Putnam Scanner for January 11, 2020

Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Friday

• At 3:22 a.m. Shane E. Wheeler, 46, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a traffic warrant.

• At 2:05 a.m. Kallen M. Walker, 23, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on a local warrant.

• At 1:17 a.m. Jared L. Hornaday, 30, Fillmore, was housed at the jail on a writ of body attachment and an out-of-county warrant.

Thursday

• At 6:43 p.m. Kevin M. Bain, 34, Cloverdale, was booked in for driving while intoxicated.

• At 2:47 p.m. Shrese E. Singletary, 28, Springfield, Mass., was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.

• At 2:36 p.m. Luke N. Miller, 22, Fillmore, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated and driving while intoxicated endangering a person.

• At 2:09 p.m. Madonna D. McElwee, 32, Coatesville, was housed at the jail for driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction.

• At 1:59 p.m. Jeri R. Alsman, 51, Linton, was booked in for false informing.

City Police

One alcohol-related incident was reported by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 9:14 p.m. Thursday, Sgt. Eric Vaughan was called to the Taco Bell parking lot off Indianapolis Road to investigate the report of an underage individual allegedly consuming alcohol in a parked vehicle.

Kaleb Frederick, 20, Greencastle, was subsequently issued a summons into court on a charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol.

Sheriff’s Department

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

• At 8:47 a.m. on Thursday, Sean M. Branigan, 45, Cloverdale, was in the passing lane of westbound Interstate 70 near the 47-mile marker in a 2014 Toyota Tundra. Jacob B. Brown, 32, Center Point, was westbound in the driving lane in a 1997 Peterbilt 379 pulling a trailer registered to BNB Haulers, Center Point.

Branigan told Deputy Brian Helmer there were vehicles behind him close to his rear bumper so he was attempting to get back into the right lane. However, he misjudged the lane change and ran into the trailer Brown was pulling.

Neither driver was injured. Brown’s truck was towed.

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

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to one recent dispatch:

• At 5:55 p.m. on Thursday, GFD was notified that rubbish was being burned inside the Ottawa Mobile Home community. Units arrived at approximately 7:57 and were advised by workers that they were deconstructing mobile homes and burning them.

The fire was extinguished, and GFD informed the workers of the city burn ordinance. GFD left at 6:35 p.m., and also contacted the Greencastle building inspector.

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.