Putnam Scanner for August 31, 2018

Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 3:03 a.m. Anthony Craig Bingham, 35, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 4:28 a.m. Joseph W. Brown, 35, Greencastle, was taken into custody for domestic battery.

Wednesday

• At 9:12 a.m. Larry Conley Price, 36, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 8:40 a.m. Jonathon David Eversole, 28, Greencastle, was booked in on a local warrant.

Tuesday

• At 4:28 p.m. Stephen Christopher Troutman, 52, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a local traffic warrant and a writ of body attachment.

• At 3:46 p.m. Pamela Kay Spears, 54, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for trafficking with an inmate, possession of a controlled substance and dealing in a Schedule III controlled substance.

• At 2:44 p.m. Robert E. Tobin III, 37, Ladoga, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 11:32 a.m. Nicholas Dean Rich, 29, Indianapolis, was booked in on a local warrant.

Sheriff’s Department

• At 10:59 p.m. on Tuesday, deputies were dispatched to County Road 275 East and County Road 100 North for a single-vehicle accident.

Deputy Anthony Brown reported finding a 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo apparently driven by Roland G. Lottman, 55, Indianapolis, 19 yards off the road, north of 100 North.

Lottman said he was not the driver and refused implied consent to blood-alcohol testing.

Lottman was taken to the Putnam County Jail and booked in on charges of driving as a habitual traffic violator and driving while intoxicated.

The vehicle, which is registered to Tamara Danahar of Lottman’s address, was towed from the scene.

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

• At around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Joseph Farmer, 18, Cloverdale, was traveling on County Road 500 East near County Road 325 South in a 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier.

Farmer told Deputy Tanner Brown a dog ran out in front of him and he swerved to miss it. The car then ran off the road, drove into some rip rap and bounced back on the road.

The accident was not initially reported, with a police officer actually finding the car abandoned in the road.

Farmer later showed up to the scene and admitted to having a wreck. He said that after the crash the vehicle was then being pulled by another vehicle when the straps broke. He said he had left to get better straps to pull it.

Farmer had injuries but said he was fine. He was, however, taken to the hospital by law enforcement to be evaluated. He was medically cleared.

Brown took Farmer into custody on charges of leaving the scene of a property-damage accident and violation of a court order.

Damage was estimated at $5,000-$10,000. The car was towed.

City Police

Two recent traffic citations were issued by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 1:27 a.m. Wednesday, Kyle Walker, 25, Indianapolis, was cited by Officer Luke Brown.

Walker was stopped on Bloomington Street near Veterans Memorial Highway for driving with a suspended license with a prior offense.

• At 9:37 p.m. Tuesday, Scott Mitchell, 46, Roachdale, was ticketed by Officer Brown.

Stopped on Shadowlawn Avenue near North Arlington Street, Mitchell was cited for having no operator’s license.

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.