Putnam Scanner for July 8, 2009

Several individuals were booked into the Putnam County Jail during the Fourth of July weekend.

Kenneth Finchum, 30, Greencastle was booked at 10:12 p.m. Thursday for public intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Paice Niemeyer, 18, Cloverdale, was booked at 12:57 a.m. Friday for possession of alcohol by a minor.

Kendra Mitchell, 22, Greencastle, was booked at 4:24 a.m. Friday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and public intoxication.

Tim Amburn, 41, Cloverdale, was booked at 12:13 a.m. Saturday for public intoxication, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating per se.

Jeffrey Wallace, 33, Greencastle, was booked at 1:58 a.m. Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Christopher Tanner, 26, Greencastle, was booked at 9:31 a.m. Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and public intoxication.

William Dunfee, 56, Poland, was booked at 12:47 a.m. Sunday for possession of paraphernalia and marijuana.

Bradley Leonard, 39, Greencastle, was booked at 10:32 a.m. Monday for receiving stolen property.

Benjamin Cash, 21, Rockville, was booked at 11:16 a.m. Monday for probation violation.

Emily Gaston, 20, Greencastle, was booked at 6:27 p.m. Monday for battery.

Connie Grimsley, 45, Fillmore, was booked at 8:09 p.m. Monday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle while never receiving a license and public intoxication.

Harold Doane, 48, Greencastle, was booked at 10:40 p.m. for disorderly conduct and domestic battery.

Joshua McAfee, 24, Greencastle, was booked at 12:36 a.m. Tuesday for probation violation.

Karen Willis, 45, Poland, was booked at 12:53 a.m. Tuesday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Jerry Minton, 58, Poland, was booked at 1:04 a.m. Tuesday for public intoxication.

Anthony Pierce, 43, Greencastle, was booked at 6:28 a.m. Tuesday for habitual offender, Class D felony.

Renee Minnick, 25, Cloverdale, was booked at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday for probation violation.

Thomas Pearson, 26, Indianapolis, was booked at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday for attempting to traffic with an inmate and habitual offenders, Class D felony.

Sheriff's Department

Jeffrey Jackson of Greencastle was traveling east on SR 240 at 4:10 p.m. Saturday, when he lost control of his vehicle due to wet pavement. The vehicle left the road and struck a telephone pole.

The vehicle was not towed from the scene.

Heather Dishman of Camby was making a turn into the Lieber State Park from SR 243, when a white pick up truck struck the back of her vehicle and did not stop.

The accident occurred at 3:44 p.m. Friday. There was an estimated $2,501 to $5,000 in damages. Dishman's vehicle was not towed from the scene.