Putnam Scanner for June 3, 2022

County Jail

Eighteen people have been booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 2:17 a.m. Lester L. Blanford, 39, Roachdale, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery.

Wednesday

• At 9:53 p.m. Karissa L. Ford, 46, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for possession of methamphetamine, visiting a common nuisance and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction.

•At 5:06 p.m. Christopher A. Burhannon, 36, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail for nonsupport of a dependent child.

• At 2:01 p.m. Matthew W. Jackson, 25, Poland, was booked in for driving without ever receiving a license.

• At 12:10 p.m. Anthony E. Sanders, 26, Oakwood, Ill., was lodged at the jail for child molesting.

• At 11:10 a.m. Kenneth M. Finchum, 43, Cloverdale, was taken into custody on a writ of body attachment.

• At 10:59 a.m. Matthew C. Terry, 18, Fillmore, was housed at the jail for auto theft, minor consuming alcohol, minor in possession of alcohol and driving while intoxicated endangering a person.

Tuesday

• At 10:08 p.m. Joshua W. Roehling, 38, Indianapolis, was booked in for possession of methamphetamine, driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction and possession of methamphetamine.

• At 12:25 p.m. Ronald L. Ingalls, 50, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine.

• At 12:05 p.m. Roberto L. Ruiz, 53, Compton, Calif., was taken into custody for possession of paraphernalia.

• At 11:58 a.m. Bob H. Dunaway, 33, Roachdale, was housed at the jail for leaving the scene of a property-damage accident.

• At 11:06 a.m. Billy L. Jones, 45, Cloverdale, was booked in for possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a syringe, possession of paraphernalia, resisting law enforcement and driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction.

• At 6:25 a.m. Duran L. Ray, 45, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for failure to register as a sex or violent offender.

Sunday

• At 1:36 a.m. Mason B. Henline, 25, Greencastle, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant.

Saturday

• At 1:25 a.m. Justin L. Scobee, 26, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated.

Friday, May 27

• At 4:14 p.m. Matthew A. Lieder, 38, Spring Hill, Tenn., was booked in for driving while intoxicated endangering another person and driving while intoxicated.

• At 1:13 p.m. Tracy J. Hausdorfer, 22, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for battery, battery resulting in bodily injury, battery by bodily waste, resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

• At 1:32 a.m. Rob R. Hood, 58, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for domestic battery.

Sheriff’s Office

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

• At 7:45 a.m. on Monday, Stephen M. Coleman, 51, Greencastle, had been pulled over to the shoulder in a 2016 Kenworth T-880 pulling a trailer and was attempting to re-enter the travel lanes of eastbound U.S. 40 near the intersection of County Road 25 East.

Dana R. Lorenze, 51, Brazil, was eastbound approaching Coleman’s tractor-trailer in a 2008 Ford Focus.

After speaking with both drivers, Deputy Kyle Lee determined that as Coleman was continuing to come up to speed, Lorenze took an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision but lost control, entering the median then spinning around and hitting the tire of the trailer and exiting the roadway.

Lorenze was evaluated by Putnam County EMS. Her car was towed.

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

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to seven incidents since Thursday, May 26:

• At 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, May 26 GFD was dispatched to 315 E. Hanna St. for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 4:14 and were advised that contractors were hanging drywall and determined that dust activated the alarm. DePauw University Public Safety reset the alarm. GFD went back into service at 4:19 p.m.

• At 7:07 p.m. on Thursday, May 26 GFD was dispatched to Bishop Roberts Hall on the DePauw campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 7:10 and determined the alarm was due to cooking. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 7:16 p.m.

• At 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May 27, GFD was dispatched to Rescare Homecare for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 5:38 and could not determine a cause for the alarm. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 5:52 p.m.

• At 10:10 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to Phoenix Closures for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 10:16 and were advised that a fire pump was active, but that nothing fire-related was found. Firefighters checked the premises and reset the alarm, while maintenance shut down the fire pump. GFD went back into service at 10:54 p.m.

• At 10:51 p.m. on Saturday, GFD was dispatched to the area of 415 S. Jackson St. for an odor of burning rubber. Firefighters arrived at another residence at 11 p.m., in which the homeowner advised of the odor. They then found the homeowner at the listed residence burning wood for a recreational fire. Firefighters advised the homeowner to contact the fire department about future burns, but the fire was not extinguished. GFD went back into service at 11:19 p.m.

• At 2:24 p.m. on Sunday, GFD was dispatched to Kappa Alpha Theta on the DePauw campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 2:26 and found that the alarm was due to a faulty smoke detector head. The detector head was cleaned and the alarm was reset, but it activated again. Maintenance was advised of the issue and the alarm was left in trouble mode. GFD went back into service at 2:45 p.m.

• At 1:39 a.m. on Wednesday, GFD was dispatched to Lucy Rowland Hall on the DePauw campus for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 1:45 and determined that the alarm was due to cleaning. The alarm was reset. GFD went back into service at 1:54 a.m.

Additionally, GFD performed seven medical assists, had one disregard and found no incident on one run.

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.