Putnam Scanner for July 26, 2019

Indiana State troopers made one recent arrest in Putnam County.

• Early Tuesday evening, Trooper Colton Maynor made a traffic stop at the 37-mile marker on Interstate 70.

The driver, 58-year-old Clarence B. Lawrence of Terre Haute, refused to submit to a chemical test. He was also found to be wanted on a warrant out of Vermillion County.

Maynor transported Lawrence to the Putnam County Jail, where he was booked in at 6:02 p.m. for driving while intoxicated and on the warrant.

County Jail

Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 6:31 a.m. Tiffany M. Crowe-Barnett, 28, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail on an out-of-county warrant.

Wednesday

• At 10:22 p.m. Joshua James Carter, 35, Terre Haute, was booked in on a local warrant.

• At 10:14 p.m. Robert Wayne Mills, 50, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 3:06 p.m. Misty Dawn New, 33, Bainbridge, was taken into custody for possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

• At 2:22 p.m. Brent Lee Wallace, 35, Quincy, was housed at the jail for theft, criminal mischief, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

• At 1:39 a.m., William Stanley Vensko, 49, Fillmore, was booked in for intimidation.

Tuesday

• At 8:32 p.m. Algier J. Flippin Sr., 47, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on two counts of trafficking with an inmate.

• At 5:01 p.m. Jarrod Joseph Reiber, 22, Terre Haute, was taken into custody for failure to appear.

• At 4:58 p.m. Chen Sheng Mao, 43, Brooklyn, N.Y., was housed at the jail on a court order.

Sheriff’s Department

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

• At 11:50 a.m. Christopher B. Taylor, 33, Greencastle, was southbound on County Road 665 East just south of County Road 800 North in a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer.

The truck left the west side of the roadway in what Deputy Matt Biggs estimated to be a 45-degree bend. Taylor overcorrected and came out of the ditch, but this caused the vehicle to flip multiple times and come to rest on its top.

Taylor was able to exit the truck prior to the arrival of emergency personnel. However, he suffered lacerations to his hand and face. Operation Life transported him to the hospital.

Biggs said speed and overcorrecting are believed to be factors in the crash. He also said that Taylor seemed to have an altered mental state after the crash. He could not remember the events but believed he may have fallen asleep.

The truck was towed. Biggs estimated damage at $5,000-$10,000.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to one recent dispatch:

• At 1:46 a.m. on Tuesday, GFD was dispatched to 508 S. Indiana St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 1:50 bur could not determine the cause of the alarm. The alarm was reset. GFD left at 1:54 a.m.

Additionally, GFD performed four medical assists and had two disregards after this dispatch.

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.