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When Jasonville Police Department Officer Skylar Scott initiated a traffic stop on March 19 after a vehicle crossed the center line on State Road 59, he found the driver and passenger possibly intoxicated with blood on their faces.
Read MoreA shopper at a local store is accused of intentionally not scanning or paying for numerous items that were dropped into store bags.
Read MoreIndianapolis, IN - The Indiana State Police will be stepping up patrols to help curb impaired and drug impaired driving. The enforcement campaign will run from through April 4, 2023. The safety initiative is designed to reduce crashes and traffic fatalities and to promote safe driving around St. Patrick’s Day and the NCAA Tournament. It also comes at a time when roadway deaths continue to climb across the state and nation.
Read MoreA report of a vehicle continually driving around a neighborhood in eastern Greene County on March 15 ended in the arrest of a 50-year-old Bloomfield man on two warrants – one for failure to appear in court and another for a parole violation.
Read MoreAfter a driver with a BAC of .265 was arrested for OVWI, he allegedly said he knew he should not be driving and he pulled off the road and parked his vehicle rather than kill somebody.
Read MoreThe urge to pet a dog followed by several threatening text messages landed a 22-year-old Linton man behind bars on March 6 after an arrest for intimidation.
Read MoreA runaway juvenile from Franklin County, Ky., was recently located in Linton after allegedly running away from home. Two men were arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Read MoreYet another new criminal case was filed yesterday against the Jasonville woman recently arrested for inhaling toxic vapors. Shortly before that incident occurred, she is accused of walking into a house where she didn't know anybody and nobody knew her.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — An Indiana couple has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Read MoreInhaling toxic vapors from a can of dusting spray behind a Jasonville restaurant on March 9 resulted in the arrest of a 35-year-old woman.
Read MoreA tussle between two Linton men resulted in arrests after a March 9 incident.
Read MoreUPDATED with ARREST and MUG SHOT: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Jasonville woman on two counts of neglect of a dependent after her two children were found unattended in a laundromat.
Read MoreIndianapolis, IN - A national trend involving street racing, street take-overs and spinning has gotten the attention of the Indiana State Police and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Within the past year ISP and IMPD have conducted several special operations targeting these illegal activities resulting in more than 40 arrests and the recovery of over 80 stolen vehicles.
Read MoreAfter a judge ordered a woman serving time with community corrections to be picked up and transferred to the Greene County Jail, deputies reported she was uncooperative and now she's facing a new criminal case on a charge of resisting law enforcement.
Read MoreSummons to appear in court have been issued to members of a Jasonville family for providing false information to the Department of Natural Resources, false informing, as well as various counts of hunting deer with the aid of bait, improper temporary transportation tag for white-tailed deer, and use of private land without consent after law enforcement officials found they had taken deer from the property without land owner’s consent and had misused tags.
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