Stories from Friday, June 25, 2010

A female victim was transported to the hospital and a male suspect was transported to jail this week after police responded to call about a domestic disturbance. Gary R. Cross, 24, Linton, was booked in on preliminary charges of domestic battery in the presence of a child, a class D felony, and domestic battery with a prior conviction for domestic battery, also a class D felony...

Aron S. Irish, 35, of Linton was taken into custody Wednesday on a warrant that was issued for his arrest late last week. When he was booked into the Greene County Jail by Sheriff's Deputy Eric Shane Smith, his bond was set at $9,000 which he posted and then was released the same day...

Police will be keeping an eye out for a damaged green passenger car missing pieces of its rear bumper as a result of a hit-and-run accident which occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday. The car is described as a Chevrolet Celebrity, or a similar model, and the driver is suspected of leaving the scene of an accident...

Eastern Greene High School Principal Kevin Frank leaves Monday on a two-week educational trip to Japan. The trip (June 28-July 10) is being put together by an independent not-for-profit Japanese organization called The Keizia Koho Center Japanese Institute for Social and Economic Affairs...

The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees will meet in special session July 8 to swear in three new board members and make annual appointments. Thursday night was the final meeting for three current board members whose terms expire June 30. Board members Keith Hanauer, Doug Frye, and Marvin Helms were each presented plaques of appreciation from the board...

Freedom Festival Schedule June 26-July 5 Saturday, June 26 Noon -- Red Cross Blood Mobile at Humphreys Park 1 p.m. -- Classic Car Cruise-In at Humphreys Park 6 p.m. -- Miss Sparkler and Mr. Firecracker Contest at bandshell at park 7 p.m. -- Fast Eddie Karaoke Contest at bandshell at Humphreys Park...

The sports season of 2009-10 was the culmination of one very special sports year for the student-athletes of Linton-Stockton High School. For the first time in recent memory, the Miner athletic programs brought home four sectional titles and sent individual athletes deep into their respective postseason tournaments...

The Linton police chief is advising residents to lock their vehicles. "There have been some reports of people getting into vehicles. Nothing major has been stolen and we are looking for the individuals involved," LPD Chief Troy Jerrell said. The majority of the reports have pertained to vehicles parked on the street or in lots during the overnight hours, he noted...

A 51-year-old Linton man was arrested late Thursday evening after an alert resident reported a suspicious person was trying to get into her neighbor's house. Police responded and found the man at the back door of a woman's house. Donald Lynn Martin, listed on jail records with a home address of 410 7th Street NE in Linton, was booked in on preliminary charges of residential entry and trespass...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of fraud, one illegal burn, three requests for information, one juvenile/delinquent, two assists to the utility department after hours, two incidents of vandalism, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, one medical/illness, three animal complaints, one VIN check, four suspicious vehicles/persons, one extra patrol and three traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES BAC Home Loans Servicing LP v. Amy Ramsey aka Amy Wall, Ronald Wall, Jr., mortgage foreclosure GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jerry W. Maddox, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath...

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LYONS -- John Stanley was preparing to serve his country when he found his house on fire Friday. Stanley and his wife, Franki, along with their two children -- 4-year-old Brandon and 2-year-old Grace -- live at 255 North Walnut St. in Lyons. "He was headed over to get his (National) Guard stuff, and when he came back it was already fully engulfed," Franki Stanley said at the scene while watching firemen battle the blaze. Stanley is a member of Indiana National Guard Company A, 1-151st Combat Team, based in Linton. The Lyons Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 12:09 p.m., followed by the Switz City Volunteer Fire Department at 12:14 p.m. The Linton Fire Department and Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 12:24 p.m. Stanley believes the first signs of smoke came around 11:30 a.m.