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When an LPD officer was dispatched to a Linton store about a shoplifter, the suspect said he was hungry and allegedly admitted he tried to steal candy and a beverage.
Read MoreAn incident of gunfire in Linton last May resulted in the arrest of two individuals who were charged with intimidation and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. When one appeared in court yesterday, he admitted guilt and was sentenced to two years with all but 300 days suspended.
Read MoreA Worthington man, stopped for speeding in Worthington, pulled over in a grocery store parking lot and was arrested. He’s accused of driving drunk and not cooperating with law enforcement.
Read MoreAn Owensburg man is accused of sitting on his wife while trying to take her cell phone away last Sunday, then threatening her with a knife.
Read MoreA Solsberry man, recently released from the Monroe County Jail, wound up in the Greene County Jail late Sunday night, accused of driving while his license was suspended and being in possession of methamphetamine and syringes.
Read MoreA Jasonville man, accused of belligerent behavior while being treated in the emergency room, allegedly made numerous threats, then after he was arrested, kicked an officer in the ribs on the way to jail.
Read MoreAfter a deputy pulled a driver over for allegedly crossing the center line plus other infractions, he said he could smell the odor of alcohol, but the driver refused to take a chemical test.
Read MoreWhat started out as a traffic stop last Wednesday turned into a high-speed pursuit, then a foot chase. Numerous officers from Greene County were involved in the incident which resulted in damage to two sheriff’s patrol vehicles, a crash, and the arrest of a Bloomfield woman on eight criminal counts including drug charges. A passenger in the vehicle was also arrested.
Read MoreA Bloomington man who was a guest in a Greene County residence in March is accused of stealing an X-Box One S with accessories and downloaded games, then selling it in Bloomington.
Read MoreA woman wanted on a warrant was arrested Tuesday after a deputy responded to check on a woman who’d been sitting most of the day on a sidewalk bench in Lyons.
Read MoreA Linton man who was living in Bloomfield with his domestic partner was arrested and is being charged with felony strangulation as well as misdemeanor domestic battery.
Read MoreBloomington – Fifty-one probationary troopers from the 78th Indiana State Police Academy were issued their patrol cars at the ISP Youth Education and Historical Center in Indianapolis. Two of those officers are assigned to the Indiana State Police Bloomington Post, one assigned to Greene County, and will immediately start solo patrol in the Bloomington District.
Read MoreAfter a resident reported an unknown man banging on the door late at night, the man was transported to the hospital due to extreme intoxication. But at the hospital, he allegedly attempted to punch a nurse and battered a hospital security officer.
Read MoreA Worthington woman, arrested in late February and accused of stealing a couple of Cadbury Cream Eggs from a store in Bloomfield, has been arrested again. This time she’s accused of stealing a mailbox from a property on State Road 157 north of Bloomfield.
Read MoreA woman who allegedly bragged on social media that she’d put one over on a state trooper during a traffic stop found out it was only temporary. He continued to investigate and she wound up in the Greene County Jail facing a felony charge.
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