Police: Man faces 2 misdemeanors
A Bean Blossom man faces two misdemeanors after he tried to bring marijuana and a “one-hitter” pipe into the Brown County Courthouse last month.
According to a probable cause affidavit by Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Schonfeld, Kyle Poe, 23, had the pipe with marijuana in it when he tried to go through the courthouse’s metal detector on Sept. 19.
Courthouse Security Officer Mike Knight found the items in Poe’s sock when the metal detector kept going off after Poe had emptied his pockets.
Charges for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia were filed Oct. 4.
Stop for failure to signal results in drug charges
A traffic stop for failure to signal resulted in a Brown County man being charged with drug-related crimes.
Indiana State Police Trooper Matthew Hatchett stopped a vehicle driven by Adam Floyd, 39, of Stevens Road, after seeing Floyd fail to signal twice while driving on Old School House Way and Van Buren Street Sept. 14.
While speaking with Floyd, Hatchett reported smelling marijuana in the vehicle. Floyd said he had not smoked in a few hours, but there was some marijuana inside the car, the probable cause affidavit states. Floyd then reportedly handed Hatchett approximately 3.5 grams of marijuana from between the passenger seat and center console.
Hatchett reported finding a blue glass pipe with suspected burnt marijuana reside inside and two white pills in a pack of cigarettes lying on the passenger floorboard. They were later identified as Methadone, the affidavit states. Floyd said he was not sure where those pills came from.
He consented to a blood draw. Police took him to and from Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital to have his blood drawn, then was then released after being issued several summons to appear in court.
Floyd was charged Oct. 3 with possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.
Intoxicated man arrested after knocking on doors
A Brown County man was arrested on Oct. 1 after people reported he was going around a neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking about a woman.
Police responded to Annandale Drive just before 8 p.m. after receiving a call about a possibly drunk man, later identified as Joseph Richardson, 43, of Owl Creek Drive. A second 911 caller reported that a man had just walked into their house and they did not know who he was; police later found that Richardson had only stood in the doorway of that home, according to a report by Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter.
Painter reported that Richardson’s speech was slurred, his eyes were red and watery and he could smelling alcohol on him. Richardson admitted to drinking a fifth of liquor, the report said.
Richardson was standing by a moped when police arrived, but he denied driving it.
A breath test showed his blood-alcohol content to be 0.15. Officers took him to jail.
Once at the jail, Richardson was given another breath test and the results were 0.23, almost three times the legal limit of 0.08.
On Oct. 3, Richardson was charged with public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor.
Local man faces charges after trying to flee crash
A Brown County man faces three misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after police say he tried to flee an accident scene on foot on Sept. 10.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner reported in a probable cause affidavit that Ryan Heller, 32, took off running from the scene of a property-damage crash at the intersection of Salt Creek and Brown Hill roads at 8 p.m.
Heller attempted to flee on foot, but he didn’t get far.
Witnesses reported hearing the crash and seeing Heller standing outside of the car alone. He was on the phone talking before he ran when Magner arrived, the affidavit states.
Magner reported smelling alcohol on Heller, seeing alcohol containers in the vehicle and that Heller’s eyes were bloodshot. Heller refused a breath test. Charges were filed on Sept. 11.
