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A warrant was issued a week ago for the arrest of a Dugger man accused of stealing cash, pills and tools from a home in Linton where the resident had hired him to do some odd jobs. As of early Friday, he was not yet in custody.
Read MoreOn Thursday, a criminal case was filed, charges approved and an initial hearing date set for the second suspect in last Friday night's Worthington burglary.
Read MoreA Jeffersonville woman, formerly from Linton, was in Linton when she allegedly used a closed fist to hit another woman in the face.
Read MoreOn the night of his arrest in late April, a Linton man accused of dealing methamphetamine led Greene County Drug Task Force officers and ISP troopers on a chase, rammed a trooper’s vehicle, drove through a yard, crashed into a porch then fled on foot. He’s been in jail since then. On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to dealing meth and was sentenced to 13 years.
Read MoreA rural Bloomfield man, accused of pushing an ex-girlfriend then busting out a taillight on her car with a baseball bat……
Read MoreThe Greene County Sheriff’s Department’s ongoing investigations over several months into thefts of vehicles resulted in another conviction this week.
Read MoreWhen a convenience store clerk told a Linton man he could not buy alcohol because he was already too intoxicated – she said he was stumbling and fell into a shelf knocking items off onto the floor…..
Read MoreTwo Worthington men, suspected of burglarizing a home in Worthington Friday evening, were in jail around midnight. Dispatched around 8 p.m., a WPD officer said a witness identified one suspect and the officer identified the other by a witness description of the suspect’s haircut.
Read MoreUpdate: Late last week, not long after this story was posted, Adams did post bond of $2,000 cash, but as of early Tuesday, he’s still in the Greene County Jail…..
Read MoreA Linton man accused of yelling racial epithets who allegedly told a police officer he hated black people, wound up in jail…..
Read MoreA Lawrence County judge appointed to preside over the criminal case in Greene Circuit Court of a Bloomfield woman accused of two counts of child seduction, has set the date for her initial hearing.
Read MoreWhen Town Marshal Randy Raney responded to a report of a domestic battery in progress in Worthington last Thursday, the couple involved allegedly said they’d been pushing and punching each other. Marshal Raney took them both to jail.
Read MoreA Bloomfield driver, stopped for not using a turn signal, allegedly refused to blow into a portable breathalyzer then refused a chemical test. An officer reported signs of intoxication, transported the driver to jail and requested a search warrant for a blood draw.
Read MoreA warrant was issued late Friday for the arrest of a 26-year-old man accused of a child molestation that allegedly occurred last month in Linton. He was arrested over the weekend in another county, transferred and is now in custody at the Greene County Jail where his bond is set at $99,000.
Read MoreA warrant was out for the arrest of a Worthington man accused of meth possession when a Bloomfield police officer spotted him…..
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