The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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LOCAL A-4 Tuesday, August 16, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times Burkett charged with OVWI Andrew Burkett, 39, of Fort Branch was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with en- dangerment after police say he tested .214 blood alcohol content after a blood draw, and exceeded 70 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone on Ind. 165 in Owens- ville. According to the proba- ble cause af fidavit, Burkett was travelling in a gray Ca- maro on Aug. 7 on Ind. 165 when he passed a Gibson County Sherif f 's Of ficer who was on another call. The of ficer aler ted Owens- ville Police Of ficer Jason Wright, who got a radar reading on the vehicle of 70 miles per hour despite the vehicle slowing before reaching the of ficer, ac- cording to the repor t. According to police, there was a strong smell of alco- hol in the vehicle, and they requested Burkett to take field sobriety tests, which he failed, before transporting him to Deaconess Gibson for a blood alcohol test. Sollman charged with attempting to forge drug test An Owensville woman, Mi- chael Nadean Sollman was charged with possession of a device or substance used to in- terfere with a drug screening test on Aug. 9 in Princeton. According to the probable cause affidavit, Gibson Coun- ty Sheriff's Officers respond- ed to a call from GenTox on Broadway in Princeton. The clinician told police a woman had tried to use a for- eign substance for her drug test — Sollman is on pre-trial ser vices through the Gibson County Court system. The clinician said Sollman brought a bottle of a yellow substance into the business by storing it inside herself, and then attempted to use it for the urine screen by put- ting a string on the tip of the bottle which she tried to re- lease for the test. Sollman allegedly told police she was going to test positive for methamphet- amine, which is why she brought "clean" urine to the facility. Duo arrested on drug charges Jacob Potter of Spotsylva- nia, Va., and Leah Hicks of Louisville, Ky., were arrested after a tip from a Kentucky detective who had informa- tion the driver of a maroon Ford F150 was transporting methamphetamines into Knox County. Indiana State Police Trooper Michael Finney spotted a truck matching the description on US-41 North at CR 100, and after allegedly witnessing traffic violations, pulled the couple over. According to the troop- er, he pulled the duo over for speeding, and asked the couple to exit after seeing a spent 9mm shell casing be- tween their windshield wiper and hood. Hicks, 40, who was driving the vehicle, allegedly told of- ficers they were visiting her sister in Indianapolis, and a few other details that didn't, according to police, match Potter's statement. Gibson County Sheriff's Office arrived to assist. Potter was having trouble with speech and keeping his eyes open. NCIC showed several warrants for Potter in Virginia, according to the report. The ISP canine alerted for drugs and assisted in locat- ing what would turn out to be 56 grams of what field-tested positive as methamphet- amine. Hicks allegedly told police she uses methamphetamine ever y day, including at 3 a.m., roughly four hours be- fore the stop. Both were charged with possession of meth, deal- ing methamphetamine and Hicks was charged with op- erating while intoxicated. Elberfeld woman charged with trespassing An argument over being blocked on Facebook esca- lated into trespassing and resisting arrest charges for Stacie Moss, 43, of Elberfeld Aug. 11. According to the probable cause filed by Princeton Po- lice, they were called to a do- mestic dispute, where Clin- ton Meier, of Princeton, told them he invited Moss to his home and no longer wanted her there. He told police they'd been drinking, but after an argu- ment, he wanted her to leave, but didn't want her to drive home intoxicated, so he told her she could sleep in her van in the driveway. He tried to go to sleep in preparation for work in the morning, he told police, but Moss kept him up by con- tinually wanting to argue. Moss argued with police, who, after a second call, was asked to leave the property or be charged with trespassing. She left but went back to the residence and was arrest- ed, and, according to police, resisted the arrest. Armed intruder training Randy Scales Sr. and Janet practice armed intruder training Aug. 8 at Red Dawn Armor y in Princeton, where locals prepared for armed intruders in public spaces. More than 30 tourniquets were donated for educators through the event. 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