Putnam Scanner for July 24, 2020

County Jail

Fifteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Wednesday

• At 9:43 p.m., Jack D. Schabel, 64, Coatesville, was lodged at the jail for strangulation and domestic battery.

Tuesday

• At 8:52 p.m. Daniel W. Galloway, 49, Greencastle, was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a chemical test.

• At 3:42 p.m. Joshua J. Carter, 36, Terre Haute, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 2:18 p.m. Jami M. Busbin, 50, Harmony, was booked in for possession of a synthetic drug or lookalike substance.

• At 2:07 p.m. Rebecca S. Bruner, 40, Brazil, was lodged at the jail for driving with a suspended license.

• At 12:10 p.m. Scott J. McFarland, 27, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for residential entry and criminal mischief.

• At 9:43 a.m. Michael T. VanEvery, 40, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for possession of a controlled substance.

Monday

• At 9:45 p.m. Daimon W. Powell, 53, Indianapolis, was booked in for driving while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.

• At 8:56 p.m. Angela D. Hargis, 51, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for resisting law enforcement and driving with a suspended license.

• At 6:40 p.m. Troy L. Morphew, 46, Cloverdale, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 1:10 p.m. Steven C. Barger, 30, Danville, was housed at the jail for theft of a firearm and theft with a prior conviction.

• At 12:19 p.m. Melinda-Melissa A. Byrd, 42, Brazil, was lodged at the jail for driving with a suspended license.

• At 11:19 a.m. Robert S. Strange, 67, Bainbridge, was booked in for strangulation, domestic battery and criminal recklessness.

• At 3:12 a.m. Paige B. Corbin, 25, West Terre Haute, was taken into custody for possession of marijuana.

• At 1:20 a.m. Esteban L. Ocampo, 52, Chicago, was housed at the jail for trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate.

Sheriff’s Department

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

• At 11:36 a.m. Bianca P. Ooley, 31, Bloomington, was northbound on U.S. 231 in a 2016 Kia Sorrento.

Ooley told Deputy Brian Helmer there was a vehicle in front of her that kept brake checking her. She said the final time the other driver did it, she left the roadway, running into the ditch and overturning, knocking down a fence.

She told Helmer the suspect stopped after the crash but then took off again. Ooley could only advise the other vehicle was blue.

The vehicle was towed. Helmer estimated damage at $10,000-$25,000.

• At 7:33 a.m. on Wednesday, Tanner J. Bridge, 18, Phillips, Wis., was southbound on U.S. 231 approaching U.S. 36 on a 2004 Honda VTX1300 motorcycle. It had been raining.

Bridge told Deputy Helmer the light at U.S. 36 turned yellow and he braked but could not stop on the wet pavement. Bridge put the bike sideways before colliding with a car going through the intersection.

William H. Bolton, 84, Indianapolis, was eastbound on 36 approaching the intersection. As Bolton entered the intersection, he saw the motorcycle and tried to brake but was unable to avoid the collision.

Both vehicles were driven from the scene and neither driver was injured.

Helmer estimated damage at $2,500-$5,000.

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.