Woman admits to taking, using debit card
A Brown County woman faces a felony theft charge after she confessed to taking a man’s debit card without permission and charging almost $7,000 to it.
Det. Paul Henderson with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department met with the victim’s family on March 8 after they discovered his debit card had been taken, a probable cause affidavit states.
Beth Hayworth, 57, of Oak Ridge Road, was charged June 18 with theft, a Level 6 felony.
According to the affidavit, the victim went to use his debit card and discovered it was not in his wallet where he normally keeps it. The family looked further into the situation and discovered $6,684.95 had been charged to the card that the victim did not authorize, the affidavit states.
According to the family, Hayworth lived with the victim rent-free. She confessed to the family after they found money missing. Hayworth had told the family she had taken the card and “would do anything to pay it back,” according to the affidavit.
The family and victim both told police they didn’t have a choice but to pursue charges due to the amount of money charged and Hayworth not being able to pay it back.
Hayworth admitted to Henderson that she had taken the card, the police report said.
Police: Woman found driving without license
A Brown County woman faces a felony for driving as a habitual traffic violator after police stopped her in town on April 26.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner stopped a vehicle driven by Naomi Lucas, 46, after he reported seeing her driving, according to a probable cause affidavit filed June 17. Magner stated he knew Lucas had a suspended license, and when he ran her license plate number to verify her driving status it showed she was a habitual traffic violator.
The stop occurred off Van Buren Street in Nashville. Magner reported that Lucas acted surprised and confused about what it meant to be a habitual traffic violator. She told Magner she had given a neighbor a ride into town.
Lucas was issued a summons. She had a passenger with a valid driver’s license and was released from the scene. She was charged with a Level 6 felony on June 17.
Two charged with battery after two altercations
Police say two people were arrested on June 13 for battery after two different altercations involving them and another man.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner reported in a probable cause affidavit that he spoke with the victim in one incident who said his neighbor, Dusty Toney, 64, came toward him yelling.
The victim said Toney started hitting him in the face multiple times while the victim was sitting in a vehicle about to leave, a probable cause affidavit states.
The victim said he tried to strike Toney in self defense after being hit and that he had pain in his face. He refused to be checked out by EMS, according to the affidavit.
Magner also spoke with Lora Couch, 50, who said that Toney had called her names and knocked her on the ground while she was walking near Forest Hills Apartments, the affidavit states.
Couch said Toney dragged her around the corner of an apartment building. Magner reported that Couch had an abrasion and pain in her right hip. She also had dried blood on her left elbow that she was said was a result of her altercation with Toney, according to the affidavit.
A witness told police that it appeared Couch was the aggressor. The witness said Couch ran after Toney, then hit, kicked, and yelled at him. Couch also allegedly pulled Toney’s hair and shirt.
According to the witness, Toney came to his apartment and Couch began banging on his door while yelling at him.
Toney told police he was walking back to the apartment after fighting with his neighbor at the car when Couch started hitting and scratching him. He told police Couch ripped his cigarette pack from his shirt pocket.
Magner reported Toney had a ripped shirt and a small spot of dried blood near the side of his nose. Toney declined to be checked out by EMS, too.
Couch and Toney were both arrested. On June 18, they both were charged with battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
Man charged for passing bus with stop arm
A Franklin man faces a misdemeanor in Brown County after an Indiana State Police trooper stopped him for passing a school bus that had its stop arm out on May 16.
Trooper Gabriel Bault pulled over a vehicle driven by Eric Rose, 52, after watching Rose’s vehicle pass the bus as it was stopped at Blueberry Drive on State Road 135 North. It was dropping off children, a probable cause affidavit states.
The bus driver told Bault she saw the driver wave as he drove past with the stop arm out. ISP Trooper Matthew Hatchett also reported seeing the infraction. He was riding inside the bus to watch for stop arm violations.
Rose was charged June 14 with passing a school bus when arm signal device is extended, a Class B misdemeanor.
Warrant arrest results in misdemeanor charges
A Brown County man was arrested on a warrant June 15 and ended up receiving more charges after police reporting seeing drugs and paraphernalia in his home.
Indiana State Police Trooper Matthew Hatchett was in the area of Jefferson and Franklin streets in Nashville when he conducted a random BMV check of a motorcycle parked along Jefferson Street, a probable cause affidavit states.
The motorcycle’s owner, 44-year-old Andrew George, had an active arrest warrant for possession of methamphetamine out of Vigo County, the affidavit states.
Hatchett asked a person nearby if they knew who owned the motorcycle. That person said George lived in an apartment off Franklin Street.
When officers knocked on the apartment door, George answered and confirmed his identity. He was placed under arrest. Because George did not have shoes or a shirt on, police allowed him to go back inside to get them.
While George was picking a shirt off the floor of his bedroom, Hatchett reported seeing a marijuana pipe. George allowed police to search his home. In the living room area, officers reported finding a plastic jar with burnt marijuana inside, a grinder and another glass pipe, the affidavit states. Officers also found a wooden “dugout” with marijuana residue inside.
George was taken to the Brown County jail. On June 17, he was charged with two misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Stop for speeding results in misdemeanor
A 23-year-old Columbus man faces a misdemeanor in Brown County for possession of marijuana after police stopped him for speeding on State Road 46 West in April.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Stargell stopped Ethan Singer on April 15 after he clocked him driving 62 MPH in a 40 MPH zone, according to a probable cause affidavit filed June 18.
Stargell noted that Singer was “visibly shaking and appeared to be nervous.” While speaking with Singer, Stargell reported smelling marijuana.
Singer told Stargell he had a vape with marijuana in it in the center console. Stargell found it.
Singer was issued a summons to appear in court. He was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of marijuana on June 18.
