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UPDATE: Following his arrest last week, Russell Lyttaker was being held without bond pending court appearance. Last Thursday, July 1, when he appeared in court for his initial hearing……
Read MoreThe Greene County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of a missing woman from the Bloomfield area and they’re asking for information from the public to help locate her.
GCSD Det. Shawn Cullison reported Elizabeth Ann Fields, 39, was reported missing around 5 p.m. on Monday, July 5. She is 5’ 3” tall, 120 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. The only clothing description given was that she was wearing shorts and a shirt, no color specified, when she left on foot and was last seen in the area of State Road 54 and Warren Road.
If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Elizabeth Fields, GCSD encourages you to contact the Greene County Sheriff’s Department at 812-384-4411.
Read MoreOn Sunday, July 4th at approximately 2:30 pm, while on routine patrol, Indiana State Police A.C.E.S. (Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Section) Trp. Richard Klun arrested Brooklyn Terrell, 26 years old of Orleans, following a traffic stop on Sieboldt Quarry Road in Lawrence County.
Read MoreIndianapolis, IN – The Indiana State Police would like to urge motorist to be patient and courteous while traveling through the holiday weekend. Troopers in the Indianapolis District have had an increase of interstate shooting investigations in 2021. So far this year Troopers have investigated 30 incidents that involve gunfire on Indianapolis area interstates. The majority of these investigations determined road rage initiated the incident that led to gunfire. Troopers are asking for the public’s help to immediately report any instance of road rage by calling 911. Callers should attempt to gather as much identifying information about the vehicles involved, even if a license plate number can not be obtained.
Read Morendianapolis (July 1, 2021) ‑ During the recently concluded Indiana General Assembly, legislators unanimously passed HEA 1169, a law that goes into effect today, which requires all political subdivisions and state agencies to report cybersecurity incidents to the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT).
Read MoreIndianapolis - As Independence Day celebrations kick off, the use of fireworks may increase in your area. The Indiana Department of Insurance is warning Hoosier homeowners and renters that accidental damage caused by fireworks that are banned in their counties may not be covered by their homeowners or renters insurance policies.
Read MoreAfter police responded to a Monday afternoon call from a Linton resident about a man in her yard, the man said he was mowing the yard, then said he might be at the wrong house. Police said he had a synthetic drug in his pocket.
Read MoreA Bloomfield woman stopped for speeding last Friday night ended up in jail on drug charges after a K-9 alerted to the presence of a controlled substance in her vehicle.
Read MoreWhen an LPD officer saw the tires on a pickup truck cross the center line three times and run off the road on the ditch side twice last weekend, he stopped the truck and the driver was jailed for OVWI.
Read MoreTroopers from the Indiana State Police Posts around the state would like to encourage safe travels during this 4th of July holiday weekend.
To help ensure the safety of all motorists, the Indiana State Police will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) and DUIEP (Driving Under the Influence Enforcement Project) from July 1 to July 5. These are federally funded programs that allow extra troopers to patrol Hoosier highways during the upcoming holiday period.
Efforts will be focused on distracted drivers, impaired drivers, and drivers and passengers not buckled up. Last year throughout Indiana from July 1 through July 5, there were 2,345 crashes that resulted in 425 injuries and 13 fatalities.
Read MoreUPDATE: The suspect in an assault with a baseball bat last summer, that left a Greene County man with serious injuries, is in custody. A warrant was issued a year ago for the arrest of Russell J. Lyttaker, now 41, but he fled the area and the state. Lyttaker then wound up in jail in Missouri and the Greene County Sheriff’s Department picked him up yesterday, Wednesday, June 30, and transported him back to Greene County to face charges of aggravated battery – assault posed a substantial risk of death, a Level 3 felony, and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Level 5 felony. Lyttaker was booked into the Greene County Jail at 6:01 p.m. He is currently being held without bond. GCSD Det. David Elmore was the arresting officer……. EARLIER STORY A YEAR AGO: A 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 man from outside the county, who had warrants out for his arrest in two states other than Indiana, was jailed in Greene County after a Linton police officer found him walking, actually stumbling, down Park Road last Thursday night.
Read MoreAfter a resident called 911 about an unknown woman with slurred speech walking around his yard late at night last week, two JPD officers and two GCSD deputies responded. The woman was arrested and is still in jail this week on a drug charge.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS – Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags in Indiana to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance for former First Lady, Pat Whitcomb. Flags should be flown at half-staff from now until sunset on Monday, July 12, 2021. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff.
Read MoreUPDATE: A woman accused of breaking into an apartment in Bloomfield last week was arrested then bonded out of jail. But she’s back this week after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Dawn Marie Johnson, 31, Bloomfield, was arrested yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, June 29, by GCSD Deputy William C. Walker on a warrant issued on a petition to revoke bond in a pending case involving felony possession of a syringe and misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated with endangerment, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of paraphernalia. She is being held without bond.
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