Putnam Scanner for May 26, 2023

County Jail

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently.

Thursday

• At 12 a.m. April A. Davis, 55, Spencer, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.

Wednesday

• At 8:40 p.m. Mahayle A. Durga, 28, Knightsville, was booked in for conspiracy to traffic with an inmate, possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance and official misconduct.

• At 4:10 p.m. Joshua W. Query, 42, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for intimidation.

• At 4:08 p.m. Nicole L. Kelley, 43, Terre Haute, was taken into custody for trafficking with an inmate and possession of a controlled substance.

• At 3:18 p.m. Richard J. Guercio, 39, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for failure to appear.

• At 2:01 p.m. Austin G. Mack, 20, Pittsboro, was booked in for resisting law enforcement and on an out-of-county warrant.

• At 5:24 a.m. James E. Lowe, 45, Aurora, was lodged at the jail for trafficking with an inmate.

• At 4:41 a.m. Christy M. Michaels, 44, Aurora, was taken into custody for trafficking with an inmate, conspiracy to traffic with an inmate, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance.

Tuesday

• At 2:07 p.m. Michael A. Kirk, 32, Greencastle, was housed at the jail on a local warrant.

• At 12:31 p.m. Dean A. Sailers, 36, Muncie, was booked in on a local warrant.

• At 12:16 a.m. Christopher R. Butler, 40, Plainfield, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant.

Sheriff’s Office

Putnam County sheriff’s deputies investigated two recent crashes.

• At 7:48 a.m. on Monday, Stephen C. Dombrowski, 19, Greencastle, was northbound on U.S. 231 approaching County Road 900 North in a 2019 Jeep Renegade. Shane C. Joyner, 50, Crawfordsville, was stopped southbound on 231 waiting to turn left onto 900 North in a 1999 Jeep Cherokee.

Dombrowski told Deputy Randy Patrick that he looked down to adjust the radio, and when he looked up he had crossed the center line and could not avoid hitting Joyner’s vehicle.

Joyner said as he was waiting, Dombrowski’s vehicle crossed the center line and hit his head-on.

Dombrowski’s vehicle overturned, but he was able to get out with his own power. He was taken from the scene for medical attention, though he was istting upright and able to provide a statement. Joyner was not injured.

Both vehicles were towed. Patrick estimated damage at $10,000-$25,000.

• At 4:40 a.m. on Friday, May 18, Christopher Cornelius, 34, Greencastle, was northbound on U.S. 231 in the area of Westlane Road in a 1996 Dodge Ram. Eric Gambill, 59, Terre Haute, was southbound in a 2018 Ford Fiesta.

Cornelius told Deputy Todd Hopkins he heard a snap and then lost control of his vehicle, crossing the center line and hitting Gambill’s vehicle. Gambill said he could not avoid the collision.

Hopkins observed that there appeared to be a broken ball joint on the left front of Cornelius’s truck, which caused the wheel to roll underneath the vehicle.

Both vehicles were towed. Hopkins estimated damage at $5,000-$10,000.

City Fire

The Greencastle Fire Department responded to five incidents since Monday afternoon:

• On Tuesday morning, GFD was twice dispatched to Breadworks by Bridges, 2 E. Walnut Street, for a fire alarm. Dispatched first at 8:50 a.m. and arriving one minute later, firefighters found that the system had already been reset and were back in service at 8:54 a.m. They were again dispatched at 9:32 a.m., arriving and 9:34. This time, they discovered that the heat released by ovens when they were opened had activated a heat detector. The detector was cleaned and the system restored, with fire units back in service at 9:44 a.m.

• At 8:41 p.m. on Tuesday, GFD conducted a carbon monoxide investigation at Round Barn Manor, 1160 Bay Court. Discovering that there was a problem, firefighters shut off the natural gas to the building and called CenterPoint to locate the leak. They were able to clear occupants from 15 of the 16 apartments in the building, with no one showing any symptoms. They returned to service at 9:45 p.m.

• At 2:49 p.m. on Wednesday, firefighters were called for public service assistance at 712 Maple Ave. They arrived at 2:53 and helped the resident replace batteries in a smoke detector and then reinstall it on the wall. Firefighters were back in service at 3 p.m.

• At 5:25 p.m. on Wednesday, GFD responded to a call of a resident locked out of his house at 7 S. Arlington St. They helped him get back into the house and retured to service at 5:43 p.m.

Firefighters also responded to 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.