Putnam Scanner for Oct. 19, 2021

County Jail

Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Monday

• At 3:53 a.m. Brent L. Wallace, 37, Spencer, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for possession of marijuana.

Sunday

• At 2:48 a.m. Zachary P. Timm, 21, Bainbridge, was taken into custody on a warrant for harassment.

Saturday

• A 3:28 a.m. John L. Mazequie, 33, Terre Haute, was housed at the jail on an out-of-county warrant and for driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction.

Friday

• At 3:15 p.m. Eric G. Couthen, 49, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for driving with a suspended license.

•At 1:08 p.m. Ryan P. Wilson, 45, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for two counts of possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.

• At 12:40 p.m. Audrey R. Cordes, 46, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for possession of methamphetamine.

• At 12:09 p.m. Hope L. Rush, 50, Cloverdale, was booked in for possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana.

• At 11:45 a.m. Tracy A. Dunscombe, 48, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for driving with a suspended license.

• At 8:35 p.m. Ryan C. Dreiman, 42, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for domestic battery, criminal confinement and resisting law enforcement.

City Police

Two recent arrests were reported by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 6:52 p.m. Friday, Jarrett R. Travioli, 22, Terre Haute, was arrested by Officer Alec Pettit.

Taken into custody on two counts of invasion of privacy, Travioli was lodged in the Putnam County Jail.

• At 9:54 p.m. Friday, Erika D. Bright, 33, Greencastle, was arrested by Officer Luke Brown.

Taken into custody at Main and Block streets on a Putnam County warrant for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia, Bright was lodged in the Putnam County Jail.

Two drivers were issued summons by Greencastle City Police officers.

• At 6:12 p.m. Friday, Billy Buehler, 37, Greencastle, was issued a summons by Capt. Chris Jones.

Stopped on North College Avenue, Buehler was cited for driving with a suspended license with a prior offense.

• At 9:09 p.m. Thursday, Kimberly Moore, 45, Indianapolis, was issued a summons by Sgt. Brad Hiatt.

Stopped on Judson Drive, Moore was cited for driving with a suspended license with a prior offense.

Sheriff’s Office

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies recently investigated four property-damage crashes.

• At 7:35 p.m. on Friday, Dartagnan T. Neudeck, 18, Reelsville, was westbound on U.S. 40 in a 2007 Ford Focus when he hit a deer.

Deputy Robert Soilleux estimated damage at $10,000-$25,000.

• At 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jaron C. Moncur, 48, Greencastle, was westbound on County Road 75 South in a 2004 Freightliner Columbia pulling a farm trailer with approximately 70,000 pounds of corn.

Moncur was going up a hill on a curve when the engine failed. At this point, he lost power and brakes and the vehicle came down the hill and backward into a ditch.

The road was damaged from the trailer digging into the pavement.

The semi was towed. Cpl. Brian Helmer estimated damage at $5,000-$10,000.

• At 7:51 p.m. on Wednesday, Mindy S. Earley, 32, Rockville, was southbound on U.S. 231 in Brick Chapel in a 2020 Ford Expedition when she hit a deer.

Reserve Deputy Ken Rozelle estimated damage at $1,000-$2,500.

• At 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12, Deputy Robert Soilleux was dispatched to an abandoned vehicle on Rangeline Road.

Soilleux arrived to find an overturned 2019 Toyota Camry, with the engine and exhaust cool to the touch. The doors were locked and there were footprints in the mud around the passenger side and rear of the vehicle. No one was located in a search of the immediate area.

Soilleux said it appeared by the marks that the car had been westbound on Rangeline Road and failed to make a turn, instead driving straight into the ditch on the south side. After entering the ditch, the car traveled about 80 feet farther before coming to a stop upside down.

The next day, the owner, Naiya C. Patel, 19, Lebanon, contacted police because of the hold placed on her vehicle. She told police she had crashed her car when she and her husband were on their way home to Greencastle from work at the Fillmore gas station.

She told Soilleux she was not intoxicated and that when she and her husband were not injured, the decided to walk home instead of calling police or waking the property owners.

Patel was charged with misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident.

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

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to one recent incident:

• At 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, GFD was dispatched to 609 E. Walnut St. for a gas leak. Firefighters arrived at 6:25 and could not identify a cause for a leak. GFD went back into service at 6:50 p.m.

Additionally, GFD recently performed seven medical assists.

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.

Questions about listed charging information should be directed to the arresting agency.