Putnam Scanner for Sept. 4, 2020

County Jail

Thirteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 5:34 a.m. Thomas R. Childers, 42, Roachdale, was booked in for nonsupport of a dependent child.

Wednesday

• At 4:44 p.m. Angela S. McCubbins, 55, Greensburg, was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate.

• At 2:55 p.m. Miranda J. McNew, 31, Stilesville, was taken into custody for warrant other authority.

• At 2:01 p.m. Matthew L. Vega, 32, Frankfort, was housed at the jail on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 9:45 a.m. Matthew A. Williams, 45, Martinsville, was booked in on a Morgan County warrant.

• At 12:10 a.m. Nicholas A. Wilson, 31, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for unlawful possession of a syringe.

Tuesday

• At 6:55 p.m. Shrese E. Singletary, 29, Columbia, S.C., was taken into custody on a court order.

• At 10:46 a.m. Robert J. Crider, 41, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail for unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of methamphetamine, reckless possession of paraphernalia, driving while suspended and on warrants out of Hamilton and Marion counties.

• At 10:22 a.m. Tyler L. Witt, 18, Greencastle, was booked in for theft and possession of paraphernalia.

• At 10 a.m. Stephanie N. Vinson, 33, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail for dealing in methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a handgun.

• At 12:33 a.m. Sigmund A. Croan, 27, Greencastle, was taken into custody for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance.

Monday

• At 10:50 p.m. Kirsten L. Anderson, 34, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for domestic battery.

• At 6:44 p.m. Jordan A. Hill, 29, Terre Haute, was booked in on a Vigo County warrant.

City Police

Two recent arrests were reported by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 4:32 p.m. Aug. 25, Robert Yost, 38, Stilesville, was arrested by Officer Zach Rhine at the Walmart Supercenter.

Charged with theft and lodged in the Putnam County Jail, Yost is alleged to have attempted to take hunting gear valued at a total of $135.

Yost reportedly went to the clearance aisle and switched tags on items he then attempted to purchase at a lesser price.

• At 10:13 p.m. Aug. 28, Lea Crawford, 37, Plainfield, was arrested by Sgt. Eric Vaughan.

Taken into custody on East Seminary Street, Crawford was arrested on a pair of Owen County warrants, including one for escape.

She was lodged in the Putnam County Jail.

Three recent citations were issued by city officers.

• At 4:20 a.m. Saturday, Michael Flowers, 22, Indianapolis, was cited by Office Luke Brown.

Stopped on Madison Street near Earp Street, Flowers was ticketed for an infraction of driving with a suspended license.

• At 1:22 p.m. Aug. 26, Samantha Teall, 22, Greencastle, was cited by Officer Nick Eastham.

Stopped on Indianapolis Road, Teall was ticketed for operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility.

• At 6:36 p.m. Aug. 20, Walter Figueroa, 22, Indianapolis, was cited by Officer Brown.

Stopped on Veterans Memorial Highway, Teall was cited for driving while suspended with a prior offense.

Sheriff’s Office

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated two recent property-damage crashes.

• At 3:25 p.m. on Wednesday, Hunter L. Grimes, 16, Fillmore, was northbound on County Road 300 East in a 2005 Ford 500.

Grimes told Deputy Brian Helmer he met a group of southbound vehicles, and as he did, a pickup in the group pulled out to pass the others.

To avoid a head-on collision, Grimes said he veered off the roadway and entered the ditch, where he spun out of control and back onto the road. When the car left the road, it clipped a utility pole.

The vehicle that caused the accident continued southbound.

Grimes did not need medical attention.

His vehicle had to be towed. The utility pole remained safe and operational.

Helmer estimated damage at $5,000-$10,000.

• A Brazil man rear-ended another car Monday afternoon after a spider landed on his face.

Russell K. Hansen, 36, Brazil, told Deputy Tanner Brown he was stopped southbound on Manhattan Road (County Road 445 West) at U.S. 40 in a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado when the spider fell onto his face. He quickly grabbed it and threw it out the window.

However, as he did so, Hansen’s foot came off the brake pedal and his truck rolled forward into another stopped vehicle.

Breyuana M. Rhodes, 21, Brazil, told Brown she was stopped, waiting for traffic when the truck struck the rear of her 2011 Dodge Avenger.

Brown estimated damage at $1,000-$2,500.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to one recent dispatch:

• At 7:34 p.m. on Tuesday, GFD responded to a recreational burn at 701 Crown St. Firefighters arrived at 7:40 and informed the homeowner of the city burn ordinance in terms of notifying GFD. The burn was allowed. GFD went back into service at 7:53 p.m.

Additionally, GFD recently performed seven medical assists and had one disregard.

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.