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A Bloomfield man arrested and accused of shoplifting in December was arrested again on Monday on three additional counts of felony theft involving shoplifting. In one incident, he allegedly concealed over $2,600 worth of merchandise on his person.
Read MoreA criminal case has been filed against a Bloomfield man stopped for driving too slow last May. He was released pending results of a blood test and is now facing charges involving driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
Read MoreThree Linton residents, all passengers in a vehicle stopped for speeding, were arrested and booked into jail around 1 a.m. today after a K9 alerted to the presence of drugs.
Read MoreA Bloomfield man, who was stopped in the Jasonville area driving a vehicle that had been reported as stolen, was arrested but bonded out of jail. He is scheduled into court next week to face charges of auto theft, possession of a syringe and driving without a valid license.
Read MoreA woman facing multiple cases in Monroe County, now accused of auto theft in Greene County, is due in Greene Superior Court today. She was just sentenced in yet another case in Clinton County yesterday.
Read MoreA Linton man wanted on a warrant decided he’d like to have a few drinks before turning himself in, so he took off running when officers arrived to arrest him in the wee hours of Sunday morning. They caught him.
Read MoreA Linton man pulled over in a traffic stop early Wednesday allegedly denied knowing the vehicle he was driving was stolen but didn’t deny owning the methamphetamine officers found during a search.
Read MoreA Linton woman was arrested before Christmas and charged with meth possession. She bonded out of jail but on Wednesday night, she was booked back in. She’s facing another case of felony meth possession.
Read MoreA physical altercation between two women in a store’s lingerie section around 2 a.m. resulted in the arrest of one who has been charged with battery resulting in bodily injury and meth possession.
Read MoreA Linton woman was in court on Monday facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. She allegedly had a BAC of .20 when she crashed her Cadillac in December.
Read MoreA warrant was issued in late November for a convicted sex offender whose whereabouts were unknown. He’s since been located, arrested and charged with failure to register.
Read MoreA domestic dispute resulted in the first arrest in 2020 in Greene County. A woman was booked into jail before 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day. She is accused of punching her husband in the face.
Read MoreAn ongoing Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement investigation resulted in the early Saturday morning arrest of a suspect accused of supplying methamphetamine in and around Greene, Lawrence and Monroe counties. The suspect allegedly had 450 grams in his possession when arrested.
Read MoreGreene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw’s one-year term leading the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys ended in December. Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Patrick Harrington was recently elected as president of the association and has taken over to serve in this role in 2020.
Read MoreA Jasonville man was the last person arrested in Greene County in the last decade. He was the only person booked into the Greene County Jail after dark but before midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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