Police: Woman broke into home, hid in closet
A 42-year-old Brown County woman faces a felony and misdemeanors after police say she broke into a home and the homeowner trapped her in a closet.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholson Briles responded to a home in the 1400 block of Jackson Branch Road on June 20 for a report of a someone who had broken in and was being locked in the closet, the incident report states. Dispatch advised the woman involved was Cherie Lawson.
When police arrived, the homeowner had his back against a small closet door, blocking it from being opened. He said that Lawson was inside and was unarmed. Lawson followed commands to step out of the closet with her hands up, the report states.
The homeowner — who doesn’t live there himself — said he was told that someone was receiving screenshots from Lawson. The screenshots were coming from a phone that was supposed to be in the house. The renter asked the homeowner to go to the house to find the phone and make sure no one was there. When the homeowner entered, he could not find the phone and then heard a noise from the closet. He saw Lawson inside and quickly closed the door, the called 911.
The homeowner had trespassed Lawson from the property and the renter had a protective order against her.
Lawson said she was there to speak with the renter despite the protective order and that she needed his help. She said she walked through an unlocked door on the north side of the home and that she did not break any windows. She said she was waiting for the renter to get home and that she was in the closet to avoid her sister seeing her there, according to the report.
Briles told her that she cannot walk into a home if she does not live there. She was arrested and taken to jail. On June 21, Lawson was charged with residential entry, a Level 6 felony; invasion of privacy, a Class A misdemeanor; and criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.
Teen charged for possession of alcohol after stop
A 19-year-old Greenwood teen has been charged with a misdemeanor for possession of alcohol as a minor after he was stopped for driving 60 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Nashville Police Officer Davis Huynh stopped Jaden Ingalls around 3:15 a.m. May 12 at West Main and North Van Buren streets, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Ingalls told Huynh he did not realize he was driving that fast and he was heading back home to Bloomington. While speaking Ingalls, Huynh reported he seemed “very nervous,” avoided eye contact and seemed distracted.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Gibson arrived to assist and Ingalls told him he had been drinking alcohol, the affidavit states. Ingalls told police he had three White Claws and he gave consent to search his vehicle. Police reported finding one empty White Claw can. A preliminary breath test showed his blood-alcohol content to be 0.05.
Ingalls was cited for speeding and issued a summons for minor consumption. He was asked to arrange a ride to pick him up.
He was charged with a Class C misdemeanor on June 1.
Motorcycle driver injured after striking deer
A 38-year-old Brown County man was injured while riding his motorcycle on Spearsville Road after he struck a deer that stepped out into the road on June 23.
Alan Haywood was driving his motorcycle north of the Hornettown Road intersection when a deer stepped into the road and Haywood struck it. He was able to remain upright and proceed up the road for a short distance until pain in his arm caused him to slow the motorcycle to an almost stop, according to an accident report by Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg Duke.
As the motorcycle began to fall over, Haywood jumped off. Duke reported the motorcycle had some damage due to falling on the ground, the report states.
Haywood was transported to the hospital for treatment for a possible fractured or dislocated arm. He was wearing a helmet.
Stop for improper plate ends in drug charges
A 44-year-old Brown County man faces multiple charges for possessing drugs and paraphernalia after he was stopped by police for driving with a trailer hitch that blocked an improper license plate.
Nashville Police Officer Lindsey Downing stopped a vehicle driven by Jason Everett just after 4 p.m. on June 5 near Camp Moneto Road on State Road 46 East, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Everett told Downing that the correct license plate was in an envelope in his vehicle and he handed her the proper registration.
While being asked about his car insurance car that was expired and in another person’s name, Officer Dan Klaker, who was on patrol with Downing, reported smelling marijuana in Everett’s vehicle. Downing also reported smelling marijuana, the affidavit states.
Everett was asked to exit the vehicle and told police that he had two marijuana joints in the ashtray. A search of the vehicle yielded the two joints. Police also discovered 12 orange pills, two halves of a larger dark orange pill, a Xanax pill and a bag with suspected methamphetamine inside. A glass pipe with meth residue inside, a metal grinder with marijuana inside and a baby food jar with three baggies containing marijuana were also found in the vehicle.
Everett told police the small orange pills were muscle relaxers. Everett said he had smoked meth the day prior.
He was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail.
On June 11, Everett was charged with possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony; possession of a controlled substance, Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, Class B misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, Class C misdemeanor.
Felony, misdemeanor charges filed after stop
A traffic stop for a missing motorcycle license plate resulted in a Greenwood man being charged with a felony for driving as an habitual traffic violator and a misdemeanor for possessing paraphernalia.
Indiana State Police Trooper Matt Hatchett conducted the traffic stop on a motorcycle driven by Christopher Hughes, 43, in the BP gas station parking lot just after 8 p.m. on June 4, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Hughes told Hatchett the license plate had fallen off, but that it was registered with the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Because Hatchett also had trouble reading the bike’s VIN number, he detained Hughes in handcuffs.
While patting Hughes down, Hatchett reported feeling a methamphetamine pipe. Hughes said it was a meth pipe, but that it belonged to a relative. Hatchett reported the pipe contained apparent meth residue, the affidavit states.
A check of the motorcycle in BMV records showed it had not been registered and that Hughes was a habitual traffic violator without an endorsement to ride a motorcycle.
He was then arrested. Hughes then admitted the pipe was his and that he used meth.
Hughes was charged June 11 with a Level 6 felony for operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator and a Class C misdemeanor for possessing paraphernalia.
Police: Man interrupted 911 call, refused to leave home
Police say an 18-year-old Brown County man showed up to the home of relatives where had he been previously trespassed, refused to leave and knocked the phone out of his relative’s hand while she was trying to call 911.
On June 20, police were dispatched to a home on Creamer Drive for a report of an 18-year-old — later identified as Landon Wagler — who was “going crazy, yelling and punching” items in the home, an incident report by Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Schonfeld states.
Schonfeld and Deputy William Pool responded. While on the way to the home, Schonfeld confirmed he had trespassed Wagler in February from the home and the relatives there. At that time, police were notified by the relatives saying Wagler was threatening to kill them and that he had killed a dog the night before, the report states.
In February it was believed Wagler was under the influence of a possible stimulant narcotic due to the way he was acting. He left the home in February with another family member and was then trespassed.
In June, the family members in the Creamer Drive home advised Wagler was there again. They said he had showed up at the house in the last week with nowhere else to go, the report states.
Another family member would not come get him and Wagler refused to leave the home on his own, according to the report.
The family members believed he was using drugs again. Schonfeld reported that Wagler would not sit still, not listen to instructions, that he was sweating profusely, was yelling and kept interrupting everyone, according to the report.
Schonfeld reported that these actions were consistent with someone who uses a stimulant, like methamphetamine.
One of the relatives said she was trying to call 911 when Wagler hit the phone out of her hand. She was also struck on the left cheek bone under the eye, but she was not sure if that was from Wagler’s hand or the phone, according to the report.
The relative said the call did not go through. Dispatch confirmed that there had been a 911 hang up there and they called back.
Schonfeld reported seeing redness and swelling under the relative’s left eye, but she refused treatment by EMS, according to the report.
At the scene, Wagler threatened to choke K9 Kronin if he was let out of the patrol vehicle, but said he did not want to fight the police. Schonfeld described his demeanor as “aggressive and threatening.”
He was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail.
On June 21, Wagler was charged with domestic battery, Class A misdemeanor; interference with the reporting of a crime, Class A misdemeanor; and criminal trespass, Class A misdemeanor.
