Police Logs from October 2012

The Greencastle Fire Department went on several runs recently. At 3:13 p.m. they were dispatched to 105 W. Hanna St., but were disregarded in station. At 2:34 a.m. they returned to 106 S. Spring St. responding to an alarm and got back to the station at 2:44 a.m...

Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 4:35 a.m. Justin Keyt O'Hair, 21, Roachdale, was booked in for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and probation violation. At 10:50 p.m. Kyle Allan Turner, 22, Indianapolis, was arrested for operating while intoxicated...

Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday, Oct. 2. On Monday, Oct. 1 at 5:25 p.m. Joshua D. Gross, 32, Crawfordsville, was stopped southbound on U.S. 231 in a 2004 Saturn Ion waiting for another vehicle to turn west onto County Road 350 North. Justin L. Scobee, 17, Roachdale, was also southbound in a 2002 Ford F150...

On Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 7:22 p.m. Herbert Hucks Jr., 42, Evansville, was booked into the Putnam County Jail for failure to appear and operating having never received a license. On Sunday, Sept. 30 at 5:07 p.m. Linda L. Spivey, 62, Poland, was traveling on Lafayette Street in Cloverdale in a 1998 Chevrolet Venture...

Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Thursday, Oct. 4. At 5:10 p.m. Mark Alan Whitis, 56, Coatesville, was arrested for public intoxication. At 8:45 p.m. Alex Matthew Gaston, 21, Greencastle, was charged with possession of paraphernalia and probation violation...

City Police The same Greencastle intersection -- Jackson and Walnut streets -- produced two property-damage accidents Thursday, City Police reported. The first occurred at 7:58 a.m. as Glen Oney, 71, Greencastle, was southbound on Jackson Street with the right of way. Driving a 2001 Toyota, Oney was approaching Walnut Street when a 1997 Geo Prizm, driven by James Hinkle, 24, Brazil, entered the intersection and a collision occurred...

County Jail Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. On Friday, Oct. 5 at 11:28 p.m. Debra Leen Fisher, 48, Fillmore, was arrested for probation violation. On Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1:30 a.m. Roger Patrick Lopez, 42, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for driving under the influence of drugs and operating while intoxicated...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. On Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 8:30 p.m. Donnie Walker Nicely, 63, Poland, was charged with probation violation. At 9:24 p.m. Kali Jane Rugenstein, 27, Indianapolis, was arrested on two counts of bond revocation...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Friday, Oct. 12. At 2:45 p.m. Devon Gregory Garcia, 29, New Carlisle, Ohio, was arrested for burglary and theft. At 5:21 p.m. Anthony Carson, 20, Poland, was charged with reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle having never received a license and probation violation...

The Greencastle Fire Department went on several runs recently. On Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2:46 p.m. crews went to 22 N. College Ave. for an odor investigation. They returned to station at 3:38 p.m. At 8:14 p.m. they were dispatched to 800 S. College Ave. for an alarm. They were in service at 8:30 p.m...

Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. On Friday, Oct. 12 at 12 p.m., Dillon Paul Brown, 20, Bainbridge, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, maintaining a common nuisance and violation of home detention...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Wednesday, Oct. 17. At 12:35 p.m. Billy Lee Jones, 36, Cloverdale, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and probation violation. At 5:20 p.m. David Andrew Burger, 48, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail for invasion of privacy...

County Jail On Friday, Oct. 19 at 12:16 a.m. Kenneth Michael Finchum, 33, Greencastle, was booked into the Putnam County Jail for domestic battery, strangulation and intimidation. City Police A two-vehicle mishap on the west side of the courthouse square Thursday afternoon caused about a 30-minute traffic back-up but minimal damage to the two trucks involved, Greencastle City Police reported...

On Tuesday, October 16 at 2 p.m. Brad W. Smythe, 43, New Carlisle, was driving a 2007 Ryder rental truck southbound on U.S. 231 North near County Road 1400 N. Smythe said an oncoming vehicle was driving left of the centerline so he swerved to avoid a collision...

James Baker was traveling on County Road 725 East on Friday, Oct. 19 when he lost control of his vehicle. Baker, 67, Indianapolis, tried to make a 90 degree turn when wet roads caused his 1997 Dodge Ram Pickup to skid off the road and head-on into the start of the guardrail...

County Jail Two people were booked into the Putnam County Jail on Wednesday, Oct. 24. At 11:10 a.m. Brandi Lynette Clodfelter, 31, Bainbridge, was arrested for operating while intoxicated and probation violation. At 12:15 p.m. Joseph Wayne Taylor, 33, Cloverdale, was charged with receiving stolen property...

County Jail Three people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. On Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:23 p.m. Jonathan Keith Thornton, 24, Roachdale, was arrested for battery on a child and domestic battery. At 9:45 p.m. Josh Elijah Hoffa, 35, Clo-verdale, was charged with violation of home detention...

City Police Four traffic accidents were investigated recently by Greencastle City Police officers. -- At 2:33 p.m. Thursday, a two-vehicle accident occurred at Bloomington and Seminary streets as Katelyn Stewart, 18, Greencastle, was eastbound on Seminary Street, waiting to cross Bloomington...