Scanner for May 30

County Jail

Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently.

* At 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Edward Wayne Tomlin, 25, Cloverdale, was arrested for battery.

At 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Richard Knox, 46, was charged with a probation violation.

At 11:45 a.m., Rick Lee Green, 37, Poland, was booked in on a charge of theft.

At 8:31 p.m., James Vincent Wright, 43, Greencastle, was charged with possession of a syringe, battery resulting in bodily injury, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

* At 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Kevin Robert Jarvis, 57, Cloverdale, was charged with a probation violation.

City Police

A 28-year-old Greencastle man is facing charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of a property-damage accident after a late-night incident outside the Greencastle Kroger store, City Police officers report.

Officer Nick Eastham reported that the one-vehicle accident occurred at 11:58 p.m. May 24 when Christopher B. Taylor, driving a 2000 Chevrolet 2500 truck owned by Donnie Trumbo, Greencastle, struck a support column at the front of the supermarket.

Taylor told police he was upset after reportedly being refused a purchase of wine coolers.

In leaving the parking lot, he then reportedly accelerated at a high rate of speed and the accelerator pedal stuck to the floor mat, causing Taylor to lose control of the vehicle and hit the support column. The accident also damaged several items on display outside the store.

Total damage was estimated at $5,000-$10,000.

City officers also investigated a reported theft at the Greencastle Walmart store on Indianapolis Road Tuesday evening.

Officer Kyle Lee was called to the store at 8:15 p.m. after Motolani Veriffimu, 19, Staten Island, N.Y., was detained by store personnel for attempting to leave the premises with $264.27 worth of unpaid merchandise.

Veriffimu reportedly put Bud Light, wine, candles, clothes, a DVI adapter and other miscellaneous items in a cart and rolled it past all checkout stands in an effort to leave the store.

Meanwhile, two marijuana possession cases were also reported by GPD.

-- At 12:45 a.m. Monday, Richard Aaron Jordan, 24, Indianapolis, was arrested by Officer Matt Huffman at Big Walnut Sports Park.

Jordan was spotted with two other people in a vehicle parked near the soccer fields on the east side of the sports park.

Arrested for possession of marijuana and a probation violation, Jordan was lodged in the Putnam County Jail.

-- At 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a 17-year-old Greencastle male juvenile was arrested when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was stopped by Officer Huffman at Robe-Ann Park.

The juvenile was charged with possession of marijuana after a package of Cigarillo cigars was found to have contained marijuana.

Two traffic accidents were investigated recently by Greencastle officers.

-- At 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, a two-vehicle mishap occurred at Judson Drive and Indianapolis Road as Tommy Judy, 85, Greencastle, tried to turn left out of Judson Drive in a 2003 Toyota Tundra but pulled into the path of a westbound vehicle.

Judy told Officer Lee that he did not see the 2011Honda CRV driven by Patricia Tobin, 70, Greencastle, until it was too late to avoid a collision that resulted in an estimated $5,000-$10,000 damage.

A passenger in the Tobin car, unnamed on the accident report, suffered head and neck pain and was transported to Putnam County Hospital via Operation Life ambulance for further evaluation.

-- At 9:46 p.m. May 24, a car-deer accident was reported on State Road 240 in Chadd Valley.

Lisa Miller, 33, Greencastle, was westbound, driving a 2013 Kia, when a deer entered her path.

Officer Nick Eastham estimated damage at $2,500-$5,000.

Sheriff's Dept.

Two recent accidents were investigated by Putnam County Sheriff's Department deputies.

* At 4:47 p.m. Sunday, Barbara F. Hamilton, 81, Terre Haute, was eastbound on U.S. 40 in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala.

Hamilton advised Deputy Adam Hull that she turned north into the median in an attempt to travel north on Manhattan Road.

As Hamilton crossed the westbound lane, Michael K. Whitaker, 39, Bainbridge, who was traveling westbound on U.S. 40 struck Hamilton in the right rear tire area, causing him to be ejected off his 2008 HD Streetbob motorcycle and land on the westbound driving lane of U.S. 40.

Whitaker was transported to Methodist Hospital via Operation Life.

Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.

* At 4:35 a.m. Monday, Robert J. Jaynes III, 16, Indianapolis, was eastbound on Interstate 70 near the 49-mile marker when a deer entered the roadway.

Jaynes told Lt. Jon Chadd he attempted to miss the animal and in doing so he ran into the median, which caused him to cross into the westbound lanes and overturn in a ditch.

Damage was estimated at $5,001-$10,000.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department has responded to several calls and three medical assists this week.

* At 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, GFD was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident at 1019 Indianapolis Rd. One passenger was transported by Operation Life.

* At 9:28 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28, GFD was dispatched to examine a gas leak on Jacob Street. GFD monitored the air and awaited the arrival of the gas company before returning to station.

* At 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, GFD responded to a fire alarm at 303 S. Locust St. but was disregarded en route.

* At 12:17 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, GFD was called to 210 S. Indiana St. to examine a gas leak caused by construction.

* At 2:12 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, GFD was dispatched to 1280 N. Jackson St. to extinguish a trash fire next to the woods.

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.