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Monroe County - Troopers from the Indiana State Police Bloomington Post will be conducting various OWI Patrols along with a sobriety check point at an undisclosed location in Monroe County on Friday, August 31st, then into Saturday morning, September 1st, 2018.
Read MoreA rural Worthington man was arrested early Sunday during a traffic stop after a police officer reported he was driving left of center then failed to signal turns. Now he’s facing a drug charge because he didn’t have a prescription for the three orange pills allegedly found in his wallet.
Read MoreWhen a trooper filled out a form to establish probable cause that a rural Worthington man was driving in an impaired state due to alcohol, he checked the usual boxes for the odor of alcohol, mumbled speech, blood shot eyes, unsteady balance and poor dexterity but he didn’t check the box for an abusive attitude and took the time to write in, “Not at all.”
Read MoreAfter an eight-year-old child was found walking along a country road, barefoot in his pajamas, a mile away from his home, a Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy investigated the situation and turned her findings over to the prosecutor’s office. Last week a warrant was issued for the arrest of the child’s mother. Update: Bailey Dee Ann Douglass, aka Bailey Douglas, 30, Newberry, was arrested on a warrant and booked in to the Greene County Jail on Monday, August 27.
Read MoreA warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman accused of driving with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .305. The legal limit is .08. She wound up in jail after a crash in eastern Greene County, bonded out, but then didn’t show up for her initial hearing last Thursday. Update: On Monday, August 27, Cassandra Dawn Abts, 34, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant and booked into the Greene County Jail where her bond was set at $10,000 surety…..
Read MoreA warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman accused of driving with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .305. The legal limit is .08. She wound up in jail after a crash in eastern Greene County, bonded out, but then didn’t show up for her initial hearing last Thursday.
Read MoreVigo County---The Indiana State Police Putnamville District conducted traffic patrols on both Friday and Saturday evenings of the Scheid Diesel Event held at the Vigo County Fairgrounds…..
Read MoreAfter an eight-year-old child was found walking along a country road, barefoot in his pajamas, a mile away from his home, a Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy investigated the situation and turned her findings over to the prosecutor’s office. Last week a warrant was issued for the arrest of the child’s mother.
Read MoreA 39-year-old Linton woman accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 14-year-old remains in the Greene County Jail on a $75,000 bond.
Read MoreA 47-year-old Linton woman is accused of entering the Linton-Stockton Elementary School after hours, spitting on some student projects, ripping others off the walls.
Read MoreThe case of a Bloomfield woman arrested in mid-June was first set for an initial hearing in late June. The date of the initial hearing has been rescheduled twice, but last Friday morning, she appeared in Greene Circuit Court and was formally charged with two counts of child seduction, one a Level 5 felony and the other a level 6 felony.
Read MoreA woman who allegedly admitted she posted threats on Facebook……
Read MoreA woman’s decision to go to the police, after a 39-year-old Linton woman told her she was having sexual encounters with a juvenile, caused swift action by police officers. A fast-moving investigation, involving numerous interviews over the course of one day, resulted in the arrest of the suspect last night. She’s being held on a $75,000 bond and is facing five counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, all Level 5 felonies.
Read MoreA man from the Solsberry area who was arrested on Thursday, August 16, was scheduled to appear in court early this Thursday, August 23, to be formally charged with intimidation, for threats made against his own parents. Shortly after a story was posted on GreeneStreets this past Wednesday, four additional criminal counts were filed. This story has now been updated.
Read MoreLast Monday, two deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to a house on Crowe Road in the Bloomfield area after a man called 911 for help. The caller said he had been drugged and had just woke up. He said there were three unknown men in his house, with guns.
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