{"id":101988,"date":"2026-08-28T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=101988"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:40:24","slug":"19-year-old-laketon-man-wanted-in-crash-that-killed-17-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=101988","title":{"rendered":"19-year-old Laketon man wanted in crash that killed 17-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--AUTO-AD-BEFORE-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\"\n        data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n        data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"5600453644\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WABASH COUNTY, IN- This from WPTA.com:  A warrant was issued Friday for a 19-year-old Laketon man in connection with a crash that killed a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Patton is charged with operating while intoxicated, causing death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 29 at about 6:10 p.m., Patton was driving at a \u201chigh rate of speed\u201d southbound on County Road 700 West in Wabash County when he lost control, according to court records obtained by 21Investigates. The vehicle left the roadway, striking a tree and splitting in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patton suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, 17-year-old Christoper Grindle, also of Laketon, died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using yaw marks, tire tracks left when a vehicle is travelling too fast on a curve, investigators estimated Patton was driving between 118 and 126 miles per hour ahead of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was also found to be under the influence of THC at the time of the crash, court documents say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Emergency-lights-4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Emergency-lights-4.webp 302w, https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Emergency-lights-4-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<!--AUTO-AD-AFTER-->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;text-align:center\"\n        data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n        data-ad-client=\"0531879237494766\"\n        data-ad-slot=\"9212395598\"><\/ins>\n    <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WABASH COUNTY, IN- This from WPTA.com: A warrant was issued Friday for a 19-year-old Laketon man in connection with a crash that killed a 17-year-old. Jonathan Patton is charged with operating while intoxicated, causing death. On April 29 at about 6:10 p.m., Patton was driving at a \u201chigh rate of speed\u201d southbound on County Road &#8230; <a title=\"19-year-old Laketon man wanted in crash that killed 17-year-old\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?p=101988\" aria-label=\"Read more about 19-year-old Laketon man wanted in crash that killed 17-year-old\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Wade Weaver","author_link":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?author=3"},"rttpg_comment":6,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"WABASH COUNTY, IN- This from WPTA.com: A warrant was issued Friday for a 19-year-old Laketon man in connection with a crash that killed a 17-year-old. Jonathan Patton is charged with operating while intoxicated, causing death. On April 29 at about 6:10 p.m., Patton was driving at a \u201chigh rate of speed\u201d southbound on County Road&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101991,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101988\/revisions\/101991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterzradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}