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A-2 Front Wednesday, Januar y 29, 2020 The Press-Dispatch See the Business Box for special services Page B-7 yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Minimum balance to obtain the Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is $500. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Rates subject to change without notice. Rates effective 12/19/19. 18 Month $500 MINIMUM 1.90% APY 23 Month $500 MINIMUM 2.00% APY 30 Month $500 MINIMUM 2.10% APY Petersburg Office Kyle McCutchan 501 Main St. Petersburg, IN 47567 (812) 492-8193 Washington Office Angela Russell 200 E VanTrees St. Washington, IN 47501 (812) 254-2641 Stop by one of our convenient locations TODAY! Your for Great Rates! By Andy Heuring Three people were ar- rested last Friday on meth- related charges after police received information those three had been using meth- amphetamine on a regular basis. Jeremy Helsley, 50, of 4550 S. CR 300 E., Winslow, and Victoria V. Helsley, 43, of the same address, were both charged with posses- sion of meth, maintaining a common nuisance, posses- sion of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. A warrant was issued for Dalton Helsley, of the same address, on a charge of maintaining a common nui- sance. Indiana State Trooper John Davis said he received information from a person who said they had smoked meth with the Helsleys. Trooper John Davis sought and received a search warrant for the Helsley resi- dence. Trooper Davis, along with Troopers Paul Bastin and Alex Vennekotter, and Pike County Chief Depu- ty Dallas Killian and Depu- ty Brad Jenkins, went to the residence. Police went to the door and knocked. Accord- ing to a probable cause af- fidavit, police knocked on the door. A fter about 30 seconds, there was no an- swer, so Trooper Vennekot- ter kicked the door in and police located Victoria in a bedroom near where police entered the house. They explained why they were there and Helsley said they might find parapher- nalia under her pillow, but nothing else. According to the affida- vit, during the search, po- lice said they found: a bag of a leafy substance that field tested positive for marijua- na and four .5 Alprazolam in the bed. Also in the bed- room, they located a plastic bag with white residue. The residue tested positive for meth. Under the pillows was an electronic scale and black case with a glass pipe. In the headboard drawers, police said they found a plastic bag with a tan residue, and two more bags with what field tested positive for marijua- na, and two more smoking pipes. In the storage room, a glass smoking pipe, a yel- low snorting tube with white residue and black electronic scales were found. In Dalton Helsley's room, police found electronic scales with white residue. The residue field tested positive for meth. They also found a glass one-hitter pipe with burnt black residue. Jeremy came home later. He and Victoria were taken into custody. Dalton did not return home while police were there. They got a war- rant for his arrest on Mon- day. Helsleys arrested on meth charges A rural Petersburg man was arrested on a charge of domestic battery late Friday night. Joshua Hopf, 36, of 1454 W. CR 125 S., Petersburg, was arrested at about 11:30 p.m. by Pike County Sher- iff's Sgt. Buck Seger. Deputy Seger said when he, Deputy Paul Collier and Petersburg Patrolman Scott Arnold arrived, he spoke with Hopf's wife, Jennifer. According to Sgt. Seger's re- port, Jennifer said she and Joshua got into an argument over laundry and he shoved her out of the laundry room and into the dining room ta- ble. She said he also threat- ened to take her things out- side and burn them. Telling her "when she woke up, all her stuff would be gone." She said he added, "he had no problem doing it because he did it before to someone else." Jennifer said, in Novem- ber, he had used a drill to put screws into the basement door and lock her in the basement. She claimed she had to kick the door open to get out of the basement. Sgt. Seger said she showed them the screw holes in the door frame. She also claimed he threw a bottle of wine at her car and damaged its hood on New Year's Eve. Sgt. Seger's report stated Deputy Collier found Hopf in the basement with his friend, David Dunn. He said Hopf admitted he and Jenni- fer had argued over laundry, but he denied shoving her or locking her in the base- ment. He said he offered to help her move out of the res- idence because that's what she said she wanted. Sgt. Seger said when he asked about the marking on the basement door, Hopf said he hadn't noticed them. When police spoke to Dunn, he told them he heard the two arguing about clothes in the laundry room. He said he knew clothes got thrown, but he wasn't paying attention to see if someone got shoved, due to him try- ing to ignore them arguing. Hopf was eventually tak- en into custody on a charge of domestic battery. Hopf charged with domestic battery Fifth PES robotics team qualifies for state All five of Petersburg El- ementary School's robotics teams have now qualified for the Indiana State VEX Robotics competition. On Saturday, Pink Pop- corn won the Excellence Award and the Teamwork Champion award at the New- burgh Rumble competition with 36 teams. PES Robotics sponsor Terra Knust said the Excel- lence Award is the highest award given at the compe- titions. Pink Popcorn team mem- bers are Ellie Arnold, Tyler Collins, Zayne Bell and Josh- ua Smith. PES Flaming Dragons teamed with Pink Popcorn and won the Teamwork Champion award. Flaming Dragons also won the De- sign Award for their engi- neering notebook and inter- view. Flaming Dragon mem- bers are Llinkyn Knust, Eli Keeker, Callie Craig, Land- on Harvey and Draven Bar- rett. "All five PES teams did outstanding at the New- burgh Rumble, all five were in the top 12 teams who made it to the finals," said Knust. Pink Popcorn joined Pe- tersburg's other four teams to qualify for the state finals to be at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 7. The other PES teams join- ing Flaming Dragons and Pink Popcorn at the state finals will be Dabbing Ein- steins: Josh Harker, Jacob Harker, Jackson Burkhart, Noah Berry and Tucker Loveless; Sour Power: Kar- ly Gideon, Kade Benner, Channing Sorgius, Zane De- Coursey and Keira Blaize; and Pink Pegasus: Elle Rea- dle, Kady Gideon, Avery Meece, Eva Cox and Lora- lei Hoskins. At the middle school level, the Pike Central team Pink Power, with team members Noah Meece, Eli Arnold, Parker Knust and Jacoby Smith, qualified recently for the state finals. American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled for Thursday, January 30 in Winslow and February 25 in Petersburg. The Thursday blood drive in Winslow will be from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Winslow Church of the Nazarene at 106 W. Washington St., which is behind the former Winslow Town Hall. The Petersburg blood drive on Tuesday, February 25 is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. at the Petersburg Branch of the Pike County Library. "All blood types are need- ed to ensure a reliable sup- ply for patients," stated a news release from the Amer- ican Red Cross. A blood do- nor card or driver's license, or two other forms of iden- tification are required at check-in. Donors age 16 have to have parental con- sent. Other requirements in- clude a patient weigh at least 110 pounds and be in gener- ally good health. "Currently, the Red Cross has less than a three-day supply of Type O blood avail- able for patient emergencies and medial treatments. Type O positive is the most trans- fused blood type and can be given to Rh-positive patients of any blood type," said Tif- fany Taylor with the Ameri- can Red Cross. She added, "The Ameri- can Red Cross has extend- ed its urgent call for donors of all types to give blood or platelets. With influenza es- calating across the country and preventing some do- nors from giving, and win- ter weather threatening to cancel blood drives, the Red Cross now has a criti- cal shortage of Type O blood and urgently needs donors to restock the shelves." Blood drives set for Pike County The 2020 Polar Plunge in Petersburg is scheduled for noon on Saturday, Febru- ary 29 at Prides Creek Park Beach. Participants can regis- ter online at polarplungeIN. org or you can show up be- tween 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to register. Entry fee is $75 in donations to participate. Proceeds from the Plunge fund Special Olympics In- diana. Since 1969, Special Olym- pics Indiana has grown to more than 18,000 athletes. Polar Plunge is Saturday, Feb. 29 Pink Popcorn won the Excellence Award in the Newburgh Rumble compe- tition. They also qualified for the state finals. Team members are Zayne Bell, Ellie Arnold, Joshua Smith and Tyler Collins. Flaming Dragons won the Design Award in the 36-team competition at Newburgh over the weekend. Team members are: Llinkyn Knust, Draven Barrett, Callie Craig, Eli Keeker and Landon Harvey.