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December 19, 2012

Doghouse moved by unknown person

Police Report

WASHINGTON — CITY REPORT

Tuesday

8:08 a.m. - Jessica Walls reported the front door glass had been broken out of the church at 101 W. Main St. An officer advised items were lying out, but it didn’t appear anything was missing.

Monday

8:34 p.m. - Mike Spaulding reported renters moved out at 812 E. Main St. and there were damages and missing items.

7:25 p.m. - Joyce Bowen requested an officer at 209 S.E. Third St., where a window had been busted out of an employee’s vehicle.

3:49 p.m. - An employee of Walmart advised there was a male shoplifter detained in the office. Michael Hackler will be long formed for shoplifting.

3:42 p.m. - Dennis McClure, 5 E. Viola St., reported items missing from his home when he returned, There was no sign of forced entry.

COUNTY REPORT

Monday

6:18 p.m. - A suspicious white van was reported to be pulling in and out of people’s driveways on SR 358 near Plainville. The vehicle was stopped, and the subjects were advised to be on their way.

4:30 p.m. - A caller in Odon requested to speak to an officer about a threatening phone call she received. The call, from “Mayfare Communications Inc.,Ó was advised to be fraudulent.

11:20 a.m. - A complainant in Plainville reported someone set his dog loose and moved the doghouse over the food and water bowls. The dog had not returned.

8:03 a.m. - A truck was reported in a ditch on I-69, near the 66.5 mile marker, and the state police had no unit available to check on it. Officers advised a wrecker with 30 yards of cable was needed, and the driver complained his head hurt, but repeatedly refused treatment.

COUNTY ACCIDENTS

Saturday

7:45 p.m. - Shannon M. Willoughby, 29, Elnora, stated she was turning east onto W. Nat’l Hwy. off S.W 11th St. in a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix registered to Jesse Ellis, 610 Center St., and pulled up to the stop sign and waited for eastbound traffic to pass. She began to pull out and didn’t see a westbound 1998 Crown Victoria driven by Rodney S. Johnson, 39, and registered to Kathy L. Aikman, both of 904 Main St. She pulled into Johnson’s path and the vehicles collided. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 2

2:10 a.m. - Dispatchers received a call about an accident on U.S. 50 West at S.W. 11th St. Officers arrived and found a green 2000 Ford passenger car on the south side of the road that had struck a utility pole, snapping it in half before coming to rest in the ditch. There was no one around, but a witness pulled up and told officers she took a female from the scene to Perdue turkey plant to wait for a ride.

The female was located and identified as Crystal J. Lester, 33, Vincennes. She said she was trying to set her GPS and ran off the road. She failed a certified chemical test for alcohol, registering .09 percent, and was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Damage was estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.

ARRESTS

Curtis Roy Gentry, 41, address unknown, was arrested Monday by city police on a Madison County warrant for resisting law enforcement and possession of marijuana. He was held at Daviess County Security Center on $4,000 bond.

Garrett Morley, 18, Petersburg, was arrested Monday by a conservation officer for possession of marijuana over 30 grams and driving while suspended/prior. He was released on $4,500 bond.

David Thompson-Lemon, 26, Washington, was arrested by city police Monday on two counts of battery, battery resulting in bodily injury and public intoxication after they received a call from Long John Silver’s about a male beating a pregnant subject. He was held without bond.

Jail Population: 146

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