Putnam Scanner for April 12, 2022

County Jail

Fourteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Sunday

• At 1:28 a.m. Ethan W. Marundi, 19, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated and being a minor in consumption of alcohol.

Saturday

• At 11:57 p.m. Natalie J. Hanner, 26, Rockville, was taken into custody for auto theft and resisting law enforcement.

• At 6:39 p.m. Stacy D. Lewis, 48, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a writ and for possession of methamphetamine and driving while intoxicated.

• At 3 p.m. Billy R. Albright, 59, Greencastle, was booked in on a Hendricks County warrant.

Friday

• At 11:56 p.m. Sue E. Keaton, 50, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated endangering a person and driving while intoxicated.

• At 10:08 p.m. Brandon S. Workman, 23, Greencastle, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.

• At 9:21 p.m. Diana S. Dickman, 64, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for public intoxication.

• At 8:56 p.m. Matthew R. Hubbard, 37, Roachdale, was booked in for possession of methamphetamine.

• At 11:38 a.m. Mary A. Watson, 62, Delphi, was lodged at the jail for probation violation.

• At 8:36 a.m. John D. Finch III, 53, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for theft.

• At 2:11 a.m. Brandon M. Boles, 32, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for driving as a habitual traffic violator, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.

Thursday

• At 9:12 p.m. Tanner R. Suthard, 32, Greencastle, was booked in for criminal trespass and invasion of privacy.

• At 6:34 p.m. Cody A. Price, 25, Clinton, was lodged at the jail on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 10:25 a.m. Gino P. Rosati-Moreno, 22, Bloomington, was taken into custody for reckless driving.

Sheriff’s Office

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated five recent crashes.

• At 2:28 p.m. on Sunday, William L. Evans, 44, Toledo, Ill., was southbound on State Road 243 in a 2020 Chevrolet Express when he hit a tree that was in the road.

Deputy Josh Clark estimated damage at $1,000-$2,500.

• At 11:44 a.m. on Friday, Loren Eggert, 38, Poland, was northbound on U.S. 231 in southern Putnam County in a 2020 Nissan Titan. A driver in front of Eggert had stopped to make a left turn into his driveway and Eggert had almost completely stopped.

At that point, Aaron Tolloty, 39, Spencer, approached from the south in a 2019 Kia Optima. Having just rounded a corner, Tolloty told Deputy Tanner Brown he saw the vehicles ahead of him and applied his brakes, but the vehicle was not going to stop in time to avoid rear-ending Eggert’s pickup.

At that point, both Tolloty and Eggert took evasive action, with Tolloty steering left and Eggert steering right. However, Tolloty still rear-ended Eggert’s vehicle.

Meanwhile, Zachary Moore, 26, Odon, was passing southbound in a 2021 Ford F-450 pulling a trailer. After Tolloty’s car hit Eggert’s truck, it also struck Moore’s trailer.

Tolloty’s car had to be towed from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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

• At 5:43 a.m. on Thursday, Keely A. Taylor, 22, Cloverdale, was traveling on County Road 350 South in a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado approaching a curve.

Taylor told Deputy Todd Hopkins that her brake pedal went all the way to the floorboard and her steering wheel cut sharply to the left. The vehicle left the road and collided with an embankment.

Taylor told the deputy she was pregnant and had abdominal pain. However, she refused to be transported to the hospital by EMS, instead having her father-in-law take her.

Hopkins estimated damage at $2,500-$5,000.

• At 3:48 p.m. on Wednesday, Coy A. Dickey, 52, Fillmore, was southbound on County Road 525 East about a quarter mile north of County Road 300 North in a 2006 International garbage truck registered to Jack’s Trash.

Dickey told Deputy Chief Deputy Matt Demmings that the truck got too close to the edge of the road, which was a downhill curve, and the weight of the truck shifted. As he did so, the weight shifted further, and the truck left the roadway and rolled onto its right side.

Neither Dickey nor his passenger, 17-year-old Levi A. Gibson, Greencastle, was restrained. Both reported soreness but declined medical treatment.

The truck was retrieved by Curtis Wrecker Service. Also on the scene assisting were Putnam County EMS, Floyd Township Fire Department and deputies Riley Houghton and Kyle Lee.

Demmings estimated damage at $25,000-$50,000.

• At 8:37 a.m. on Monday, April 4, Austin T. Gibson, 21, Greencastle, was eastbound on U.S. 40 when a wheel barrow came out of the bed of his 1997 Dodge Ram.

The wheel barrow struck the front bumper of 2008 Mazda CX9 also being driven eastbound on Katelynn E. Gehring, 32, Cloverdale.

Cpl. Scott Ducker estimated damage at $1,000-$2,500.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to 12 incidents since last Thursday:

• At 5:49 p.m. on Thursday, GFD responded to a motor vehicle incident with injuries at the intersection of County Road 275 East and County Road 350 South. Firefighters arrived on the scene at 6 p.m. after being advised that the patient was out of the vehicle and were disregarded upon arrival. GFD went back into service at 6:07 p.m.

• At 6:51 a.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to 1283 W. Kersey Rd. for an electrical fire. Firefighters arrived at 7 a.m. and found a small fire on top of a utility pole. Parke County REMC was contacted, and GFD went back into service at 7:20 a.m.

• At 1:42 p.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to 2846 S. CR 25 West for a possible structure fire. Firefighters arrived at 1:46 and were advised by the homeowners that they thought they saw smoke. It was determined that this was evaporation from rain falling on the warm roof. GFD went back into service at 2:02 p.m.

• At 3 p.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched to Rescare Homecare for a smoke incident. Firefighters arrived at 3:02 and were advised of an odor of smoke coming from a bedroom. It was determined that a fan motor on a furnace had overheated. Power to the furnace was cut and maintenance was contacted. GFD went back into service at 3:14 p.m.

• At 1:22 p.m. on Saturday. GFD was dispatched to Kappa Alpha Theta on the DePauw University campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 1:31 and could not determine a cause for the alarm. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 1:38 p.m.

• At 7:59 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to Humbert Hall on the DePauw University campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 8:03 p.m. and could not determine a cause for the alarm. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 8:14 p.m.

• At 8:53 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to Yuncker House on the DePauw University campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 8:56 and determined the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 9:03 p.m.

• At 11:35 a.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to 107 W. Hanna St. on the DePauw University campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 11:42 and were advised by DePauw Public Safety that the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 11:47 a.m.

• At 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to the intersection of East Washington Street and South Vine Street for a low-hanging tree limb. Firefighters found the limb at 4:25 and cut it up and disposed of it. GFD went back into service at 4:53 p.m.

• At 4:53 p.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to 430 Glenview Dr. for an outside fire. Firefighters arrived at 5 p.m. and found logs smoldering in a pit. While the fire was compliant with the city burn ordinance, firefighters asked the homeowner to contact GFD before having another one. No time for going back into service was recorded.

• At 7:59 p.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to 203 Wood St. for an outside fire. Firefighters arrived at 8:04 p.m. and found a brush fire. The homeowner was advised of the city burn ordinance and extinguished the fire. GFD went back into service at 8:08 p.m.

• At 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to the Richard E. Peeler Art Center for an odor of smoke. Firefighters arrived at 9:49 and were advised that the smell was coming from a non-gas-powered kiln. However, nothing was found. GFD went back into service at 10 p.m.

Additionally, GFD performed five medical assists during this time.

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.