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The Press-Dispatch Domestic dispute investigation der investigation after po- lice were called to check on a man who claimed to have been run over by a car Sun- day night. Winslow Town Marshal A domestic dispute is un- By Andy Heuring Steve English said he was called to Porter and Pearls Sts. concerning a man being hit by a vehicle. When he arrived, Eng- plaining of leg pain. Eng- lish said Morton claimed his girlfriend Kelsie McDonald, 22, of Augusta had told him to get in the car and when he opened the door to get in, she drove off, dragging him until he fell and the car drove over his legs. English said McDonald lish said Christopher Mor- ton 31, of 900 E. Porter St. was up walking around. He was later taken to the hos- pital by private vehicle com- Linton man arrested early Saturday ed early Saturday morning after police stopped him for speeding. Phillip R. Weber, 33, of By Andy Heuring A Linton man was arrest- Linton, was arrested by State Trooper John Da- vis on Highway 57 at 12:29 a.m. on charges of operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II substance in his body, a class C misdemeanor, pos- session of synthetic canni- bonoid, knowingly possess- ing paraphernalia and oper- ating a vehicle while intox- icated. Trooper Davis said he saw Weber driving 47 mph in a 30 zone and stopped him. While Weber was pull- ing over, he drove over the curb three times. Davis said when he approached the car he noticed the wind- shield was broken and there was glass inside the vehicle. Trooper Davis said when he talked with Weber he no- ticed slurred speech and glassy eyes. When Davis asked We- ber to get out of his car, he said he had to grab Weber to keep him from falling. Weber failed two of four claims Morton got mad at her when she wouldn't let him take their child in the house. She claims Morton opened the door of her car and she was afraid he was going to hit her so she tried to drive away and Morton ran along beside the car holding onto the door until he fell. English said he was called to the a dispute between the couple at about 6:30 p.m. the same night. McDon- ald claimed Morton took a small souvenir bat about a foot long and hit her car, damaging it. "She said he was just trying to get something on her so she would drop the charges from that incident," said English. He said charges are pend- 2 arrests made last week for public intoxication last week for public intoxica- tion in Pike County; one af- ter passing out in a conve- nience store booth and the other after passing out in a driveway. Steven M. Bell II, 39, of Two people were arrested PO Box 224, Otwell, was ar- rested at the Circle A in Ot- well when a clerk called po- lice reporting a man passed out in a booth and his vehi- cle was outside running. Deputy Jenkins said he Thursday, police were called to check on a man laying face down in a gravel drive- way at the North Side Trail- er Court in Petersburg. Robert Dillon Robling, 19, Just past midnight on of 2054 N. Pike St., Otwell, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication. Petersburg Patrolman found Bell laying over the ta- ble of a booth with biscuits and gravy under him. He tested more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent for blood al- cohol content. He was taken into custo- dy on a public intoxication charge. Kyle Mills said he respond- ed and found Robling in a driveway. He woke him up and tried to talk to him, but couldn't understand what Bradfield was saying. He tested more than three times the legal lim- it for alcohol content. Brad- field was taken to Daviess Community Hospital and checked before he was tak- en to the Pike County Jail. 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