Putnam Scanner for July 8, 2009

Putnam County Jail

Several individuals were booked into the Putnam County Jail during the Fourth of July weekend.

Kenneth Finchum, 30, Greencastle was booked at 10:12 p.m. Thursday for public intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Paice Niemeyer, 18, Cloverdale, was booked at 12:57 a.m. Friday for possession of alcohol by a minor.

Kendra Mitchell, 22, Greencastle, was booked at 4:24 a.m. Friday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and public intoxication.

Tim Amburn, 41, Cloverdale, was booked at 12:13 a.m. Saturday for public intoxication, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating per se.

Jeffrey Wallace, 33, Greencastle, was booked at 1:58 a.m. Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Christopher Tanner, 26, Greencastle, was booked at 9:31 a.m. Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and public intoxication.

William Dunfee, 56, Poland, was booked at 12:47 a.m. Sunday for possession of paraphernalia and marijuana.

Bradley Leonard, 39, Greencastle, was booked at 10:32 a.m. Monday for receiving stolen property.

Benjamin Cash, 21, Rockville, was booked at 11:16 a.m. Monday for probation violation.

Emily Gaston, 20, Greencastle, was booked at 6:27 p.m. Monday for battery.

Connie Grimsley, 45, Fillmore, was booked at 8:09 p.m. Monday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle while never receiving a license and public intoxication.

Harold Doane, 48, Greencastle, was booked at 10:40 p.m. for disorderly conduct and domestic battery.

Joshua McAfee, 24, Greencastle, was booked at 12:36 a.m. Tuesday for probation violation.

Karen Willis, 45, Poland, was booked at 12:53 a.m. Tuesday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Jerry Minton, 58, Poland, was booked at 1:04 a.m. Tuesday for public intoxication.

Anthony Pierce, 43, Greencastle, was booked at 6:28 a.m. Tuesday for habitual offender, Class D felony.

Renee Minnick, 25, Cloverdale, was booked at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday for probation violation.

Thomas Pearson, 26, Indianapolis, was booked at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday for attempting to traffic with an inmate and habitual offenders, Class D felony.

Sheriff's Department

Jeffrey Jackson of Greencastle was traveling east on SR 240 at 4:10 p.m. Saturday, when he lost control of his vehicle due to wet pavement. The vehicle left the road and struck a telephone pole.

The vehicle was not towed from the scene.

Heather Dishman of Camby was making a turn into the Lieber State Park from SR 243, when a white pick up truck struck the back of her vehicle and did not stop.

The accident occurred at 3:44 p.m. Friday. There was an estimated $2,501 to $5,000 in damages. Dishman's vehicle was not towed from the scene.