<strong>Woman charged with possession, resisting arrest</strong>

A 22-year-old Brown County woman faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after officers responded to a report of an overdose on May 17.

Rebekah McCoy was charged on May 18 with unlawful possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony; possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

Local police, EMS and Brown County (Nashville) Fire Department responded to a report of a possible overdose at a home on Upper Schooner Road. Dispatch told police that a relative of McCoy’s had arrived home and heard a toddler crying from outside. He found McCoy passed out in a recliner with the child trying to wake her up. McCoy would not wake up.

The relative said McCoy had been left home with the child for an hour. Cigarettes were strewn over the floor, the police report said.

McCoy woke up after firefighters used a sternum rub. She denied using narcotics. She said the last time she had used was May 16 when she was involved in a crash.

Officers reported smelling marijuana. Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Schonfeld reported seeing a Crown Royal bag and a makeup bag on a table near her. McCoy told officers marijuana wax was in the Crown Royal bag. Schonfeld reported finding wax, smoking devices and a THC vape pen.

Schonfeld noted that the toddler could have accessed the bag easily. Officers confiscated McCoy’s cellphone and she became “irate” and wanted to know why, the report said. Officers explained that it was due to the potential overdose and illegal drugs.

McCoy was checked out by EMS but refused transport to the hospital. Schonfeld was on the phone with the Department of Child Services but had to hang up due to McCoy screaming at the relative as he held the infant, the report states.

As Schonfeld tried to place her in handcuffs, McCoy kept turning around. When the handcuffs were placed on her, McCoy reportedly became irate and tried to pull away from Nashville Police Office Cody Poynter. Officers brought her inside to get shoes and allowed her to hug another person who had arrived home. When officers tried to get her shoes on, she told the relatives she hated them and ignored police, according to the report. At one point, police dragged her to the vehicle because she dropped her weight and went limp. She was taken to the Brown County jail.

Officers were able to get a search warrant for the McCoy’s bedroom. Officers reported finding marijuana, a grey unknown substance, a silicone bong-type smoking device, another smoking device, an unopened syringe, a Xanax pill and a white crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine. There was also a used syringe and toilet paper which officers believed was covered in blood in the trash can near a crib in the room.

<strong>Group charged after party busted</strong>

CORDRY-SWEETWATER — A group of 19- and 20-year-olds have been charged with misdemeanors for consuming alcohol after police busted a house party on Paw Paw Drive April 17.

Capt. Mike Moore and Deputy Josh Stargell with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department responded to the party around 8 p.m. in the 7800 block of Paw Paw Drive, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Moore spoke with Ramona Banner, 20, of Indianapolis, and she agreed to go back in the home to dispose of alcohol and get the IDs of those inside. Moore sent three people outside to Stargell to check IDs: Michael Tsueda, 20, of McCordsville; Katherine Ranft, 20, of Indianapolis; and Samuel Butler, 20, of Indianapolis, the affidavit states.

Banner said there was another teen inside asleep, 19-year-old Sophie Kovalan, of Indianapolis. When Moore walked back inside he found 20-year-old Aidan Goodfellow, of Novi, Michigan, passed out on a couch. Moore was unable to wake Goodfellow up with the help of Banner and Kovalan, so he requested EMS and firefighters to the scene to check him out, the affidavit states.

While Moore was tending to Goodfellow, Stargell reported seeing a man through a window from the front porch, later identified as 20-year-old Brian Mcauley, of Indianapolis, hiding in the stairwell, watching Moore. When Stargell went inside, Mcauley was not there; Stargell saw him running from the yard to the basement of a nearby home, according to the affidavit.

Stargell went to Mcauley and asked for his ID, but Mcauely denied being there. He eventually agreed to give Stargell his ID. He was not able to find his wallet on docks and ended up providing Stargell a fake name and birthday, the police report said.

While Stargell was trying to confirm his identity, he asked Mcauley to go back to the home, but he refused to do so. Stargell tried to place him in handcuffs, but Mcauley reportedly pulled away and ran toward a dock. He fell down the stairs and ended up in the water where he began swimming away from Stargell, the affidavit states. He got out of water and continued running from Stargell, then ended up back in the water and began backstroking away from Stargell, asking why he was chasing him, according to the affidavit.

Stargell found Mcauley hiding behind a tree at another home on Paw Paw Drive. He had to tell Mcauley multiple times to get on the ground before getting him on the ground and into handcuffs. Mcauley had multiple cuts on his feet after losing his shoes in the water and running barefoot, the report said. He was eventually checked out by EMS and his girlfriend provided police his real name. Mcauley and Goodfellow were both transported to the hospital for treatment.

Tsueda’s blood-alcohol content was 0.07; Ranft’s BAC was 0.10; Kovalan’s BAC was 0.14; Butler’s BAC was 0.13; and Banner’s was 0.14, the report said. BACs for the other two were not in the report.

On May 14, Class C misdemeanors charges were filed against the seven for consuming alcohol. Mcauley also was charged with resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor, and false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. Goodfellow was also charged with possession/display of fictitous/suspended/altered driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor.

<strong>Stop for driving left of center results in OWI charges</strong>

A 44-year-old Nashville woman was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after she was stopped for driving left of center on State Road 135 South.

Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Stargell conducted the stop just after 12:30 a.m. May 16 in the 2100 block of 135 South. Deputy Dan Acres had seen Tiffany Del Bianco of Ridgeway Drive driving left of center, a probable cause affidavit states.

Stargell reported smelling alcohol on Del Bianco, seeing alcoholic beverage containers in her vehicle, that her speech was slurred, her eyes were red/watery, her manual dexterity was poor and she had an “abusive attitude.”

A portable breath test had her blood-alcohol content at 0.16, twice the legal limit of 0.08. At the Brown County jail, Del Bianco submitted to a certified test, which had her BAC at 0.14.

She was charged with three misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated on May 17.