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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, October 11, 2017 A- 9 Robling arrested on meth charges By Andy Heuring A Winslow man and his passenger were arrested on meth related charges last Thursday evening. Shelby Robling, 48, of 4270 S. CR300 E., Winslow, was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated, pos- session of meth, possession of a syringe and possession of paraphernalia. His passenger, Brian Wed- ding, 29, of Rockport, was ar- rested on preliminary charg- es of possession of meth, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a syringe. According to the Indiana State Police, Trooper Hunt- er Manning stopped Ro- bling after he made an im- proper U-turn on a coun- ty road. Trooper Manning said while talking with Ro- bling, he showed signs of impairment and then failed field sobriety tests. Robling was transported to the Da- viess Community Hospital, where he tested positive for methamphetamine and mar- ijuana. During an inventory of his vehicle, police said they found a bag containing drug material with residue on it under the passenger seat. Wedding, who was pas- senger in the vehicle, had al- ready been allowed to leave the scene of the traffic stop. However, police said he was still near the scene. He was taken into custody and trans- ported to the Pike County Jail. Three arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated By Andy Heuring A Vincennes man was ar- rested early Thursday morn- ing after police saw him drive left of center three times on Main St., Peters- burg. He was one of three people arrested for operat- ing a vehicle while intoxi- cated. Larry M. Hitt, 34, of 916 Pearl City Dr., Vincennes, was arrested by Petersburg Cpl. Jared Simmons on pre- liminary charges of oper- ating a vehicle while intox- icated and possession of par- aphernalia. Cpl. Simmons said he no- ticed Hitt's vehicle turn in- to a driveway while driving north on Highway 57, then turn around and go south on Highway 57, until it got to the hotel and laundry mat parking lot, where it again turned around and went north on Highway 57. Cpl. Simmons said he followed Hitt's vehicle and noticed it go left of center three times before pulling him over near Lake Minnis Drive. While talking to Hitt, Cpl. Simmons said he noticed slurred and rapid speech, and poor manual dexterity. Hitt failed field sobriety tests and was taken to the Daviess Community Hospi- tal, where he tested positive for methamphetamine, am- phetamine and benzodiaz- epines. Simmons said Pike County Deputy Sheriff Mike Willis conducted an inven- tory of Hitt's 2005 Mercu- ry Mountaineer and found a rubber tourniquet and a cut off straw with a white resi- due, field testing positive for meth. Hitt was transported to the Pike County Jail. A Petersburg woman was arrested for operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated af- ter police were notified of a possible intoxicated driv- er northbound on Highway 57 near Glezen. The call- er told central dispatch a green SUV had nearly hit an oncoming car near the I- 69 overpass and was all over the road. Lori L. Atterbery, 44, of 1835 Atterbery Ln., Peters- burg, was arrested after Petersburg Cpl. Simmons located Atterbery's vehi- cle near the Rumbletown Church, and stopped her af- ter seeing her go left of cen- ter and off the right side of the road. Simmons said when he talked with Atterbery, he noticed slurred speech and poor manual dexterity. She told Cpl. Simmons she was driving poorly because she was tired. She failed two of three field sobriety tests and re- fused a chemical test, which is an automatic offense. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Jason McKinney said offi- cers talked to the front seat passenger, Bryan D. Malin, of the same address. McKin- ney's report states when offi- cers asked Malin if he would take field sobriety tests to determine if he could take control of the vehicle, they noticed a partially burnt hand rolled cigarette in the passenger floor board and Deputy Buck Seger smelled synthetic marijuana coming from the vehicle after Malin had opened the door. Officers determined the cigarette was synthetic mar- ijuana and when they asked Malin if there was anything else illegal in the vehicle, he told him there was two grams of K2 (synthetic mar- ijuana) in a potato chip bag, according to McKinney's re- port. The report states Malin told officers he and Atter- bery had bought it at the Evansville Fall Festival and were smoking it on the way back from Evansville. Atterbery was arrested on preliminary charges of oper- ating a vehicle while intox- icated, refusal and posses- sion of synthetic marijuana. Malin was given a summons for possession of synthetic marijuana. Deputy McKinney said Attterbery was allowed to call someone to pick up Ma- lin and her vehicle. Late Friday night, a Fill- more, Ind., man was arrest- ed for drunken driving af- ter police stopped him for speeding. Thomas Jackson, 47, was arrested after Deputy McK- inney stopped him for driv- ing 87 mph in a 70 zone on I- 69 near the 50.5 mile mark- er in a yellow Chevrolet Cor- vette. Deputy McKinney said when he talked with Jack- son, he noticed a strong odor of alcohol. McKinney said Jackson told him he had a "couple of beers in Evans- ville when he got off work." Jackson failed field sobri- ety tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail, where he tested 0.93 percent for blood alcohol content. The legal limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent. Save on your subscription 3 BUCKS NEW or RENEW October Bargain Period Senior discounts and longer subscriptions available, call for pricing. 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Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567 Phone: 812-354-8500 Fax: 812-354-2014 Name: ������������������������������ Mailing Address: ���������������������������� City: ������������������������������� State: ������������ Zip: �������������� Phone #: ���������������������������� ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ Check (enclosed) Card #: ����������������������������� Exp. Date: �������������� CVN �������� HURRY! OFFER ENDS OCTOBER 31! • MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCTOBER 31. Brawdy convicted of domestic battery By Andy Heuring A man living near Union with his father was convict- ed of domestic battery re- sulting in moderate bodily injury last Tuesday in Pike Circuit Court. Carl E. Brawdy, 32, who lists his address as Vin- cennes, but was living near Union at the time of his ar- rest in June 2017 was con- victed of the Level 6 felony by a Pike County jury. Pike County Deputy Prosecutor Tom Dysert ar- gued the case for the state. Brawdy and his father Carl A. Brawdy (only the middle initial differs) lived on prop- erty owned by Larry Dunn near the Pike Gibson coun- ty line. According to court testimony Carl Brawdy the son had just gotten out of jail a day earlier and some beer was missing. Brawdy the fa- ther said he saw the son try- ing to pry open a pole barn door, where refrigerator containing beer was locat- ed. He confronted his son about it telling him Dunn was being good to them let- ting them live on his prop- erty and they shouldn't be stealing from him. According to the father the son became angry and punched him in the face. Testimony and arguments in the case ended a little be- fore 2 p.m. Tuesday and the jury took about five minutes following the jury instruc- tions to reach a guilty ver- dict at 2:15 p.m.