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Chestnut Street • 812-683-5810 • www.FrizDental.com FAMILY AND IMPLANT DENTISTRY OF HUNTINGBURG Restore Your Smile STREETSCAPE Continued from page 1 the water and Streetscape projects to make sure every effort is made to minimize the inconvenience as much as possible. Last week, Petersburg fi- nalized the water project con- tracts and financing for the more than $17 million project. Klipsch said the water project improvements are in four di- visions and the contract on each one was nearly an inch thick. He said it took most of the morning to complete the paper work on them. The items involved in the water improvement projects include a new Petersburg wa- ter plant, installation of a new 12-inch main down Main St., building a new water tower at the top of Half-Mile Hill, re- habbing Petersburg's two cur- rent water towers, and adding two new water wells and a new line from the plant to Peters- burg's distribution system. "Were any of them cry- ing? " asked Petersburg Wa- ter Board member Jim Gas- kins about the contractors on the project. "One of them is. He was the only one," said Klipsch. Gaskins was referring to contractors who bid the proj- ect and now are faced with rap- id inflation on material costs. Petersburg originally thought about rebidding the project when the bids came in $ 8 million higher than the en- gineering estimate. But Gas- kins warned them to reconsid- er because costs were rising so quickly the rebids might be higher. In other business, Klipsch said Phase I of the new sew- er plant is nearing completion. He they hope to have it going by the end of April. He said the Headworks Building is largely complete and has most of the equipment in it. Petersburg Police Sgt. Chad McClellan suggested they may want to secure the building. He said he got a call about kids playing in the area. He said he didn't find any kids in the building, but it was un- locked and he was able to walk in and through the building. "That building needs to be secured," said Councilman John Melhiser. "We will mention that to them," said Klipsch. The next Petersburg City Council meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 4. Drugs confiscated from Ogburn home During a search of Toddrick Ogburn's residence, officers located approximate- ly 300 more grams of pills with markings consistent with Oxycodone, marijuana, and a small amount of cash. The pills from both incidents will be sent to a labora- tory to be further tested for Fentanyl. See story on page 1. Winslow woman arrested for trespassing By Sherri Sebella A woman told police she wanted to see a couple who lived close to her, so she walked to the property and sat in various vehicles of theirs for more than three hours. She was arrested on Saturday, March 19. Sheila Cash, 24, of Winslow, was charged for theft less than $750, after a man reported that someone had been tres- passing at his residence as witnessed on his security camera. A neighbor notified the man that they saw a wom- an walking across his yard on the morning of March 19. A fter viewing security foot- age, the man saw Cash had been at his residence for about three hours and had sat inside several vehicles and tried to get inside his locked garage. On the footage, Cash also sat down on the porch for a short time before sitting in the var- ious vehicles on the property, before returning to the porch and then leaving. Police recognized Cash from a previous arrest for Residential Entry and Bur- glary in July. Police asked the man if anything was missing from his vehicles and he said he was unsure at that time because he had not checked. All three vehicles had things that had been scattered about the vehicle as if someone had gone through them. The own- er said $20 was missing from the truck that Cash had en- tered earlier in the day. Petersburg Police Officer Scott Arnold and Pike County Sheriff Deputy Kane Osgath- arp went to the residence of Cash. Cash had an active war- rant, according to probable cause affidavits. When police arrived at the residence that was given on the warrant, the man who an- swered the door told police that Cash did not live there anymore. Police asked if they could look around the resi- dence and after getting per- mission to do so, they found Cash in the bedroom. Cash was put into handcuffs and placed under arrest for her warrant. A fter asking Cash if she had been at the property where she was on security footage trespassing, Cash said she was. Cash said she had gotten aggravated and left her resi- dence on foot, and she want- ed to see the couple who lived there. Cash said she did not want to talk to them, she just wanted to watch them. A fter admitting she sat in their cars and was there for hours, Cash said she did not take anything at the res- idence. Cash was taken to Pike County Jail and released to jail staff. When Osgatharp returned to the Pike County Jail, he warned Cash about trespassing on the residence of the complainant and ex- plained the consequences of returning to that address. Cash was charged with Theft - Less Than $750. Intoxicated Otwell man puts truck in creek By Sherri Sebella An Otwell man was arrest- ed for OV WI after driving off an embankment into a creek. On Sunday, March 20, po- lice were notified that a wit- ness saw a pickup truck trav- eling at a high rate of speed drive off the roadway, down an embankment, and into a creek at 5:39 p.m. Multiple police agencies ar- rived to find Adam Gray, 39, of Otwell, in a tan Chevy pick- up in the water, down a small embankment. Gray stepped out of his vehicle and said he didn't know where his phone was. According to probable cause affidavits, Gray was slurring his speech. Police ordered Gray to come to the top of the embankment, and helped Gray up. Police asked Gray what had happened and he said he took his eyes off the roadway for two seconds. He said that he was not injured. A fter speaking to Gray, po- lice could smell the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage. He denied having anything to drink. Police told Gray they could smell alcohol on his breath and he said, "I don't know what you want me to say." He failed a field sobriety test and agreed to take a chemical test. Gray was placed into hand- cuffs and while in the police car, headed to the hospital, Gray told police he was on work release in Vincennes. Tests at the hospital showed Gray had a BAC of .156. Gray was cleared and arrested for operating a vehicle while in- toxicated. Gray was transport- ed to Pike County Jail. Routine traffic stop leads to multiple drug charges By Sherri Sebella Indiana State trooper Casey Boeckman noticed a burned- out license plate light on a car traveling west on Har- vest Lane near State Road 61, in Petersburg and initiated a traffic stop. When the driver, Misty D. Williams, 46, of Spurgeon, pulled over, police noticed the smell of marijuana emit- ting from the vehicle. Wil- liams told police that she had some in the car. Police asked where the marijuana was, and Williams took a cigarette box out of her center console and handed it to them. It contained a bag with plant material and a glass smoking pipe with burnt residue in it. Police asked Williams and her passenger, Louis Fink, to step out of the vehicle. Wil- liams stated that the marijua- na was hers. While waiting for additional officers to arrive so a search of the vehicle could be conduct- ed, police ran a BMV check, worked on a citation and were trying to figure out if Fink's warrant was extraditable. A fter a search of the ve- hicle, Police located a white powdery/crystal like sub- stance and a metal pipe con- taining burnt residue in a woman's wallet that belonged to Williams, which was locat- ed on the driver's seat. Police recognized the substance as methamphetamine. Once lo- cating the methamphetamine, Williams was placed in hand- cuffs. She later admitted that it was her meth. Fink was released from the scene because his warrant was not extraditable. Williams was transported to Pike Coun- ty Jail and charged with Pos- session of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Paraphernalia. Woman clocked at 105 with children, drugs in car By Sherri Sebella A fter receiving word of a ve- hicle traveling at speeds over 100 MPH on Interstate 69, on Sunday, March 13, Pike Coun- ty Deputy Bryce Manning started running stationary Radar at the 47-mile marker .. While running radar, a red Nissan Altima traveling south, passed police at 105 mph in a posted 70 MPH zone. Police stopped the vehicle near the 46 -mile marker. The driver, Jaziman Griff- en, 36, of Indianapolis, pulled the vehicle over on the left- hand side of the interstate, still partially in the left lane. She told Manning she had "bubble guts" and was trying to get to a bathroom. While speaking to Griffen, police could smell the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. There were five passengers in the vehicle, two of which were Griffen's ju- venile children. A fter additional police ar- rived, Griffen was asked to move her vehicle to the right- hand shoulder of the roadway to get out of the left lane, to avoid causing an accident. A f- ter running Griffen's informa- tion, police learned Griffen's license was suspended. Griffen was asked to step out of her vehicle and police told her they could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Griffen said the smell was from her jack- et and she had smoked two 'blunts' before she left Indi- ana. When police told Griffen she was still in Indiana, she said, "Am I? " A fter denying anything il- legal inside the vehicle, a po- lice search turned up a clear plastic bag containing a green leafy substance that looked and smelled like marijuana. Griffen told police it was CBD. It field tested positive for mar- ijuana. Also located in the ve- hicle, inside of Griffen's purse was a Swisher Sweets Cigar wrapper containing a rolled cigarette which looked and smelled like marijuana and a clear plastic bag containing marijuana seeds. All items field tested positive for mari- juana. Griffen was placed under arrest for Possession of Mari- juana, Maintaining a Common Nuisance and Neglect of a De- pendent. She was transported to Pike County Jail where she was re- leased to Jail Staff Custody. see if there is someone they can agree on. He said if they can't, Clerk-Treasurer Corbin Dixon would break a tie. Brewster said he is inter- ested in appointing someone who has dealt with budgets and finances and "can hit the ground running." All three council positions are up for election in the No- vember 8 general election. Winslow, which in years past voted in Wards, will now vote as one precinct. The election will be done as an "at-large" election with the top three vote getters being elected. There is a two-stage filing process to run for Winslow Town Council. A petition of at least six names of valid reg- istered voters must be com- pleted by Thursday, June 30. A candidate must file their in- tent to run with the Pike Coun- ty Clerk's office by noon Fri- day, July 15. Indiana State Police Su- perintendent Douglas Carter has promoted Detective Tobi- as Odom to the rank of Ser- geant and transferred him to the Laboratory Division to serve as a Polygraph Examiner. Odom is a native of Mt. Car- mel, IL, and a 1985 graduate of Mt. Car- mel High School. A f- ter graduating high school, Odom joined the U.S. Army where he served until 1991. Odom received an Associ- ate of Arts Degree in Law En- forcement from Oakland City University in 1992. He later attended the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy and graduated in December 1993. Odom was assigned to the Evansville District and primarily patrolled Gibson County. In 2016, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Oak- land City University. A fter patrolling area high- ways for more than 10 years, Odom was selected and reas- signed as a detective at the Evansville District. Odom will now serve as a polygraph examiner. He con- tinues to serve as a member of the Indiana State Police Hos- tage Negotiation Team. Odom promoted to ISP Sergeant Tobias Odom