Stop for speeding results in OWI arrest
A stop for speeding resulted in a man being arrested for driving while intoxicated on June 1.
Nashville Police Officer Justin Anderson conducted the stop on a vehicle driven by Brandon Cox, 31, of Greenwood, for driving 62 MPH in a 45 MPH zone on State Road 46 West near Green Valley Motor Lodge, a probable cause affidavit states.
While asking Cox for his driver’s license and vehicle registration, Anderson reported smelling alcohol on Cox and seeing vomit on him and the inside door panel.
Anderson also noted that Cox had slurred speech, his eyes were glassy and his balance was unsteady. He also reported seeing alcohol containers in view in Cox’s vehicle, the affidavit states.
Cox then failed three field sobriety tests. While officer William Pruitt was giving Cox the tests, reserve officer Jordan Anderson reported seeing paraphernalia in the vehicle. Anderson reported seeing the white pipe with a burnt end and continued to search the vehicle based on probable cause.
Anderson reported finding another pipe inside an Altoids container that smelled like marijuana and a pill container with marijuana inside.
The portable breath test showed his blood-alcohol content was 0.11. Cox was then arrested.
A breath test given at the jail showed his BAC to be 0.199, the affidavit states.
Cox was charged June 4 with three misdemeanors for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Traffic stop leads to drug-related charges
A traffic stop for speeding earlier this year resulted in a Bloomington woman being charged with misdemeanors for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter stopped a vehicle driven by Megan Cowans, 27, on March 11, but charges and a probable cause affidavit were not filed until June.
Painter pulled Cowans over for driving 52 MPH in a 45 MPH zone on State Road 46 West near Green Valley Road and for not having working license plate lights.
While speaking with Cowans, Painter reported smelling marijuana in the vehicle. When Painter told Cowans he was going to search her car, Cowans told him there was a jar with marijuana in the middle console, according to the affidavit. Painter found the jar Cowans had mentioned.
He also reported finding a pink purse containing a plastic bag with a brown crumbly substance inside; a plastic bag with a brown wax substance inside; a brown bag that was labeled “100 MG+ THC gummies and “Blue Razz”; and a grinder with marijuana inside, the affidavit states.
Cowans denied knowing anything about the items in her purse except for the grinder.
Painter continued to search the vehicle and reported finding another glass jar with a black/brown wax substance inside that smelled like marijuana; two glass smoking devices with marijuana residue inside; a plastic bag with marijuana inside; and a plastic bag with a brown leafy plant material inside.
Cowans denied knowing anything about those items. She said she drives her friends around and they probably put them in there and that the items in her purse were possibly put in her purse while she was at a party that she had just left, the affidavit states.
Painter issued Cowans two summons for possessing marijuana and paraphernalia along with warnings for her traffic infractions.
Cowans was charged June 6 with two misdemeanors.
Traffic stop results in misdemeanors
Two people from Columbus have been charged with misdemeanors for possessing marijuana after being pulled over for speeding in March.
Class B misdemeanor charges were filed against Patrick Doyle, 36, and Brittany Vincent, 29, on June 6.
The charges stem from a traffic stop just before 4 a.m. March 8 when Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter stopped a vehicle for driving 61 MPH in a 50 MPH zone on State Road 46 East. Painter noted that the road conditions were slick due to snow and rain.
Painter reported smelling marijuana in the car and seeing a small child in the backseat lying down without a seat belt on, the probable cause affidavit states.
Vincent, who was driving, told Painter they were on their way home from Linton. Painter told them he was going to search their vehicle after smelling marijuana. Vincent then handed Painter marijuana from her purse. Vincent and Doyle said the marijuana was for both of them, the affidavit states.
Painter also reported finding rolling papers, and Vincent said they use them to smoke marijuana, but Painter reported the pack was new. He also found a tube with a brown cap that had a small amount of something that smelled like marijuana inside, according to the affidavit.
Both were issued summons. Vincent was also issued a complaint and summons for a child restraint violation. Painter gave them a voucher for a carseat. Vincent was also issued a warning for speeding.
Suspicious behavior results in stop, charges
HELMSBURG — A Brown County man faces four misdemeanors after police stopped him for suspicious behavior in March.
Charges were filed against Jacob Shepherd, 26, on June 7. They stem from a traffic stop on March 11 in Helmsburg just after 11:30 p.m., according to a probable cause affidavit.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Colton Magner reported seeing Shepherd’s truck at the Helmsburg General Store after it had closed. Magner had received information that Shepherd was driving the truck with a suspended license, the affidavit states.
Shepherd told Magner he went to the store to get a drink from the vending machine, but Magner did not see Shepherd go to the machine and did not see a drink in the truck.
Shepherd told Magner he only had an identification card. While Shepherd was getting his ID, Magner reported seeing a glass pipe with burnt residue in it. Shepherd told Magner that at one time it was used to smoke marijuana.
Magner then searched the truck. He reported finding a piece of a straw with white residue in it and a partially burned marijuana cigarette. He also found a socket with burnt residue in it that smelled like marijuana, the affidavit states.
Shepherd told Magner the straw was used at one time to snort methamphetamine. The white residue in it field-tested positive for meth, the report said.
He was charged with driving while suspended, a Class A misdemeanor; possession of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor; possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor; and operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility, a Class C misdemeanor.
Woman charged with drug misdemeanor
VAN BUREN TWP. — A Freetown woman faces a misdemeanor for possession of paraphernalia after an Indiana Conservation Officer found her sleeping in a car in Hoosier National Forest.
Charges were filed against Hayley Powell, 19, on June 7. The charges stem from when ICO Joseph Tenbarge came upon a car that Powell and another man were sleeping in at Sundance Lake in the Hoosier National Forest on March 24 just before 11 a.m., an incident report states.
Tenbarge found vehicle parked in the middle of a turnaround area with the engine running and the two sleeping inside. Powell was in the driver’s seat. She woke up she told Tenbarge they had arrived there earlier that morning after getting off work. She said they were not homeless, the report states.
The plates on her vehicle were expired and were registered to another vehicle. Powell said the plate was from her old vehicle and she had not had the time to get it registered.
When Tenbarge asked if there was anything illegal in the vehicle, Powell said she had a “bowl.” She then handed Tenbarge a marijuana pipe from the center console with marijuana residue in it, according to the report.
Tenbarge issued Powell a citation for possession of paraphernalia and for having false license plates before releasing her from the scene.
