Staff reports
A Morgantown man has been charged with two Level 6 felonies for intimidation after an incident at the Brown County jail last month.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Brown County Sheriff’s officers responded to the jail on Jan. 5 to a report of an inmate causing a disturbance in a holding cell.
David Callon, 39, was reportedly throwing large amounts of toilet paper at the ceiling, walls, door, camera and viewing window.
Jail commander Capt. Kenneth Moore and Sgt. John Badger made contact with Callon in an attempt to stop the disturbance and move him to a padded cell for his and the jail’s staff own safety and so the holding cell could be cleaned.
Callon then told Moore and Badger he would kill them if they opened the holding cell door. Assistance was then requested.
Capt. Michael Moore responded to the booking area to assist and found Callon lying on his back on his bunk in the holding cell, looking at the ceiling. Moore reported seeing trash and large wads of toilet paper all over the cell, the affidavit states.
Michael Moore attempted to get Callon to comply with moving to the padded cell, which he reportedly first refused. When Moore attempted to touch Callon’s arm to have him stand up from the bunk, he tensed and pulled away. Callon then said he would “take out all of the officers” that were in the cell, according to the affidavit.
Callon eventually complied and was moved to the padded cell.
Moore was informed by other officers that there was another incident involving Callon earlier that morning where he made another threat against jail staff.
On Jan. 6 Callon was in the padded cell making threats to jail staff that he was suicidal, according to the probable cause affidavit, and going to harm himself. He would not allow jail staff to place him in a restraint wrap.
Moore again responded to assist and Callon said he was not going to harm himself, he was saying that to “get what he wanted” from the jail staff.
Callon was formally charged on Feb. 2 with two counts of intimidation, Level 6 felonies.
Drug charges made towards Indianapolis man
TRAFALGAR — An Indianapolis man faces drug charges locally after he was arrested on a U.S. Marshals Service warrant following an incident on Peoga Road.
On Jan. 11, Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholson Briles was dispatched to the 3900 block of Peoga Road after a caller advised that her granddaughter’s boyfriend was at the residence and refusing to leave.
Briles arrived on scene and made contact with the man, 31-year-old Jeffrey Kelso, in the driveway, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Kelso told police he was attempting to pick up his stimulus check from a home he used to live at when he ran out of gas while driving on Peoga Road. He pulled into the driveway as he knew it to be his girlfriend’s grandmother’s home. He told police he thought he would be welcome, but was met with hostility, the affidavit states.
The caller told police she did not want him on her property due to violent and unpredictable behavior. She said she wanted him trespassed from the property, according to the affidavit.
Kelso said he knew someone in the area he could get a ride or gas from. Around this time, dispatch informed Briles that Kelso had an active warrant from the U.S. Marshals.
Sgt. Chad Williams arrived on scene and advised that Kelso needed to be placed into custody quickly because of his unpredictable behavior based on prior interactions.
Briles told Kelso that they would transport him to his own home to get fuel, but he would need to be handcuffed in order to be transported in his police vehicle. Kelso complied and he was then informed he had been placed under arrest.
During a search of his person, officers found a bottle of pills with no label and a large pocket knife. The pills were identified as two different anxiety medications and medication for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Kelso told police he had received the prescriptions previously in prison and that when he was released he was taken to a hospital for medication. Briles noted the amount of one of the anxiety medications appeared to be more than what would be prescribed, according to the affidavit.
The pills were confiscated. Briles spoke with Kelso’s probation officer who explained that he did violate his probation because Kelso had confessed to using drugs to his probation officer and that Kelso had not disclosed any prescribed drugs to probation.
Kelso was formally charged with a Level 6 felony for possession or use of a legend drug and a Class A misdemeanor for possession of a controlled substance.
Woman arrested after police search home, find drugs
GNAW BONE — A Nashville woman was arrested on Jan. 29 after a Brown County Community Corrections home visit when police found drugs and paraphernalia at her home in Gnaw Bone.
Brown County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Schonfeld was dispatched to Forest Hills Apartments after Brown County Community Corrections Officer Josh Bales requested a deputy due to suspected drugs found at the residence.
The home visit was for Samantha Hitch, 24, who was on probation at the time.
Corrections officers told police she had taken a while to open the door. He reported finding suspected marijuana and paraphernalia during the search, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Schonfeld and Bales also reported finding multiple drug test kits including one with a positive reading for marijuana in a trash can. Methamphetamine and paraphernalia associated with methamphetamine use was also found in a bedroom Hitch had previously told officers was hers. Hitch told police the meth belonged to another person who sometimes stays in the apartment.
Police also went through her cell phone and reported finding messages about getting “dope,” the affidavit states.
Hitch was booked into the Brown County jail. She was formally charged with possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony, possession of marijuana, Class B misdemeanor and two counts of possession of paraphernalia, Class C misdemeanors.
