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When officers served an arrest warrant on a Bloomfield man on Tuesday, he got a pat-down for weapons before he headed to jail. He didn’t have any weapons, but officers say he had meth in his pocket.
Read MoreA Linton man wanted in Greene County on two warrants was arrested in Monroe County on Monday and charged with felonies involving meth and theft. By early Thursday, he was in the Greene County Jail awaiting his initial hearing on felony charges of burglary and theft.
Read MoreAn inmate in the Greene County Jail awaiting trial in a case involving a hit and run fatality is now facing additional charges following an incident that occurred between him and another inmate.
Read MoreA Bloomfield man engaged in an argument with a girlfriend allegedly told her he was going to kill her and that he’d dug a hole for her body as he drove her vehicle out of town toward the covered bridge.
Read MoreA Linton man, who was kicked off private property where he was staying in a tent, has been accused of stealing an electric cart from a Linton store.
Read MoreA Newberry man wound up in jail late Sunday, accused of smashing a 2x4 to pieces on a street in Newberry. He was reported to have been upset about the noise of another Newberry resident doing “burnouts” in a vehicle.
Read MoreA traffic stop last night in Bloomfield resulted in the arrest of a Bloomfield woman who allegedly said she had never gotten a driver’s license. An officer reported finding drugs in her car.
Read MoreA sexual offender who was convicted of sexual battery in 1996 is back in jail. He was wanted for allegedly failing to update his information on the sexual offender registry, and for failure to show up in court in another case involving domestic battery.
Read MoreA warrant was issued today for the arrest of a man connected to a suspected meth dealer who was arrested last week. He allegedly was living in the house with the suspect, was present when methamphetamine was sold, was in possession of methamphetamine and used the same paraphernalia as the suspect.
Read MoreOn the Fourth of July, a Linton man walked away from a stolen pickup truck that was parked at a convenience store. He said he didn’t know anything about a stolen truck, but an LPD officer said he had seen the man driving the truck in Linton.
Read MoreWhen a Linton man appeared in court earlier this week for an initial hearing, he was charged with sexual battery.
Read MoreLawrence County - On July 10th, Indiana State Trooper Caleb Garvin and Sgt. Greg Day, both of the ISP Bloomington District A.C.E.S., were conducting a traffic stop along State Road 54 just west of Avoca on a 2007 Kia passenger car.
Read MoreWhen the Greene County Drug Task Force showed up at a Linton residence in the wee hours last Sunday, they arrested a woman suspected of dealing quantities of methamphetamine. Yesterday, a judge set her bond at $100,000 cash only, in full, with no ten percent allowed.
Read MoreA Bloomfield woman, who suffered serious injuries in a crash about three years ago and was subsequently convicted of felony OVWI, was arrested late last night. She was driving through Bloomfield in a Mercedes and got pulled over by a BPD officer. She’s facing OVWI charges as Level 5 felonies.
Read MoreTwo warrants are out for the arrest of a man convicted of sexual battery in 1996.
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