Man charged after drugs found at home
HAMBLEN TWP. — Charges have now been formally filed against a 41-year-old Shelbyville man after local police reported finding paraphernalia and meth inside a Salt Creek Road home in November.
On Nov. 19 police responded to the home to serve a warrant for Kassandra Maggert, 33, out of DeKalb County.
Maggert allowed Brown County Sheriff’s deputies Austin Schonfeld and William Pool into the home as they waited on warrant confirmation.
In a room of the home where Maggert said she had been sleeping, police observed a glass pipe with burn marks inside and a capped syringe. Maggert advised she had arrived at the home the night before and did not know about the items, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Schonfeld noted he knew Maggert to be at the home before due to past incidents. Maggert told officers she was trying to get back home in northern Indiana.
Her warrant was confirmed and a jail officer was requested to the home to transport Maggert to jail.
Officers were familiar with two people who lived on the property regularly including 41-year-old Jeremy Cox, of Shelbyville.
After a search warrant was obtained for the home and campers on the property, deputies searched the home and reported finding another pipe with suspected marijuana residue inside. In a camper on the property, officers reported finding suspected methamphetamine and marijuana along with multiple smoking devices. The camper is where police believed Cox to be staying and they found mail with his name on it inside, according to the affidavit.
Officers also found a shotgun in the camper.
Maggert was booked into Brown County jail on preliminary charges of possession of a syringe, a Level 6 felony, and possession of paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor. No formal charges have been filed against her in this case as of last week.
An arrest warrant was issued for Cox. He was arrested on Jan. 19.
He was formally charged on Jan. 13 with possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony, and two Class A misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. The misdemeanor charges were elevated to Class A misdemeanors due to prior convictions in 2017 and 2020.
Man faces felonies for resisting, battering police
An 18-year-old from Brown County has been charged with multiple counts of battery and resisting law enforcement after an altercation last month.
Police were dispatched to a verbal domestic situation at a shop on Van Buren Street on Jan. 19 after a caller advised that a man in a black leather jacket, painted jeans and a black hat had an argument with an employee.
Dispatch advised the man, 18-year-old Seth Harris-Rudd of Morgantown, was the boyfriend of an employee at the shop and was actively damaging the employee’s car and trying to enter the building through the rear door and windows, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Nashville Police Patrolman Lindsey Downing, Brown County Sheriff’s deputies Austin Schonfeld and William Pool and Indiana Conservation Officer Joe Tenbarge all responded.
While officers were on their way to the shop, Rudd left the shop and was walking westbound on Main Street.
Schonfeld advised that he located Rudd and tried to make contact with him when Rudd began running westbound on Main Street. Schonfeld began pursuit of Rudd and grabbed Rudd’s arm, the affidavit states.
Pool arrived and assisted Rudd to the ground with Schonfeld. According to the probable cause affidavit, Rudd grabbed Pool’s taser as Pool tried to unholster it to get Rudd to comply with orders.
While attempting to take Rudd into custody, Pool and Schonfeld were reportedly hit and kicked by Rudd multiple times.
According to the affidavit, Rudd was thrashing on the ground and yelling profanities at officers. He advised officers he wanted to sit up, and as Tenbarge assisted him up, Rudd kicked Tenbarge in the face leaving a visible mark under his eye.
Rudd was laid back onto the ground and continued thrashing. He then began to not respond to officers as he went in and out of consciousness. Narcan was administered and Rudd began to thrash and scream, the affidavit states.
Rudd also yelled at volunteer firefighters who arrived on scene to help him.
Rudd called Downing a name and spat on her badge, shoulder, cheek and into her mouth. He also reportedly spat on an EMT with Indiana University Health. A spit hood was placed onto Rudd.
When EMS arrived on scene, officers attempted to put leg shackles on Rudd and he continued to kick officers.
While switching handcuffs and applying the belly band, Rudd grabbed Downing’s taser on her vest and attempted to remove it from the holster. Downing attempted to push Rudd’s hand off, but had to close-hand strike Rudd’s wrist to release his hand from her taser, according to the affidavit.
Rudd was picked up and strapped into the cot. He was placed in the back of the ambulance and transported to the hospital. While en route he continued to be combative and attempted to bite a member of the fire department and headbutt Downing, according to the affidavit.
Formal charges were filed against Rudd on Jan. 19 for battery against a public safety official, Level 6 felony; battery by bodily waste, Level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, Class A misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, Class B misdemeanor.
Local teen charged with residential entry
An 18-year-old has been charged with a felony for residential entry after a homeowner found him inside their residence.
Det. Paul Henderson with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department responded to a home on Helmsburg Road on Nov. 29 after a caller advised dispatch of a residential entry in progress.
The caller told law enforcement he had found a young man, later identified as Clayton Cramer of Nashville, inside the residence after hearing someone banging on the door of the home.
The caller told Henderson that he had heard the banging and went to investigate the commotion when he found Cramer inside the home saying that someone was trying to kill him, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The caller told Cramer to get out of the home and Cramer did.
Cramer was formally charged on Jan. 13 with the Level 6 felony for residential entry.
