Multiple Departments Respond for Business Intruder

A mysterious 9-1-1 call to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department this morning led to an investigation that involved officers from four departments, including the county’s Emergency Response Team. The original call came in at 3:14 a.m. from a farm equipment business on Washington Road near State Road 114. When dispatchers answered, the line was silent, so they sent a couple officers to investigate. They arrived to find a barefoot man yelling and throwing things. When the suspect disappeared in a pole barn, the officers requested back from the emergency team, as well as the Columbia City Police Department, Huntington County Sheriff’s Department and Indiana State Police. By about 5:45 a.m., police had safely taken the man into custody. They took him to a hospital for evaluation.