Police: Stabbing was accidental, self-inflicted
JACKSON TWP. — Police and EMS responded to a report of a stabbing on Oak Ridge Road on New Year Day which has been determined to have not been criminal in nature.
Just after 5 p.m. Jan. 1, a report of a person stabbed was made to Brown County dispatch. Four Brown County sheriff’s deputies and two officers from the Nashville Police Department responded to the 6100 block of Oak Ridge Road, along with an ambulance.
Det. Brian Shrader with the sheriff’s department said on Jan. 7 that after an investigation, it was determined that the stabbing was a result of self-defense, and that the victim fell on the knife. The victim was a foreign national man in his 40s.
“I don’t expect to forward a case to the prosecutor,” Shrader said.
The victim was stabbed in the stomach area and was taken to Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for treatment for non-life threatening wounds. He left the hospital that evening, Shrader said.
The incident was isolated to the home and there is no threat to the community, he added.
Police: Woman arrested on warrants had meth
SPEARSVILLE — A 42-year-old Brown County woman faces an additional felony charge after she was arrested on three warrants and admitted to having methamphetamine in her possession.
On Jan. 1, Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy William Pool was sitting at the Spearsville Road/State Road 135 North intersection when he reported recognizing a car owned by Cherie Lawson pull out of Old Settlers Road, a probable cause affidavit states.
Pool knew Lawson had three active warrants in Brown County, so he made a traffic stop at the intersection of Spearsville Road and Pine Tree Lane. He arrested Lawson, and she asked if a relative who lived down the road could come get her vehicle, the affidavit states.
While waiting on the relative, Lawson told Pool she needed to be honest with him. She told Pool she had “dope” in her bra and Lawson confirmed that she was talking about methamphetamine.
Lawson asked Pool to not charge her with possession of meth, but Pool told her he was going to and there was no way around it.
Once the relative arrived to get the car, Lawson was taken to the Brown County jail. A female jail officer then assisted Lawson with removing the methamphetamine. Pool reported that when he was handed the drugs, he recognized it to be meth, according to the affidavit.
Lawson, of Hoover Road, was charged with a Level 6 felony for possession of methamphetamine. She had warrants out for her arrest after recently being charged with multiple misdemeanors for invasion of privacy.
Driver in crash charged with OWI felonies
Police say a 37-year-old Brown County woman was driving while intoxicated when she was involved in a crash on Jan. 3.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholson Briles responded to the crash around 7 p.m. in the 2000 block of Salt Creek Road, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Briles reported smelling alcohol on the driver, Carma Winton of Forest Hills Court. Briles noted that she was the only vehicle occupant around, according to the affidavit.
Winton also reportedly had slow speech, her eyes were red and glassy and her balance was unsteady. A portable breath test showed her blood-alcohol content to be 0.17, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08, the affidavit states. Winton was also given a certified breath test at the Brown County jail, which showed her BAC to be 0.15.
She was charged with three Level 6 felonies for operating a vehicle while intoxicated since she has previously been convicted of OWIs in the last five years.
