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County Jail

Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently.

* At 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday Kathy Jane Niewald, 52, Brazil, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

* At 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday Daniel Keith Rutar, 46, Indianapolis, was booked in on a probation violation and possession of marijuana.

* At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday Jesse Lee Witt, 30, Greencastle, was charged with resisting law enforcement.

* At 5:53 p.m. on Tuesday Claude Terrell IV, 39, Indianapolis, was charged with two counts of nonsupport of a dependent and contempt of court.

* At 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday Keith Ryan Harkness, 35, Greencastle, was charged with domestic battery and strangulation.

* At 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday Jonathan Cole Muse, 21, Cloverdale, was charged with operating while intoxicated.

* At 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday Steven Lee Newnam, 51, Greencastle, was charged with operating while intoxicated and public intoxication.

*At 8 p.m. on Wednesday James Douglas Benge Jr., 34, Greencastle was charged with invasion of privacy, harassment, bond revocation and stalking.

* At 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday Michael Dominique Hughes, 27, Greencastle, was charged with failure to appear.

* At 10:18 p.m. on Wednesday Gary Lee Means, 41, Cloverdale was charged with a probation violation.

Sherriff's Department

* At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Anne M. Gray, 43, Fillmore, was traveling northbound in a 2009 Pontiac G6 on County Road 475 East when a squirrel ran into the road.

She told Sgt. Greg Slover she swerved to miss the animal and lost control. She then left the roadway on the west side and struck a sign and a concrete culvert and came to rest in a bean field.

There were no injuries reported.

Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.

*At 7:06 a.m. on Monday Thaddeus W. Schoeneman, 30, Avon, was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 in a 2012 Chrysler 200S near the 46 mile-marker.

Schoeneman told Sgt. Jon Chadd that a deer entered the road from the north side and he couldn't avoid hitting it.

Damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.

Information included in the Putnam Scanner is taken from reports provided to the Banner Graphic by the Greencastle Police, the Greencastle Fire and the Putnam County Sheriff's departments.

Individuals listed in the blotter have been arrested on probable cause and have not been formally charged. Charging information may change after an initial arrest.

Questions about listed charging information should be directed to the arresting agency.