Putnam Scanner for September 14, 2019

One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday.

• At 2:39 p.m. Jeremy Mark Pruett, 37, Waynetown, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

Sheriff’s Department

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

• At 4:25 a.m. on Thursday, Todd B. McColgin, 35, Roachdale, was eastbound on State Road 236 about a half mile east of County Road 450 East in a 2005 GMC Sierra when he hit a deer.

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

• At 10:48 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, Andrew Haltom, 18, Coatesville, was northbound on U.S. 231 in a 1993 GMC Sonoma. He told Deputy Tanner Brown he met a southbound ambulance with its emergency lights activated so he pulled over to the side of the road.

After he had come to a complete stop, Haltom’s vehicle was rear-ended by a 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Dillon Cannon, 17, Fillmore.

Cannon told Brown he saw the ambulance traveling in the opposite direction and then he noticed Haltom’s truck stopped. Cannon tried to avoid Haltom’s vehicle, but was unable to do so.

Cannon further said that he did not know that both directions of travel have to yield to emergency vehicles when their lights are activated.

Both vehicles were towed but neither driver was injured.

Brown estimated damage at $10,000-$25,000.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to two recent dispatches:

• At 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, GFD received a call for an unauthorized burn at 10 Frazier St. Units arrived at the residence at 3:59 but it was determined to be unfounded. GFD went back into service at 4:09 p.m.

• At 3:41 a.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to 2 E. Hanna St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 3:47 but could not determine a cause for the alarm. The alarm was reset. GFD left at 4:12 a.m.

Additionally, GFD performed one medical assist between these dispatches.

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.