FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Two people are in custody after crashing a stolen minivan into a hotel off Lima Road Wednesday morning.
Around 11:18 a.m., the Allen County Sheriff’s Office said officers had been doing surveillance at the Hawthorn Suites hotel when a van that they referred to as “suspicious” pulled into the lot. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department says that when officers attempted to make contact the driver of the van tried to get away. Police say that the van backed into a police vehicle, and hit another vehicle before crashing into one of the hotel’s structures. Two people were arrested. A third occupant of the van was not.
The Allen County Sheriff’s Department released the following:
On January 10, 2024, at approximately 11:18 A.M., officers with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department’s Warrants & Fugitive Division, were conducting surveillance at 4919 Lima Road, when they observed a suspicious van enter the parking lot. The occupants of the van were seen coming and going from the van and officers attempted to speak with them. The driver of the van tried to back out of a parking spot and struck a police vehicle. He then drove forward to evade officers, striking an unoccupied parked vehicle, then the building. Officers were able to get the driver, passenger and third occupant out of the van and detained them.
The initial investigation revealed the van the suspects were in was stolen. The driver, Andrew Dickerman, had an active arrest warrant for violation of Parole. Dickerson was also charged with resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness. The passenger, Danielle Hoagland, had an active arrest warrant for violation of Probation. Hoagland was also charged with resisting law enforcement and false informing. The third person in the vehicle was an adult, who is actively on Parole, but was not arrested.
Nobody was injured in the series of collisions.
Dickerman and Hoagland were transported to Allen County Lockup.
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