Putnam Scanner for June 30, 2020

County Jail

Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Monday

• At 8:17 a.m. William C. Stone, 37, Harmony, was booked in for driving with a suspended license.

Sunday

• At 7:27 a.m. Clayton E. Fox, 23, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail for criminal recklessness, strangulation and domestic battery.

• At 1:14 a.m. Christopher D. Barrett, 20, Darlington, was housed at the jail on a Montgomery County warrant.

Saturday

• At 10:01 p.m. Lectie R. Stidham, 51, Brownsburg, was booked in for criminal trespass.

Friday

• At 5:59 a.m. Billie J. Merlau, 54, Syracuse, Ind., was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate outside a facility.

• At 2:20 a.m. Keiara R. Beddow, 25, Brazil, was taken into custody on a pair of out-of-county warrants.

Thursday

• At 7:32 p.m. James R. Jones, 33, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for domestic battery and resisting law enforcement.

• At 2:03 p.m. Tonja L. Norris, 51, Cloverdale, was booked in for criminal mischief, residential entry and criminal trespass.

• At 11:55 a.m. Matthew D. Mundie, 33, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a court order.

• At 4:32 a.m. Justin M. Wood, 41, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant.

Sheriff’s Department

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated a pair of recent property-damage crashes.

• At 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, Daniel W. Fritzen, 19, Crawfordsville, was westbound on County Road 1400 North approaching a 90-degree turn at which the road becomes Montgomery County Road 475 West, driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix.

Fritzen told Deputy Robert Soilleux he was looking down at his phone and didn’t see the corner, resulting in him driving straight off the road and approximately 200 yards into a muddy soybean field.

Fritzen said he was not injured and refused medical aid. However, he tested at .08 on the portable breath test.

At 6:12 a.m., he was booked in the Putnam County Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in consumption of alcohol.

The car was towed. Soilleux estimated damage at $2,500-$5,000.

• At 6:04 p.m. on Saturday, Olivia A. Harlow, 20, Avon, was eastbound on U.S. 36 when she lost control of her 2009 Dodge Caliber.

Harlow told Deputy Soilleux she was going about 60 mph when she began to fishtail and then spun out of control. The passenger side of the vehicle slammed into a cement guardrail, heaving damaging the passenger side.

Harlow was not injured.

The car was towed. Soilleux estimated damage at $10,000-$25,000.

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.