Putnam Scanner for September 25, 2018

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Monday

• At 12:45 a.m. William Joseph Bollman, 30, Bainbridge, was housed at the jail for possession of methamphetamine, carrying a handgun without a license and driving with a suspended license.

Saturday

• At 4:32 a.m. Shane A. Alsup, 36, Coatesville, was booked in for driving while intoxicated.

• At 1:16 a.m. Jason Aaron Costello, 34, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery and on an out-of-county warrant.

Friday

• At 12:47 p.m. Katherine Denise McKenney, 34, Greensburg, was booked in on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 8:27 a.m. Isis Jo Rhoton, 34, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 8:27 a.m. Aarika Nicole Orosco, 26, Martinsville, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

City Jail

Two women were arrested on theft charges Friday evening after an alleged shoplifting incident at Walmart, Greencastle City Police reported.

At 6:46 p.m., Jolynn Faith Hausdorfer, 20, Spencer, and Kiara Ann Densmore, 19, Terre Haute, were arrested by Officer Zach Rhine after reportedly attempting to wheel out a shopping cart filled with more than $500 in miscellaneous merchandise without paying.

The two young women reportedly loaded the cart with such items as pots and pans, toilet paper, dishes, blankets, candles, Halloween decorations, a pumpkin-carving kit, a laundry basket, baby bottles, paper plates, a muffin pan, baby food, a shower curtain, slippers, a knife set, jug of water, sippy cups, Friskies cat food and beef jerky.

The suspects reportedly pushed the full cart past the register to the last set of exit doors before being detained by Walmart loss prevention personnel.

Hausdorfer and Densmore were lodged in the Putnam County Jail.

In other recent GPD activity, two recent citations were issued by city officers.

• At 1:47 a.m. Monday, David Byers, 36, Greencastle, was cited by Officer Brad Hiatt.

Stopped on Bloomington Street, Byers was ticketed for an infraction of driving with a suspended license.

• At 11:12 p.m. Sunday, Cloyd Fowler, 65, Greencastle, was cited by Officer Hiatt.

Stopped on Indianapolis Road, Fowler was ticketed for an infraction of driving with a suspended license.

Sheriff’s Department

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated one recent property-damage crash.

• At 7:28 p.m. on Sunday, Donna Jones, 69, Westfield, was westbound on U.S. 36 in a 2006 Mercury Milano.

Jones was traveling uphill and told Deputy Tanner Brown that the sun was in her eyes just over the peak of the hill. The sun’s glare blinded her and she started swerving in her lane, ending up in the ditch on the north side of the road.

A witness was following Jones’ vehicle and agreed that the sun’s glare made it hard for him to see.

Upon Brown’s arrival, Jones was complaining of head and shoulder pain and was vomiting. She was taken from the scene by ambulance.

The vehicle was towed. Brown estimated damage at $1,000-$2,500.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to 8 recent dispatches:

•At 12:29 p.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to 504 E. Seminary St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 12:37 and determined that the alarm was due to smoking. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 12:39 p.m.

•At 9:41 p.m. on Friday, GFD responded to a service call near 500 E. Seminary St. Units arrived at 9:43 and helped an individual retrieve a phone that had been dropped in a sewer drain. GFD was back in service at 9:46 p.m.

•At 1:17 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to 413 S. Locust St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 1:23 and determined the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was then reset.GFD left at 1:28 p.m.

•There were two successive dispatches to 106 S. Spring St. on Saturday. GFD was dispatched at 2:19 p.m. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 2:23 and determined that the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 2:27 p.m. GFD was again dispatched at 3:26 p.m. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 3:29 and determined that the alarm was set off again due to cooking. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 3:33 p.m.

•At 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to 208 E. Olive St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 3:49 and found that the alarm was set off by burnt popcorn. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 4 p.m.

•At 5:59 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to 109 W. Hanna St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 6:03 p.m. and determined that the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was then reset. GFD left at 6:09 p.m.

•At 7:32 a.m. on Monday, GFD was dispatched to 2732 N. County Rd. 400 W. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 7:48 to find that the alarm had stopped and no fire was present. There was nobody at the home. GFD left at 8:29 a.m.