Two men were under investigation following a party last summer that involved underage drinking. As a result, one of the men is facing a misdemeanor for furnishing alcohol to minors but probable cause was not found to charge the other man, who serves as a reserve officer with a local police department.

Kyle A. Morrison, 25, rural Jasonville, is facing one count of furnishing alcohol to a minor, a Class B misdemeanor, following a month-long investigation by Deputy James Carpenter of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

According to Deputy Carpenter’s report, there was a party on June 26 at Morrison’s residence on West Terre Haute Road, also known as County Road 700 North, Jasonville, a location in the neighborhood of CR 700 North and CR 1000 West.

The next day, which was June 27, Morrison called the sheriff’s department around 1 p.m. and said a vehicle had been vandalized in his driveway during the night.

Deputy Carpenter was dispatched and before 2 p.m., he’d arrived at Morrison’s residence and saw a silver Buick Encore with significant damage including large dents in the doors and at least one mirror broken off. Later in the investigation when Deputy Carpenter received a quote from a body shop in Bloomfield, the estimate to repair the damages was $8,216.93.

A woman who had been driving the Buick said she arrived at the residence around 9 p.m., went to bed at 2:30 a.m., and the vehicle was damaged during the night. She said someone sent her a Snapchat message saying a group had been around the car. She was not sure why they would damage the car but she was able to provide the names of people in the group.

In the process of making contact with and interviewing numerous people who were either suspects or witnesses to the vehicle damage, Deputy Carpenter heard about multiple people who were at the residence for the party, that all were underage except for two people, and that they were all partying and most all were drinking until morning, but the stories they told varied.

Kyle Morrison was one of two people at the party who was 21 or older. James Honeycutt of Lyons was the other. Honeycutt serves as a reserve officer for the Lyons Town Marshal Department. The length of Deputy Carpenter’s report and the details included are an indication of Deputy Carpenter’s attempt at a thorough investigation to determine who supplied the alcohol consumed by the underage individuals at the party.

After the findings from the investigation were submitted to the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office, a criminal case was filed against Morrison but probable cause was not found to charge Honeycutt.

When Morrison was interviewed, he said Honeycutt had brought his own cooler containing alcohol but he didn’t know if Honeycutt had shared it with anyone. Morrison allegedly admitted he had bought two cases of Busch Lite and when asked if anyone who wanted a beer could go get it, Morrison said “pretty much.” Morrison said the beer was in his refrigerator in the garage but he didn’t tell them to go get it.

A summons was issued to Morrison ordering him to appear in Greene Superior Court for an initial hearing on October 18.

No additional charges are expected to be filed.

Regarding the damage done to the vehicle, a suspect was developed but if a charge was filed and it involved a juvenile, the case would not be a matter of public record. At this time, no additional information regarding that aspect of the investigation is known by GreeneStreets.

Regarding the association of the two men with the Lyons Town Marshal Department, Morrison did serve as a reserve officer in the past. Marshal C. Royce Honeycutt said Morrison served for approximately six months until last spring when he resigned to pursue other interests. Morrison was not associated with the department at the time the incident occurred.

Marshal Honeycutt also confirmed that James Honeycutt does currently serve as a reserve officer. James Honeycutt is also the son of the town marshal.

According to Marshal Honeycutt, an internal investigation into the incident was conducted, not by the town marshal, but by two of James Honeycutt’s supervisors, a lieutenant and a sergeant on the reserve force, and disciplinary action was taken. James Honeycutt was suspended for two days, but is not facing any criminal charge.