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When a blue car hit a white truck in a restaurant parking lot last Thursday, police responded. One driver was accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and wound up in jail.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 6, 2019. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff on Sunday.
Read MoreAfter five deputies arrived at a summer beer party out in the country, alcohol was dumped and 22 underaged individuals were lined up to take portable breath tests. Eight people were charged with a misdemeanor in Greene Superior Court early this morning and some others have been referred to juvenile authorities.
Read MoreA woman who crashed into a bridge guard rail and was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated in August of 2018, is now facing new charges of OVWI after her truck wound up in a ditch.
Read MoreA Bloomfield woman is accused of entering an apartment to take a car key then taking a man’s car without permission.
Read MoreA Linton woman was arrested Sunday after she allegedly pushed another woman to the ground.
Read MoreWhen a probation officer conducted a check at the home of a man on probation, the officer reported seeing some syringes lying on the floor and called a deputy to investigate.
Read MoreWhen firefighters responded to a house fire last summer, they thought they saw marijuana growing inside the front door. The homeowner has since been charged with a misdemeanor.
Read MoreA man accused of OVWI is also facing felony charges of intimidation and battery with bodily injury to law enforcement officers after he tangled with two deputies who responded to a domestic situation.
Read MoreA Linton man charged with the theft of a bicycle and resisting law enforcement allegedly said he’d been having a rough time and it would be easier to ride a bike instead of walking everywhere.
Read MorePolice were called in by a school resource officer after two juveniles alleged their mother’s boyfriend touched them on their legs with a hot salad fork.
Read MoreA Lyons man accused of child molesting was taken into custody yesterday.
Read MoreA man accused of yelling and cursing outside in a Linton neighborhood early Sunday is also accused of getting into a tussle with a couple of officers.
Read MoreA Lyons man accused of child molesting was taken into custody today.
Read MoreA warrant has been issued in Greene County for the arrest of a Switz City man who didn’t show up at his initial hearing after he’d bonded out of jail following his last arrest on September 1.
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