Officers

ID	69136
Title of Article	Two new city police officers sworn to duty
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rod Roberson, David Herrod, and Thomas Cripe
Date	Feb 24, 2021
Page	A6
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department

ID	70394
Title of Article	Capitol breach aftermath
Notes	Protesters
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Police officers outside Capitol building; Secret service members inside Capitol building
Date	Jan 08, 2021
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Government, Federal, Demonstrations

ID	69121
Title of Article	Community-police relations discussed at town hall
Notes	Interdenominational Ministers Alliance
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Edwin Newsome
Date	Oct 29, 2020
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Police Officers, Elkhart Area Ministerial Association, St. James AME Church

ID	69026
Title of Article	Police show up at park, hand out candy
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart police officers and community members
Date	Oct 09, 2020
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Elkhart County Park & Recreation Department, Weston Park

ID	67856
Title of Article	Veteran police officer promoted to chief
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kris Seymore; Chris Snyder
Date	July 3, 2020
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Roberson, Rod (Mayor)

ID	67544
Title of Article	Goshen police officer dies after a short illness
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kristin Carich
Date	May 15, 2020
Page	A6
Subjects	Goshen Police Department, Cancer

ID	67062
Title of Article	Ex-Indiana police officer justified in black man's killing
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Woman and police officer; press conference guests
Date	March 7, 2020
Page	A3
Subjects	South Bend Police Department, Police Misconduct Investigations, Shootings

ID	67047
Title of Article	One male victim dead in Goshen shooting Tuesday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen police officers; Goshen police officers
Date	March 5, 2020
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Homicides, Goshen Police Department, Shootings

ID	65849
Title of Article	Police review a work in progress
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Police officers and suspect
Date	September 23, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Misconduct Investigations, Newland, Cory, Titus, Joshua

ID	66855
Title of Article	Elkhart remembers 9/11
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tim Neese, Chad Carey, and Chris Snyder; Plaque honoring police officers and firefighters
Date	September 12, 2019
Page	A1
Subjects	September 11, 2001 Attacks, City Hall, Elkhart Police Department, Fire Department, Elkhart

ID	66629
Title of Article	Three dead in shooting
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Nikita Johnson with police officers; Detectives and bystanders; Detectives and bystanders; Stratford Commons
Date	August 1, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Stratford Commons, Homicides, Shootings, Elkhart Police Department

ID	65778
Title of Article	Law enforcement officers send message at Fair 5,000
Source	Elkhart Truth
Picture Caption	Indiana Conservation Department officers and Elkhart County Sheriff Department officer
Date	July 22, 2019
Page	B1, B2
Subjects	Indiana Conservation Department, Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office, Police Officers, Elkhart County 4-H Fair

ID	65533
Title of Article	Lessons learned in active-intruder training
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Goshen police officers; Goshen police officers and firefighters
Date	June 12, 2019
Page	A3
Subjects	Goshen High School, Goshen Police Department, Fire Department, Goshen, Active Shooter Training

ID	64902
Title of Article	More police officers move to community division
Notes	Jason Gruber, Justin Gage, Al Williamson; Police and Community Support Division
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 10, 2019
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department

ID	65091
Title of Article	Mayor details police review plan
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Daniels; Cory Newland, Joshua Titus, Elkhart Police officer, handcuffed suspect
Date	February 9, 2019
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Misconduct Investigations, Neese, Tim (Mayor), Daniels, Deborah J.

ID	65073
Title of Article	Final officers sworn in under new administration
Notes	Thomas Cripe and Judge Stephen Bowers; Sheriff Jeff Siegel and Colin Wold
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Thomas Cripe and Judge Stephen Bowers; Sheriff Jeff Siegel and Colin Wold
Date	February 5, 2019
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County Schools, Police Officers

ID	65023
Title of Article	New chapter for county law enforcement
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Siegel
Date	January 20, 2019
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Police Officers, Elkhart County Sheriffâ€™s Department, Siegel, Jeff

ID	64688
Title of Article	Atheists: Teacher, officer in violation for joining prayers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart Police Officer, Cody Skipper, with high school students
Date	November 18, 2018
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Northern Indiana Brass Company, Elkhart Police Department, Elkhart Central High School

ID	64841
Title of Article	Two officers accused of excessive force
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart police officers and man in custody
Date	November 3, 2018
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Police Misconduct Investigations, Newland, Cory, Titus, Joshua

ID	64351
Title of Article	ATV donation appreciated
Notes	Tom Jellison
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart Police Officer driving donated ATV
Date	August 22, 2018
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart Police Department, Donations, Flexco Products Inc.