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A Dugger man and woman accused of trespassing at a store in Linton last Sunday morning were arrested by a GCSD deputy. They’ve both been in court this week, charged with trespassing and drug charges.
Read MoreA Bloomfield man was in court this morning for a hearing on OVWI charges filed after he crashed his car in May. He was allegedly driving too fast with a BAC of .285, ran off the road and crashed. The car then caught on fire.
Read MoreWhen a man and a woman sitting in a vehicle were told police had been called on them, the man got out and ran off into the woods. The woman waited, was arrested, and she has now been charged with meth possession.
Read MoreThe driver of a red Camaro, who spun his tires at a stop sign then lost control, crashed into a house in Linton last Friday afternoon. Now he’s facing charges of criminal recklessness and leaving the scene of an accident.
Read MoreWhen deputies responded to a fight at a Fourth of July party and took one man into custody, he allegedly was kicking and swinging at them, knocking one deputy’s glasses off and wrapping his legs around the legs of another.
Read MoreA warrant has been out since mid-March for the arrest of a Linton man accused of methamphetamine possession. He was taken into custody last Friday night and yesterday afternoon when he appeared in court, his bond was set at $50,000 with ten percent cash allowed.
Read MoreYesterday in court, a judge denied a Switz City man’s request for his bond to be reduced. In mid-June, he was one of two people arrested after a search of their Switz City home allegedly turned up illegal substances and drug paraphernalia. They said they were unemployed, but between the two of them, they were carrying over $5,600 in cash.
Read MoreA criminal case was filed today against a Dugger man who’d been living in Worthington but had been asked to move out. When an officer was dispatched to a dispute, the man was arrested, accused of intimidation and disorderly conduct.
Read MorePolice say they stopped a swerving vehicle early Sunday that was crossing over the center line so far, the passenger side tires were over the line. The 18-year-old driver was arrested.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – This week the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has reopened its local Division of Family Resources offices in all 92 counties for Hoosiers preferring in-person service. The offices had been closed to the public since March 20 in an effort to help contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Read MoreA Linton man is accused of causing serious injury during a domestic altercation. The victim was reported to have a broken nose and contusions to the face and eyes. He’s also accused of threatening to kill the officers who arrested him.
Read MoreA Linton man is accused of punching one officer a couple of times, knocking the officer’s body camera off, then continuing to struggle against the two officers who were trying to arrest him.
Read MoreAfter an LPD officer took a report of battery on Saturday, a Linton man was arrested and allegedly admitted he’d been in a verbal altercation with his ex-girlfriend that had turned into a physical altercation.
Read MoreA warrant is out for the arrest of a 40-year-old male suspect from Denver accused of an assault with a baseball bat that left a Greene County man seriously injured with skull fractures, a brain bleed, a ruptured spleen, broken wrist and loss of hearing.
Read MoreA Bloomfield man is in custody, accused of strangulation and battery while carrying a red gas can around and threatening to burn the house down.
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