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County Jail

Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

* At 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Tara Marie Thompson, 33, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for probation violation and theft.

At 5:05 a.m. Chris Lee Mitchell, 34, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a Marion County warrant.

City Police

Greencastle City Police officers were called to a Vine Street apartment on a disturbance early Friday and ended up arresting two suspects who left the scene.

Capt. Charles Inman and Officer Matt Huffman responded to 109 S. Vine St. where Clint Joseph Byrd, 19, Greencastle, was allegedly trying to force his way into an apartment.

Authorities reported Byrd eventually got inside but was quickly shoved back out by the occupants, who warned him the police had been called.

In the interim, as Officer Huffman arrived, he found Kristopher M. Hardy, 32, Greencastle, was walking swiftly away from the scene and the officer told him to stop so he could talk to him.

Hardy did not comply with the officer's orders and kept taking his hand in and out of his pocket, authorities said.

Finally after warning the suspect to stop or he would use his taser, Officer Huffman did stun Hardy, bringing him to the ground.

Hardy was taken to the Putnam County Jail on charges of resisting law enforcement, possession of a syringe and possession of marijuana with a prior offense, as well as a Marion County warrant stemming from original charges of possession of methamphetamine, being a felon carrying a handgun and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic batterer.

Hardy was also wanted on two Putnam County warrants for failure to appear.

Meanwhile, Byrd reportedly ran from the scene and Capt. Inman took him into custody behind the post office off Walnut Street.

Byrd, who was also taken to the Putnam County Jail, is facing charges of residential entry, criminal mischief and false informing. The latter count stems from Byrd reportedly giving police a false name.

Sheriff's Department

Putnam County sheriff's deputies responded to a pair of recent property damage crashes.

* At 3:28 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, Felicia Collett was loading her two children into her 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe. The SUV was parked in the driveway at 3939 N. CR 625 West, Greencastle.

Collett told Sgt. Gregg Slover that as she stopped away from the vehicle, the parking gear failed and the vehicle rolled down the drive, across 625 West and hit a utility pole.

Neither child complained of injuries.

Damage was estimated at $5,001-$10,000.

* At 9:39 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, John W. Cooper, 65, Terre Haute, was eastbound on U.S. 36 in a 1998 Chevrolet van when for an unknown reason he left the south side of the road.

The vehicle entered a ditch and hit a utility pole, then a fence.

Cooper was taken to Hendricks Regional with chest pain.

Sgt. Slover estimated damage at $2,501-$5,000.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department recently responded to two dispatches.

* At 5:47 p.m. on Wednesday, GFD responded to a motor-vehicle accident at the intersection of State Road 240 and Warren Drive GFD assisted in the cleanup of fluids on the roadway from the two-car collision. No injuries were reported.

* At 8:44 a.m. on Thursday, GFD responded to a fire alarm at 100 E. Seminary St. GFD reset the panel and returned to station once the alarm had been determined to have been set off unnecessarily due to dust stirred up by nearby construction maintenance.

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.