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Police and fire

  • Pickup driver, 75, dies in rollover crash
    A northeast Indiana man died early Thursday when his pickup truck rolled over and ended up on its top in a ditch, Indiana State Police said today.
  • Burglary discovery leads to meth charges for 2
    New Haven police arrested two people early Monday after finding methamphetamine and precursors used to make the drug in a car on the lot of where a burglary had taken place, police said.
  • Pharmacist robbed of strong painkiller
    A man claiming to have a gun robbed a south-side drugstore of prescription painkillers, according to a Fort Wayne police report.The man approached the pharmacy counter in Walgreens at 222 E. Pettit Ave.
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Man charged with molesting girl, 11

A Fort Wayne man was formally charged Thursday with molesting an 11-year-old girl.

Erasmo Leyva Jr., 32, of the 1200 block of Rivermet Avenue, is accused of molesting the girl while she slept at his home in April.

He faces one count of child molesting, which carries a sentence of 20 to 50 years in prison.