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McDonald (R) WINSLOW TOWN COUNCIL (elect three) Greg Simmons Debra Lamb Kavin "Squeak" Gayhart Joshua Popp Melvin Decisto Terry Strobel Michael Truitt George Fred Fiscus Richard Brewster Rick Mathias By James Capozella Upon investigating a tip regarding possible drug ac- tivity and stolen road signs on Old State Road 64, Pike County Sheriff's Deputies Jason McKinney and Ser- geant Dallas Killian were able to make two arrests on Monday, September 10. Keith Markle, 39, of 5569 E. CR 750 W., Huntingburg, has been charged with pos- session of a firearm by a se- rious violent felon, plus pos- session of methamphet- amine and possession of paraphernalia, following the lengthy investigation into the drug activity. Al- so arrested was Heather L. Siddons, 34, of 8017 E. Old State Road 64, Stendal. She was charged with posses- sion of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijua- na, according to the report. McKinney and Killian traveled to the 8017 E. Old State Road address given in the tip and located county road signs marked as Pike County Highway Depart- ment property. While check- ing the area for possible drug activity, the deputies noticed a red Dodge Dako- ta truck parked by a creek, according to the report. They observed a man and a woman moving around the truck and when approached, they realized that they were familiar with both of the sub- jects. A fter identifying them- selves, the deputies were told by Markle and Sid- dons that they were clean- ing lead that was dug from a gun range. The report said that both subjects were extreme- ly nervous and stated that they were only out there to lie down and pointed at two places where they had blan- kets laid out. The deputies noticed that Markle's truck had the back glass missing and Deputy McKinney could see a rifle inside the vehicle, according to the report. Knowing that Markle was a convicted felon who was not allowed to possess firearms, McKinney asked who had the gun. Markle said that it belonged to Sid- dons, but when asked about the rifle, she could not give any information on the fire- arm. McKinney reports that Markle then said they had just purchased the firearm from Wraith Arms in Velpen. McKinney said he asked Markle if he knew he was not supposed to be in pos- session of any firearms. Markle stated that he didn't think it would be a problem as long as he was on private property teaching Siddons how to shoot. McKinney then said he was going to remove the rifle and clear it for everyone's safety, and al- so check the serial numbers. The firearm was an AR-15 style rifle with a fully loaded 30 round magazine inserted, but did not have a round in the chamber. McKinney re- ports that Markle then ad- vised the deputies that Sid- dons had bought the gun from Josh Merkley, who works for Wraith Arms as a machinist. McKinney then asked Markle who the gun was registered to and Mar- kle advised him that they had not yet registered it and they still needed to do that, according to the report. Markle arrested for firearm possession by felon I-69 stop leads to marijuana arrest By James Capozella A Sunday afternoon traf- fic stop on I-69 by Pike County Sheriff Deputy Ja- son McKinney resulted in the arrest of a Kokomo man for possession of marijuana under 30 grams. McKinney stopped Josh- ua Jansen, 21, of 2601 Mill Street, Kokomo, while on routine patrol at approxi- mately 2:36 pm Monday, September 16. Deputy Sher- iff Sergeant Dallas Killian arrived to assist as McKin- ney was having Jansen step out of the car. McKinney noted the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and was advised by Jansen that he had about four grams of marijuana in the vehicle. Killian searched the vehicle and located the marijuana inside a supple- ment container, and also found two marijuana grind- ers and a two pack of rolling papers, according to the re- port. Killian asked Jansen when he had last smoked and he said around 3 a.m. Field so- briety tests were performed since Jansen's eyes were glassy and bloodshot, with pupils unresponsive to light, according to the report. By James Capozella A September 13, 2:12 a.m. traffic stop by Peters- burg Police Officer J. Sim- mons resulted in possession of methamphetamine and possession of parapherna- lia charges for Andrew Cody Swain, 30, of 412 W. Ninth Street, Jasper. Swain was stopped out- side Petersburg on SR 356, after crossing Main Street and traveling south on 12th Street. Officer Simmons re- ports Swain's black Jeep Cherokee traveled over the fog line three times and then crossed over the center line before being stopped on the east side of the I-69 over- pass. Simmons reported Swain was making irregular and rapid movements with his hands and arms, and that his speech was extremely slurred and rapid. Swain's eyes were red and glassy, and his pupils were fixed and dilated. His manual dexterity was very poor and he was extremely jittery, ac- cording to the report. Simmons noted the signs of meth intoxication and re- quested K9 handler Deputy Seger to come to the stop. Deputy Seger ran a free air sniff with K-9 Bleck, who in- dicated the presence of nar- cotics. Asked by Simmons if he had anything illegal on him, Swain advised that he had narcotics in his pockets, ac- cording to the report. A mar- ijuana smoking device and a red cut straw with white res- idue that tested positive for meth was found in Swain's left front pocket. Swain charged with possession of meth next year's budget is ap- proved by the state some time between mid-Decem- ber and late January. Young said typically a bid is only good for 30 days. County Attorney Val Fleig suggested he put in the bid specs that the bid be left open for a set amount of days. "I just don't want to get in- to a situation where we ac- cept a bid and then we don't have the funding to pay for it," said Davis. The Commissioners also voted to request $5,869 to increase the Veteran's Ser- vice Officer from two days a week to three days a week. Auditor Ron Wilson said last week in the County Council budget hearings, the council asked Veterans Service Officer Tom Dool- ey to have the Commission- ers make a recommenda- tion to them about increas- ing the position to three days. He said the council's position was it was a Com- missioners' employee and they needed to make a rec- ommendation on it. Dooley said he needs the time to keep up with the de- mand of the job. He said he would be working three eight hour days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., even though the courthouse is only open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. "That extra hour a day when it is quiet helps me catch up," said Dooley. He said the extra day will allow him to better assist veterans. He said recently he had a veteran with health problems come into his of- fice for assistance. Dooley said the veteran was hav- ing breathing problems and struggling. "He had no busi- ness coming into my office in his shape. I will be able to go visit him so he doesn't have to get out." Dooley said Daviess County's VSO recently re- signed and Daviess County vets are being instructed to go to Pike, so this is adding to his work load. The Commissioners re- quested the additional ap- propriation for $5,869 for this year. However, Commis- sioner President Brian Davis said that appropriation prob- ably wouldn't be approved by the state until November be- cause it won't go before the County Council until their October meeting. Dooley said he would start the extra day whenev- er it was approved. He said he is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, but eventually will have hours on Wednes- day as well. The extra day in 2019 will be an increase of $7,826. In other business, the commissioners approved an additional request of $ 30,000 from the MVH fund into materials. Highway Su- perintendent Roger Ham said this was to pay for three large concrete box culverts needed for CR 150 N. in Lo- gan Township. He said large tank cars that had been used in the stream bed had washed out three times this year, including last week- end. They put the box cul- verts in place last Thursday. A $7,900 additional ap- propriation from the Cumu- lative Bridge fund for ma- terials was approved. Ham explained the Highway De- partment purchases drive- way culverts and installs them for homeowners and the homeowners pay for the culverts. He said the $7,900 was paid to the county by homeowners. This addi- tional was to put that money back into the Highway De- partment so they can buy more culverts. The county gave tenta- tive approval to a land swap deal on County Bridge 150. It is known as the Old Iron Bridge at Survant over the Patoka River on CR 650 E., near the back side of the Pike State Forest. County Attorney Val Fleig explained the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service owned property where the new bridge is going to be installed. He said the Fish and Wildlife Service cannot sell property. So, they are doing a land swap. INDOT sold Pike County some ex- cess property on the Pike- Gibson line, which will be swapped with the Fish and Wildlife for the property at the bridge location. The next meeting, which would normally be at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 1 in the courthouse auditori- um, has been moved to 6:30 p.m. on the same day. City-Wide Yard shoppers Crowds gathered all around Petersburg on Saturday, including South Ninth Street, when the Peters- burg City-Wide Yard Sale started. Sales took place on Friday and Saturday in about 40 locations inside and around Petersburg. Some reported closing a little early because of selling out. James Capozella photo