Putnam Scanner for December 29, 2017

Eighteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Wednesday

• At 9:57 p.m. Christopher Scott Horn, 43, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 7:43 p.m. Justin Ray Stone, 26, Alton, Ill., was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 5:37 p.m. Joshua James Carter, 33, Terre Haute, was housed at the jail for resisting law enforcement.

• At 4:34 p.m. Shawn William Smith, 35, Greencastle, was booked in for driving while intoxicated.

• At 12:55 a.m. Robert Michael Noble, 46, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for false informing and on an out-of-county warrant.

Tuesday

• At 9:50 p.m. James Michael Moore, 39, Greenwood, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

• At 6:20 p.m. Jessica Ann (Kenworthy) Bushong, 33, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.

• At 5:49 p.m. James Vincent Greenier, 47, Indianapolis, was booked in on a local warrant.

• At 4:45 p.m. William David Russell, 42, Fairland, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

Monday

• At 8:32 p.m. Michael Patrick Fisher, 61, Poland, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

• At 7:17 p.m. Chad Franklin Foster, 39, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated.

Sunday

• At 11:54 p.m. Kirsten Lanae Anderson, 32, Cloverdale, was booked in for domestic battery and resisting law enforcement.

• At 3:04 p.m. Kerry Lee Munkholm, 33, Peru, was lodged at the jail on a Carroll County warrant.

• At 9:30 a.m. Cassius Andrew Netzley, 35, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

Friday

• At 9:52 p.m. Maxwell T. New, 29, Greencastle, was housed at the jail on a local warrant for burglary.

• At 6:19 p.m. Briar Steven Heller, 18, Greencastle, was booked in on a court order.

• At 3 p.m. Logan Paige White, 20, Brazil, was lodged at the jail for battery resulting in bodily injury, disorderly conduct, harassment, possession of marijuana and being a minor in consumption of alcohol.

• At 10:46 a.m. Colton Andrew Matthias, 22, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for receiving stolen auto parts and leaving the scene of a property-damage accident.

Sheriff’s Department

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated 10 recent property-damage crashes.

• At 4:32 a.m. on Wednesday, Tashara N. Ellis, 23, Jeffersonville, was westbound on Interstate 70 in the left lane in a 2006 Ford Escape. Ellis told Deputy Robert Soilleux a semi tractor-trailer cut her off, changing lanes without signaling in order to pass another semi.

Ellis took evasive maneuvers to avoid a collision but lost control and ran off the north side of the highway.

She said she believed the vehicle rolled at least once before coming to rest on the driver’s side.

The semi did not stop.

A man in a Ryder truck stopped to assist Ellis prior to the arrival of Soilleux and fellow Deputy Riley Houghton.

Ellis was examined by Operation Life medics and signed a release.

The vehicle was towed. Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.

• At 5:55 a.m. on Tuesday, Christian A. Biddle, 44, Brazil, was eastbound on U.S. 40 west of County Road 625 West in a 2013 GMC Sierra when he hit a deer.

Deputy Brian Helmer estimated damage at $5,001-$10,000.

• At 6:35 p.m. on Monday, Ernest L. Walters, 55, West Terre Haute, was westbound on U.S. 40 in a 2012 Ford F150 when he hit a deer.

Deputy Soilleux estimated damage at $5,001-$10,000.

• At 12:10 p.m. on Monday, Trent D. Tyler, 28, O’Fallon, Mo., was southbound on U.S. 231 in a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox when a car in front of him slowed to turn into a driveway. As Tyler slowed, his vehicle was rear-ended by a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by Nathan D. Tesmer, 21, Crawfordsville.

Tesmer told Deputy Helmer he did not see the vehicle slowing in front of him in time and could not avoid rear-ended Tyler’s vehicle.

Neither driver, nor Tyler’s two passengers, were injured.

Tesmer’s vehicle was towed. Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.

• At 11:25 p.m. on Sunday, Judy L. Humphrey, 60, Brazil, was westbound on County Road 50 South near County Road 475 East in a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser.

Humphrey told Deputy Jeffery Freeman a vehicle near her lost control in the icy conditions and she was forced off the road trying to avoid the collision.

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

• At 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, Deputy Freeman responded to a car off the roadway on County Road 675 East near County Road 200 North.

Freeman found a 2006 Mazda 6 registered to Haley J. Trueblood, 25, Greencastle. No driver was around the scene.

The deputy observed that the driver was apparently unable to negotiate a 90-degree turn on the icy roadway and ended up in the ditch.

The vehicle was pulled from the ditch and towed away.

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

• At 5:18 p.m. on Sunday, Kenneth A. Henry, 46, Roachdale, was southbound on U.S. 231 south of U.S. 36 in a 2003 Ford Ranger.

Henry told Deputy Freeman he tried to yield to a fire truck and he lost control on the snow, ice and slush on the road. The pickup slid across the road and into a ditch.

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

• At 7:04 p.m. on Saturday, Patricia Taylor, 71, Greencastle, was eastbound on County Road 225 North negotiating a curve in a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado.

A deer entered her lane and she missed the animal, but ran off the road and hit a tree.

Taylor was transported to Hendricks Regional for observation.

The truck was towed. Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.

• At 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, Destiny M. Patrick, 23, Reelsville, was southbound on State Road 243 about 1,000 feet north of County Road 700 South in a 2015 Volkswagen Jetta when she hit a deer.

Deputy Freeman estimated damage at $2,501-$5,000.

• At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Dana A. Dunn, 53, Lizton, was backing out of a space at Pizza Den on County Road 725 East in a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville.

Kelli E. Warf, 26, Greencastle, was pulling into the parking lot in a 2015 Chrysler 300 when she noticed Dunn’s lights come on and her vehicle immediately beginning to back up.

Warf could not avoid getting hit.

Deputy Anthony Brown estimated damage at $1,001-$2,500.

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.