Putnam Scanner for July 13, 2018

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 2:18 a.m. Chad Anthony Nichols, 30, Fillmore, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

Wednesday

• At 7:51 p.m. Benjamin George Everett Chaney, 23, Poland, was housed at the jail for probation violation.

• At 5:06 p.m. Jennifer Ilene Pena-Perkins, 30, Greencastle, was booked in on a court order.

Tuesday

• At 10:07 p.m. Jeffrey Raymond Brown, 39, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a pair of local warrants.

• At 3:11 p.m. Jesse Clay Bradshaw, 35, Godfrey, Ill., was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

City Police

One recent arrest was reported by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 12:25 a.m. Monday, John Stewart, 22, Greencastle, was arrested by Officer Luke Brown.

Lodged in the Putnam County Jail, Stewart was arrested on Avenue F on the city’s East Side for criminal trespass.

Three recent citations were issued by city officers.

• At 7:20 p.m. Tuesday, Briana Jackson, 24, Fillmore, was ticketed by Officer Zach Rhine.

Jackson was stopped on State Road 240 near Warren Drive and cited for failure to provide financial responsibility (no insurance).

• At 10:08 p.m. Saturday, Rachel Jackson, 28, Evansville, was ticketed by Officer Brown.

Stopped on Veterans Memorial Highway near Putnamville Street, Jackson was cited for having no valid driver’s license.

• At 11:19 p.m. July 6, Brenda Thompson, 58, Fillmore, was cited by Officer Brown.

Thompson was stopped on Bloomington Street near South Street and ticketed for having no valid driver’s license.

Sheriff’s Department

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated four recent property-damage accidents.

• At 6:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Kylie A. Rowings, 29, Greencastle, was westbound on County Road 75 South near County Road 825 West in a 2002 Ford F-350.

As Rowings attempted to pass a slow-moving vehicle in front of her, she was passed by a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, which also passed the slow-moving vehicle.

Rowings then completed her pass of the slow-moving vehicle.

William B. Forbush, 36, Greencastle, was driving the Jeep. He told Deputy Anthony Brown that a squirrel ran into the road and he slowed to miss the animal, at which point Rowings rear-ended his vehicle.

Rowings told the deputy that Forbush slammed on his brakes in the middle of the road and she could not avoid the collision. She said that she saw no animal in the road.

Damage was estimated at $2,500-$5,000.

• At 5:36 p.m. on Monday, Martha Fuller, 64, Reelsville, was stopped westbound on U.S. 40 at the stoplight at U.S. 231 in a 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Curt A. Payne, 47, Newaygo, Mich., was also westbound at the stoplight in a 2016 Ford F250.

Payne told Deputy Riley Houghton he was stopped directly behind Fuller’s vehicle when his foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator, causing him to rear-end the car.

Damage was estimated at $2,500-$5,000.

• At 1:17 p.m. on Saturday, David A. Schmitt Jr., 46, Coatesville, was westbound on Range Line Road when he lost control of his 2008 Tao moped.

Schmitt sustained head injuries in the crash and was transported to Putnam County Hospital for treatment.

Deputy Brian Helmer reported that Schmitt smelled strongly of an alcoholic beverage and admitted to having had five beers. Helmer read Schmitt Indiana’s implied consent law and Schmitt refused to take a chemical test.

The moped was towed.

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

• At 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, Taylor N. Burris, 22, Lebanon, was eastbound on County Road 1275 South, approaching County Road 25 East in a 2010 Chevrolet Aveo.

Burris was coming to a curve and told Deputy Brown she made the turn at 30-40 mph. She then lost control of the car, leaving the north side of the road and overturning in a creek.

Burris was not injured in the crash.

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

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to one recent dispatch:

•At 2:02 p.m., GFD was dispatched to 1155 N. Jackson St. on a report of an outside trash fire. Units arrived at 2:02 p.m. and found that it was a illegal burn.

The fire was put out and GPD left at 2:22 p.m.

Additionally, GPD responded to eight medical runs and had one disregard during this time.

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.