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When a deputy attempted to stop a driver last November, suspected of being intoxicated, on SR 157 near Worthington, the driver fled toward Bloomfield. Stop sticks were deployed. The driver crashed his vehicle and was injured. After results of a toxicology test came back, a warrant was issued for the driver’s arrest.
Read MoreA new case was filed today against the Linton man arrested last week and accused of selling a stolen truck in a jailhouse transaction. This week he’s accused of failing to show up to serve time on work release.
Read MoreDaviess County – February 8, 2021, at approximately 4:45 PM, the Indiana State Police were asked to investigate a fatal crash after two vehicles collided on I-69 at the 83-mile marker southbound in Daviess County. One driver was killed. The other driver was arrested - tests showed he had methamphetamine in his blood.
Read MoreA Linton man whose license was suspended, who is accused of failing to pull over for a traffic stop, is facing drug charges after his vehicle was towed and inventoried.
Read MoreGreene County - On Sunday, February 7, 2021, Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Daniel Crozier responded to the Plummer Creek Covered Bridge in the area of S. Baseline Road and County Road 25 West in Bloomfield.
The investigation began after Taylor Township Fire Department responded to extinguish a fire that caused damage to the bridge which is also known as the A.M. Kennedy & Sons Covered Bridge.
The structure is currently closed and the public is asked to seek alternate routes until it can be determined that it is structurally capable of handling traffic.
S/Trp. Crozier is being assisted by the Indiana State Fire Marshals and the incident is still under investigation.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Indiana Arson Hot Line at 1-800-382-4628 or the Bloomington State Police Post at 1-800-423-1286.
Read MoreA fire was set on the covered bridge south of Bloomfield Sunday morning, and Taylor Township firefighters responded in time to put it out, but the bridge is currently closed. They’re asking the public for tips and information about this incident.
This morning at 9:54 a.m., Sunday, February 7, Taylor Township Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the A.M. Kennedy and Sons Covered Bridge located on South Baseline Road, approximately two miles south of Bloomfield, for a fire in the bridge.
The first arriving units discovered a fire had been set on one of the structural beams. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
An investigation into this incident is ongoing.
Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Indiana Arson Hotline at 1-800-382-4628 or the Greene County Sheriff’s Department at 1-812-384-4411.
As of around noon Sunday, the bridge is closed and will remain closed until further notice.
An inmate at the Greene County Jail was served with a warrant this week after a new case was filed against him for allegedly sending letters and making phone calls in violation of a protective order.
Read MoreA Linton man was arrested last night on a warrant issued earlier in the week in an auto theft case that dates back to 2020. The suspect is accused of selling a stolen truck to another inmate when they were both incarcerated.
Read MoreA Linton woman who was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding in Jasonville is accused of possession of marijuana.
Read MoreA Bloomfield driver was stopped because her license plate light was out. But during the stop, a deputy detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Read MoreA Jasonville woman accused of running a stop sign on Tuesday was stopped and ended up in jail after a K9 alerted to the presence of a controlled substance in her vehicle.
Read MoreAn ongoing investigation into numerous thefts in eastern Greene County by detectives and deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in the arrest of a suspect. He’ll be in court in the morning on drug charges in one case and in a second case, theft of the Bobcat, trailer and over $27,000 worth of equipment from the Beech Creek/Eastern Fire Department.
Read MoreA driver stopped for speeding got off with a warning but he’s going to be charged with a misdemeanor for the marijuana that troopers found in his vehicle.
Read MoreA driver who hit a patch of ice going into Goosepond Curve, lost control, ran off the road and rolled his vehicle. When deputies questioned him, he said a friend was driving. He called his friend “Jose Cuervo.”
Read MoreWhen the probation department requested an officer search the home of a man on probation for a meth conviction, the man allegedly crushed a glass pipe in his hand and threw it into the toilet, then struggled with the officer, trying to avoid being handcuffed…….. Case Update: When Erik Tosti appeared in Greene Superior Court via two-way video between the jail and the courtroom for an initial hearing on Monday morning, February 1, his bond was set at $30,000 cash in full with no 10 percent allowed. Defense Attorney Tim Shonk was appointed to represent him as a public defender. As of late Tuesday, Tosti had not yet posted bond.
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