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.