Scanner for Oct. 20, 2012

County Jail

On Friday, Oct. 19 at 12:16 a.m. Kenneth Michael Finchum, 33, Greencastle, was booked into the Putnam County Jail for domestic battery, strangulation and intimidation.

City Police

A two-vehicle mishap on the west side of the courthouse square Thursday afternoon caused about a 30-minute traffic back-up but minimal damage to the two trucks involved, Greencastle City Police reported.

The accident occurred as a southbound 2011 Mack semi tractor-trailer, driven by Charles Paulson, 56, Richland Center, Wis., stopped for the traffic signal at Jackson and Washington streets.

Also southbound was a 1988 Ford dump truck, driven by Charles Lohrman, 53, Brazil, for Jerry Lewis Construction, Greencastle.

Lohrman told Officer Albert Epple that he did not realize the semi was stopping in traffic and ran into the rear of the trailer. The tractor-trailer is owned by the Wisconsin firm Your Town Transport.

Total damage was estimated at $2,500-$5,000.

The mishap tied up traffic on the square until a second dump truck arrived to tow the disabled vehicle from the scene.

The Greencastle Fire Department assisted with clean-up at the scene.

Three recent traffic citations were issued by city officers:

-- At 1 a.m. Friday, Bret Brumfield, 17, Cloverdale, was ticketed by Officer Nick Eastham for 51 mph in a 30-mph zone on Bloomington Street, south of Martinsville Street.

--At 2:47 p.m. Monday, Lucy Cohen, 21, St. Louis, was cited by Officer Darrel Bunten for passing in violation of signs or markings in the 800 block of East Washington Street.

-- At 3:35 a.m. Oct. 12, Michael Phillips, 36, Indianapolis, was ticketed by Officer Eastham at State Road 240 and Percy Julian Drive for an expired license plate (September 2012).

Sheriff's Department

On Thursday, Oct. 18 at 1:48 p.m. Thad H. Woods, 37, Crawfordsville, was northbound on U.S. 231 in a 2002 Volvo VHD when traffic reportedly came to a sudden stop.

Woods had no time to slow his vehicle and went off into the front yard at 1541 Bloomington St.

Damage was estimated at $1,001-$2,500.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department went on two runs on Friday.

* At 5:37 a.m. crews were dispatched to 534 N. Arlington St. for a medical assist. They were in service at 5:53 a.m.

* At 10:46 a.m. they went to 112 Longcastle Drive to assist Operation Llife. They returned to the station at 11:10 a.m.

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.