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Logansport man charged with three counts of attempted murder

The subject of a reported Logansport battery was the same man eventually charged with three counts of attempted murder.

 

Logansport Police say they were called in the 1am hour to a reported battery inside the Renne Wa (former Old Style Inn), at 219 South Street.  In that initial investigation, police were unable to identify or locate a suspect.

 

About two hours later, police again were at the Renne Wa for someone struck by a car. The suspect vehicle had left the scene.

 

Two people were initially found with injuries related to being struck by a vehicle.  Then, a third person was discovered with injuries.  One person was flown to a Ft. Wayne hospital while the other two were treated at Logansport Memorial.

 

Minutes later, police were called to Logansport's 25th and Spear intersection where a single vehicle accident left a car fully engulfed.  No driver was at the scene.

Logansport PD says the car had been stolen from the River Bend Apartments.

 

A suspect, Jhosniber Josias Cuence-Orsama, 21, of Logansport, was named as a suspect by multiple witnesses.  Cuence - Orsama was  found the next day at the Peru Police Department where he had been taken after being involved in a leaving the scene of an accident.  Following questioning by Logansport Police, he was booked into the Cass County Jail.

 

Cuence-Orsama is charged with:

3 counts of attempted murder

3 counts of aggravated battery

3 counts criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon

1 count if auto theft

1 count leaving the scene of a serious bodily injury accident

1 count of leaving the scene of a property damage accident

1 count of counterfeit government issued identification card.

 

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