Putnam Scanner 2-1-17

Sheriff’s Department

A Terre Haute man was taken into custody on Friday in an unrelated case following a wreck that snapped a utility pole.

At 6:23 a.m., Criss V. Nelson, 36, Terre Haute, was northbound on Manhattan Road near County Road 300 West in a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice.

Nelson told Deputy Virgil Lanning as he entered a curve, the car slid off the left side of the road due to ice. The car hit a pole, breaking it and causing downed power lines.

The vehicle was towed and damage was estimated at $2,501-$5,000.

However, deputies discovered that Nelson had an unresolved case in Putnam Superior Court.

In August 2016, Nelson was cited for driving without ever receiving a license. He apparently never responded to his summons, failing to appear for his December initial hearing.

An arrest warrant was subsequently issued in the case, and Lanning served the warrant on Friday, with Nelson booked in the Putnam County Jail at 7:44 a.m.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to two other recent property damage crashes.

• At 3:47 a.m. on Friday, John W. Freeman, 54, McCordsville, was westbound on Interstate 70 in a 2005 Ford F150 when he encountered an ice-covered bridge near the 41-mile mark.

Maj. Dwight Simmons reported that the vehicle began spinning after crossing the bridge, entering the median and getting lodged in the cable barrier at the rear axle.

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

Simmons was assisted by Deputy Anthony Brown.

• At 7:10 a.m. on Thursday, Larry Manion, 47, Brazil, was southbound on U.S. 231 north of County Road 100 North in a 2012 Volve semi tractor registered to GFS Transport of Fort Wayne. Manion told Lt. Donnie Pettit he saw a trash truck off the right side of the road with its rear flashers on.

Manion said he followed the vehicle in front of him around the trash truck but didn’t realize how close he was. The passenger side mirror of Manion’s truck struck the driver’s side mirror of the trash truck.

The 2007 International trash truck, registered to Jack’s Trash Service, was driven by James B. Wood, 45, Greencastle. Wood told Pettit that Manion’s semi did not brake and continued southbound until it pulled over in the parking lot of the Fairway restaurant.

Damage was less than $1,000.

County Jail

Twenty-four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Moday

• At 5:17 p.m. Tyler Patrick Kuras, 26, Russellville, was lodged at the jail on a writ for contempt of court.

• At 3:09 p.m. Matthew L. Krider, 35, Brazil, was taken into custody on a local warrant and an out-of-county warrant.

• At 2:46 p.m. Shawnya Kay Paugh, 36, Cloverdale, was arrested on a warrant for driving with a suspended license.

• At 2:18 p.m. Nicholas Shane Ritz, 27, Brazil, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 4:46 a.m. Ren Michael Branagin, 26, Greencastle, was charged with reckless driving, resisting law enforcement, criminal recklessness and operating while intoxicated.

• At 1:09 a.m. McKenzie Cheyenne King, 20, Pana, Ill., was booked in for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction.

• At 1:07 p.m. James Mohammad Assad, 35, Taylorville, Ill., was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction.

Sunday

• At 11:28 p.m. Taylor Mae Branson, 24, Mooresville, was taken into custody for domestic battery.

• At 11:08 a.m. Timothy Robert Rivers, 51, Greencastle, was arrested on a local warrant.

• At 3:09 a.m. Austen Bradley Stout, 20, Fillmore, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated.

Saturday

• At 11:25 p.m. John W. Allison, 57, Cloverdale, was charged with driving while intoxicated.

• At 6:33 p.m. Curtis Lee Galloway, 27, Muncie, was booked in for driving as a habitual traffic violator and driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction.

•At 12:08 p.m. John Randall Cox, 37, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on an out-of-county warrant.

Friday

• At 10:19 p.m. Leetha L. Altemiller, 46, Cloverdale, was taken into custody on a writ of body attachment.

• At 7:49 p.m. Cassidy Jane Frost, 19, Bainbridge, was arrested for unlawful possession of a syringe and on a local warrant.

• At 7:41 p.m. Charles Jacob Kallner, 25, Reelsville, was housed at the jail for alteration of handgun identifying marks.

• At 6:05 p.m. Jeremy Daniel Davenport, 38, Indianapolis, was booked in on a traffic warrant.

• At 5:51 p.m. Timothy O’Niell McKenna, 41, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 1:26 p.m. Frank Adam Roche, 26, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

• At 12:45 p.m. Meagen Nichole Anderson, 25, Brazil, was arrested on a local warrant.

• At 12:42 p.m. Bradford Jordan McKamey Linker, 24, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a court order.

• At 12:10 p.m. Bruce Allen Strong, 55, Fillmore, was charged with domestic battery.

• At 10:34 a.m. Nicholas Leon Bennett, 26, Greencastle, was booked in on a court order.

• At 5:57 a.m. Jay Steven Snyder III, 23, Brazil, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant.

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.