Putnam Scanner for March 9, 2018

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Wednesday

• At 4:57 p.m. Randal David Harper, 39, Brooklyn, N.Y., was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction.

• At 4:13 p.m. Matthew Allen Rudolph, 26, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

• At 12:32 p.m. Nicholas Gage Bishop, 21, Lebanon, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 9:17 a.m. Laura Lee Williams, 42, Poland, was booked in on a local warrant.

• At 2:02 a.m. Kelly Jo Mendenhall, 56, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia.

Tuesday

• At 11:11 p.m. Joshua Scott Spencer, 35, Avon, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

• At 11:09 p.m. David Carl Hutcheson, 50, Fillmore, was housed at the jail on a court order.

• At 5:09 p.m. Jamey Allen Eastes, 45, Woodbridge, Va., was booked in on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 3:15 p.m. Jesus Exiquio Perez, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction and driving with a suspended license.

• At 2:47 p.m. Michael Kent Hanlon, 55, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

• At 9:47 a.m. Briar Steven Heller, 18, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for probation violation.

Sheriff’s Department

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated one recent property-damage accident.

• At 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Crystal N. Steadman, 38, Brazil, was on Interstate 70 in a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville, stopped in traffic at the 32-mile marker due to an accident.

Saphire C. Massey, 20, Quincy, reportedly approached the stopped traffic too fast in a 2000 Saturn SL, striking the back of Steadman’s car.

Massey told Deputy Brian Helmer she did not realize the traffic was stopped until it was too late to avoid a crash.

Both cars were towed. Damage was estimated at $10,001-$25,000.

City Police

Two recent property-damage accidents were investigated recently by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 8:37 a.m. Tuesday, a one-vehicle mishap was reported on East Liberty Street near North Jackson Street.

Roger McGill, 56, Romney, was driving a 2010 Autocar trash truck for Republic Trash Services, headed eastbound on Liberty and approaching Jackson Street, when the truck struck a Comcast power supply cabinet attached to a utility pole.

Officer Nick Eastham reported that the Comcast unit was attached too low and was hanging over the roadway. Comcast personnel arrived and repositioned it.

Total damage was estimated at $1,000-$2,500.

• At 4:15 p.m. Monday, Officer Eastham investigated a two-vehicle accident at Franklin Street and College Avenue.

Toni Woodall, 43, Roachdale, was stopped on East Franklin Street in a 1998 Toyota Camry and started to enter the intersection to cross College Avenue and continue westbound but did not see a 1998 GMC Sierra pickup, driven by Samantha Call, 25, Greencastle, which was northbound on College.

The collision resulted in an estimated $2,500-$5,000 damage.

Both drivers and a juvenile passenger in each vehicle declined medical treatment, Eastham reported.

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.