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POLICE NEWS: Goshen police pursue motorcyclist

Goshen police pursued a motorcyclist for a short period of time at 8:55 p.m. Saturday. Goshen police reported they attempted to stop a sport-style motorcycle for multiple moving violations in the area of Lincoln and Indiana avenues. Due to heavy traffic and excessive speeds, the pursuit was discontinued, the report reads. ARRESTS • A 46-year-old Goshen man was arrested by Goshen police at 11:54 p.m. Saturday on charges of possession of a legend drug, possession of a controlled substance and public intoxication. Officers were called to Lassus, 1001 W. Pike St., for an overdose and made the arrest. The man was taken to the Elkhart County Jail. • A 29-year-old Goshen man was arrested by Goshen police at 3:02 a.m. Sunday on charges of resisting law enforcement, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Goshen police attempted to stop the 29-year-old, who was on a bicycle, for an equipment violation near Clinton Street and Greene Road. The man fled, but was arrested a short time later. He was taken to the Elkhart County Jail. • A 30-year-old Elkhart man was arrested by Goshen police at 6:43 p.m. Friday on charges of public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance. Goshen police and paramedics were called to Marathon, 501 E. Madison St., for a report of a man who passed out on the ground in the parking lot. The man was arrested and taken to the Elkhart County Jail. • A 17-year-old Goshen girl was arrested by Goshen police at 5:01 p.m. Friday near Lincoln and Chicago avenues on a charge of operating a vehicle without ever receiving a valid driver's license. She was released at the scene to her guardians pending a future court date. • A 36-year-old Elkhart man was arrested by Goshen police at 1:32 a.m. Saturday on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction, being a habitual traffic violator with a prior conviction and possession of paraphernalia. The Elkhart man was stopped at Elkhart Road and Westplains Drive for an equipment violation. He was taken to the Elkhart County Jail. • A 32-year-old Goshen man was arrested and jailed by Goshen police at 1:07 a.m. Saturday in the 100 block of West Jefferson Street on charges of public nudity, public intoxication and resisting law enforcement. RECOVERY A semitrailer stolen from Bedord, Illinois, was found and recovered near the 400 block of Elkhart Road in Goshen at 8:34 a.m. Saturday. GUNFIRE REPORTED Goshen police were called to the 500 block of East Douglas Street at 3:57 p.m. Saturday. Officers investigated but found no evidence of gunfire. DOG BITE A 9-year-old child was bitten by his neighbor's pitbull in the 300 block of Middlebury Street in Goshen at 7:28 p.m. Saturday, according to Goshen police. Medical attention was refused at the scene, the report reads. THEFTS • Property was reported stolen to Goshen police from the 200 block of Johnston Street in Goshen at 7:54 p.m. Saturday. The thief then used her bank information to purchase merchandise, she reported. • Mailed checks were stolen from the 100 block of The Willows at 8:43 a.m. Friday, according to a report from Goshen police. • A vehicle was reported stolen from RGS Hot Deals, 501 W. Pike St., Goshen, at 3:17 p.m. Friday, according to Goshen police. IDENTITY THEFT A 70-year-old Goshen man reported to Goshen police at 9:46 a.m. Friday that an unidentified person was using his identity in the 200 block of East Lincoln Avenue. BURGLARY Two people reported to Goshen police at 3:38 a.m. Saturday that two male suspects burglarized their home in the 900 block of Colonial Manor and stole money.