Local Police, Fire – August 17

CPD patrol car
A Dodge Charger police patrol car. From neighborhood spats, to seat-belt enforcement and criminal activity, the Columbus Police Department has been directed to be more proactive in its work with the public. The idea is to make a difference in the community before problems escalate, or even start. (Joe Harpring | The Republic)

JENNINGS COUNTY

Arrests

Tuesday

Cassie Bright, 32, North Vernon, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, 1:30 a.m., by the North Vernon Police Department, $3,155 bond.

Perry Proctor, 47, North Vernon, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, visiting or maintaining a common nuisance, 1:30 a.m., by the North Vernon Police Department, $6,255 bond.

Cori Adkins, 32, Elizabethtown, trafficking, possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, 2:55 a.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $3,155 bond.

Joseph Lawson, 57, North Vernon, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, visiting a common nuisance, 2:56 a.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $3,155 bond.

Christopher Craig II, 25, Deputy, possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, 3:37 a.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $3,155 bond.

John Bates, 37, North Vernon, body attachment, 2 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $500 bond.

Justin Spaulding, 25, North Vernon, warrant for failure to appear and possession of methamphetamine, 10:05 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, no bond.

Alan Hornung, 24, North Vernon, strangulation, battery, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement, 10:18 p.m., by the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, $2,055 bond.

Incidents

Tuesday

1:52 a.m. — Disturbance in the 2100 block of North State Street.

5:59 a.m. – Theft from a vehicle in the 1200 block of Industrial Drive.

2:03 p.m. — Abandoned vehicles reported in the 1200 block of West O&M Avenue.

3:53 p.m. – Property-damage accident on North State Street.

4:50 p.m. — Fight in the alley behind the 40 block of Walnut Street.