An eastern Greene County man is in the Greene County Jail facing seven criminal counts related to a crash in Bloomfield in late April. An officer said he was going 90 before crashing his car into a utility pole in the middle of the night.

Steven Adam Taylor II, 20, was wanted on a warrant issued on May 10 following an investigation by Deputy Marshal Jordan Allor of the Bloomfield Police Department into a crash that occurred around 2:40 a.m. on Monday, April 29.

The warrant has been outstanding but last week, on Wednesday, July 17, Taylor was arrested in Monroe County and wound up in the Monroe County Jail. When he appeared in court there for an initial hearing last Thursday, July 18, he was charged with auto theft involving theft of an entire vehicle, a Level 6 felony. In that case, he was released on his own recognizance but instead of walking, he was transported to Greene County.

Taylor was booked into the Greene County Jail the next day, on Friday, July 19. His bond here was set at $10,000 surety with ten percent allowed, but as of early Wednesday, July 24, he had not yet posted bond and remained in jail. Records show Taylor with a Bloomington mailing address that is located in eastern Greene County.

Officer Allor reported that he was on patrol when he observed a reckless driver traveling at an extremely high rate of speed on Main Street through Bloomfield around 2:40 a.m. that Monday. Taylor was identified as the driver of a gold 2005 Saturn Ion. Allor estimated the speed of Taylor’s vehicle at 90 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Allor reported Taylor then lost control of his vehicle near the intersection of West Main and John streets, then collided with a utility pole. Taylor said he was injured in the crash and requested to be transported to the hospital for medical treatment, but after he arrived there, he refused medical treatment and checked himself out.

Officer Allor was assisted on the scene by personnel from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police and the Greene County Ambulance Service.     

Taylor is facing a long list of charges including:

• Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor,

• Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor,

• Criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, a Level 6 felony,

• Illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage, a Class C misdemeanor,

• Leaving the scene of an accident, a Class B misdemeanor,

• Reckless driving causing property damage, a Class B misdemeanor, and

• Refusal to identify self, a Class C misdemeanor.

He is currently scheduled to appear in Greene Superior Court on August 5 for an initial hearing in the crash case. But before that happens, he’ll be in court in yet another case.

Around 8:45 p.m. on May 8, Officer John Agan of the Linton Police Department was dispatched after a caller reported a suspicious man who appeared to be intoxicated was yelling obscenities in the area of A Street NE and 7th Street NE in Linton. Officer Agan located the man near a restaurant on A Street NE. The man was identified as Taylor and Agan reported he showed signs of intoxication and was in possession of a bottle of an alcoholic beverage.

After that incident, a case was filed against Taylor to charge him with illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage, a Class C misdemeanor, and he’s scheduled to appear in court in this case tomorrow morning, July 25.