Motorcycle driver involved in crash faces charges
BEAN BLOSSOM — Charges have been filed against a 39-year-old Brown County man because police say he was intoxicated when he crashed his motorcycle last summer.
The crash was reported at 5:45 p.m. June 28 at the intersection of Gatesville and Bittersweet roads. Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholson Briles reported seeing Carl Johnson lying in the westbound lane with his motorcycle just west of him, according to a probable cause affidavit.
It appeared that the motorcycle had crashed into the guardrail on the north side of the road, Briles reported. Johnson was wearing a helmet; his eyes were red and watery, the officer wrote. Johnson told officers he was coming from the IGA in Bean Blossom. There was no longer an IGA in Bean Blossom.
Briles reported that Johnson was not answering questions correctly. When EMS placed him on a cot to take him to Johnson Memorial Health Hospital, Briles reported smelling alcohol on him.
A search warrant was granted for Johnson’s blood to get his blood-alcohol content because Johnson was not being coherent enough to consent, the affidavit said. EMS took him to the hospital. His motorcycle was towed.
At the hospital, Johnson told the officer had had drunk two or three vodka drinks about a half-hour before he drove, the affidavit said. A nurse told Briles that Johnson’s blood-alcohol content when he arrived was 0.25, more than three times the legal limit. The blood test was forward to the Indiana State Department of Toxicology.
On Jan. 22, three misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated were filed against Johnson.
Man checked out by EMS after crash
A 31-year-old Bloomington man was checked out by EMS after a collision at the State Road 46/Van Buren Street intersection on Jan. 23.
Christopher Lole was attempting to turn onto 46 East from Van Buren when his vehicle was hit from behind by a vehicle driven by Holly Hudson, 25, of Springville, an accident report by Nashville Police Officer William Pruitt states.
Pruitt wrote that Hudson did not realize Lole’s vehicle had not yet turned, and it was too late for her stop before striking it.
Hudson told Pruitt she was not injured, but Lole complained of neck pain and was checked out by EMS. He was not taken to a hospital.
It was marked “unknown” in the report if either driver was wearing a seat belt.
Driver involved in crash charged with OWI
JACKSON TWP. — A 33-year-old Indianapolis man has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after police say he was drunk at the time he crashed his car in Brown County last July.
The crash was reported after 5 p.m. at the Lanam Ridge Road/Amy Lane intersection. Justin Hodgson admitted to being the driver, according to a probable cause affidavit by Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Minor.
Minor reported smelling alcohol on Hodgson, that his speech was slurred and his eyes were bloodshot. A portable breath test showed Hodgson’s blood-alcohol content to be 0.16, twice the legal limit of 0.08, the affidavit said.
On Jan. 16, Hodgson was charged with operating a vehicle with an ACE of 0.15 or more, a Class A misdemeanor.
Stop for speeding results in OWI charges
A stop for speeding on June 5 last year resulted in a Manilla man being charged with two misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Brown County.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Stargell stopped William C. Murphy, 31, just before 2 a.m. at State Road 46 East and Fair Oaks Trail, a probable cause affidavit states.
Stargell reported smelling alcohol on Murphy, seeing alcohol beverage containers in his vehicle, that his speech was slurred, his eyes were red and watery, that his manual dexterity was poor and his balance was unsteady.
A portable breath test had his blood-alcohol content at 0.13. Murphy also submitted to a chemical test at the Brown County jail, the report said.
On Jan. 16, Murphy was charged with operating a vehicle with an ACE of 0.08 or more and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, both Class C misdemeanors.
Police: Man was more than twice legal limit
PEOGA — A 67-year-old Brown County man faces two misdemeanors for driving while intoxicated after police stopped him for driving left of center and discovered he had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Stargell stopped Jackie Haywood in the 9100 block of Gold Point Road just before midnight on May 17 last year.
A probable cause affidavit was filed Jan. 16.
Stargell wrote he smelled alcohol on Haywood, that his speech was slurred, his eyes were red and watery, his manual dexterity was poor and his balance was unsteady. Haywood also allegedly pulled himself from his vehicle during the stop, staggered from his vehicle and leaned against it during the traffic stop, the affidavit states.
A portable breath test showed his blood-alcohol content to be 0.18, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
On Jan. 16, Haywood was charged with two Class C misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Bloomington woman charged with possession
A 19-year-old Bloomington woman faces a misdemeanor in Brown County after she was stopped for speeding and police reported smelling marijuana in her vehicle.
Nashville Police Officer Keith Lawson conducted the traffic stop on State Road 46 West near the Red Bud Inn after clocking Sarah Hannon driving 61 MPH in a 40 MPH zone near the Brown County Law Enforcement Center on Jan. 7, according to a probable cause affidavit.
While speaking with Hannon, Lawson reported smelling marijuana. After initially denying there was any marijuana in the vehicle, Hannon handed Lawson a device used to grind up marijuana for rolling cigarettes. Lawson reported there were still marijuana particles in the bottom of the grinder.
Lawson wrote her a warning for speeding and issued her a citation for possessing marijuana. She was released from the scene.
On Jan. 16, Hannon was charged with a Class B misdemeanor for possession of marijuana.
