Stop for plate light results in felony charges

A traffic stop on Feb. 22 resulted in at least one Brown County resident being charged with a felony for unlawful possession of a syringe.

Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy William Pool stopped on a vehicle for not having a visible license plate light at the intersection of Salt Creek Road and State Road 46 East.

Pool noted that the driver’s hands were shaking as he was searching for his documentation, and the driver’s voice was shaking, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Deputy Austin Schonfeld and his K9 conducted a search on the outside of the vehicle because of the way the driver was acting, and because police knew that occupants in the vehicle had a history of drug use, the report said.

The K9 indicated a positive alert on the vehicle. The occupants of the vehicle, including 31-year-old Krysta Fox of Brown County, were removed and placed in handcuffs. Each person was searched.

When Nashville Police Officer Cody Poynter grabbed Fox’s purse and asked what was in it, she told him she had a syringe inside. After being read her rights, Fox told Poynter she had a cap wrapped in foil in her bra that she used to melt down drugs, the affidavit states.

When asked if she had anything else, Fox told Poynter about a syringe in her pants.

Police found a syringe under the lid of the fuse box that was underneath the vehicle’s hood. The driver was asked about it and he said he did not know where it had came from.

Both the driver and Fox were issued summons for unlawful possession of a syringe and were released from the scene. As of press deadline, no formal charges had been filed against the driver.

Woman charged with felony

JACKSON TWP. — A 36-year-old Bloomington woman was arrested and charged with a Level 6 felony after police say she entered a residence without permission.

On March 21, Deputy Nicholson Briles responded to the 5700 block of Turner Road on a report of a woman entering that home. The complainant said that her nephew was there, inside with the trespasser, later identified as Summer Goldsberry, 36, of Bloomington. The caller had allowed the woman to used the restroom, then called her nephew and 911.

The caller told police that Goldsberry sounded confused. When Briles asked Goldsberry what she was doing in the house, she told him she was lost and needed to use the restroom.

The officer told her it was against the law to walk into someone’s house without their permission, of which she was aware. She told him that she had knocked and yelled for someone, but no one came to the door, so she walked in.

The nephew told police that he had seen Goldsberry parked in a driveway on Tunnel Road in Monroe County earlier in the day, around 9 a.m. Around 3 p.m., he saw her vehicle again on State Road 135 South and it appeared that she was driving erratically, unable to maintain her lane and consistent speed. When his aunt called him to describe the person in her house, he arrived to find the same vehicle he had seen earlier in the day.

Goldsberry told police she needed to drive to that house because she believed she was being followed by a dark truck.

She was arrested and taken to the Brown County jail.

Two locals charged with drug-related crimes

Drug-related felony and misdemeanor charges have been filed against two Brown County residents after police conducted a traffic stop on March 6.

Nashville Police Officer Cody Poynter was driving west on State Road 46 East following a two-tone Dodge truck. After running the plates, Poynter stopped the truck at Old State Road 46 and 46 East because the plates returned to a different vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Alicia Shipley, 25, was the driver. Poynter stated that he knew that she had a suspended license with a prior conviction. Sgt. Chad Williams with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department arrived on scene to assist.

Shipley told police that she had just purchased the vehicle and thought the plates were good. A man in the passenger seat stated that he did not have his ID when Poynter asked. Officers learned that he was 26-year-old Dylan Hadley.

Hadley had an active warrant out of Brown County and he was arrested.

According to the affidavit, Poynter saw a small plastic baggie in the middle seat between both parties. Poynter had Shipley exit the vehicle and placed her in handcuffs. When asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle, Shipley answered “yes.”

There were needles in her purse, one of which was loaded with a substance. Poynter also found in her purse a cigarette pack containing marijuana, methamphetamine, a “one-hitter,” one empty syringe, one loaded syringe and a socket, which Shipley said was used for smoking marijuana. She told the officers that it was either meth or heroin in the syringe, the police report said.

While searching the vehicle’s passenger side, Poynter reported finding a black pouch containing two cut straws with residue and a small tin with cotton sides. Shipley stated that Hadley had just purchased heroin, according to the the affidavit.

Hadley stated nothing inside the truck was his. A continued search led to police finding a small baggie that Hadley reportedly stated had contained heroin.

Hadley and Shipley were transported to the Brown County Law Enforcement Center. A search warrant was also applied for both of their cellphones.

On March 9, Hadley was charged with possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony.

On March 24, Shipley was charged with possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a syringe, both Level 6 felonies. Shipley also was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.

Local woman charged with drug possession

BELMONT — A 35-year-old woman was arrested on charges of possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia on April 5 after she was found hiding in a bathroom.

Indiana State Trooper Matt Hatchett, Deputy Nick Briles and Sergeant Chad Williams responded to a home in the 5700 block of Kent Road to search for Lacey Gott after she had run into the woods after a verbal dispute. She had an active warrant out of Monroe County, according to the police report.

After Briles and Williams left the scene, Hatchett remained to conduct an “area canvas.” The homeowner told him that Gott was hiding in their bathroom. Hatchett retrieved his K-9 partner, Axe and conducted a sweep of the residence.

After Hatchett told Gott twice that a K9 was there, she opened the door. She was escorted outside.

The homeowner told Hatchett that Gott had left two bags in the home. Hatchett found a Monster energy drink can in the drawstring bag and noticed the weight of the can was not proportionate to an average can. He unscrewed the top of the can, which revealed a bag of marijuana and a bag of methamphetamine. He also reported finding a glass pipe used to smoke methamphetamine, and a taser/stun gun in the black container.

Gott told Hatchett that the bags were hers, but a friend had given her the can a few days before. She told him she used methamphetamine, but not marijuana.

Gott was taken to the Brown County jail. She was charged on April 6 with  one count of possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; possession of marijuana; a Class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.