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A-4 Wednesday, September 14, 2022 The Press-Dispatch Stendal man charged with OVWI By James Capozella Press-Dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net Roy Shane King, 46, 8100S SR257, Stendal, was arrested for three charges including OVWI endangering a person and OVWI refusal after get- ting in a verbal altercation with a store employee at the Winslow Liquor Store. King had become belliger- ent and refused to leave the store when Pike County Cen- tral Dispatch sent Sheriff's Deputy Briar Meadors accord- ing to the report. Store owner Rachael Hoff- man made the call and Deputy Meadors was told upon arrival that King had left the store at a high rate of speed and pulled out in front of a motorist al- most causing an accident. Deputy Meadors saw a ve- hicle matching the descrip- tion go by the store traveling south and was able to get King stopped south of CR 400S af- ter King crossed right and left lines. Meadors reported that King failed field sobriety tests and gave a PBT test reading of .252% BAC but refused to take a chemical test. After transport to the jail King gave a breath sample PBT of .238% BAC. King was charged with OVWI endan- gering a person, OVWI im- pairment and OVWI refusal. Two men charged with possession By James Capozella Press-Dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net A traffic stop for crossing the center line on SR 56 at CR500W and CR475W ended with a Princeton man and a Vincennes man charged with possession of methamphet- amine and paraphernalia by Pike County Sheriff Sgt. Jared Simmons. Brad Hardiman, 43, 1841S Ivy Ln. #207, Vincennes and Dustin Hayden Duncan, 29, 329S Fifth Ave. #43, Prince- ton, were traveling west on SR56 when stopped by Sgt. Simmons around 9:19 pm on September 3. Duncan was found to be suspended and Hardiman was wanted in Knox and Vanderburgh Counties. Indiana State Trooper Casey Boeckman arrived to assist. A glass smoking device with burnt residue was locat- ed in a Subway sandwich bag with two sandwiches. Anoth- er glass smoking device with burnt residue was located in a cigarette pack and Deputy Kane Osgatharp found a bag- gie inside a Mountain Dew can which contained two cr ystal-like rocks that field tested positive for metham- phamine. Both Hardiman and Dun- can were charged with possession of methamphet- amine under five grams and also possession of par- apher nalia. Duncan was found to be driving while suspended. Sgt. Simmons transported him to the Pike County Jail and Hardiman was transported by Deputy Osgatharp. Winslow woman arrested for OVWI with prior By James Capozella Press-Dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net Indiana State Trooper Sgt. Todd Ringle repor t- ed that Trooper Brayden Angermeier made a traffic stop on Anna Watson, 37, Winslow, on September 7 for disregarding a stop sign in the Pike Central Middle High School zone at SR61 and SR 56. After Watson ex- ited her 1992 Chevy pickup, Trooper Angermeier wit- nessed several signs of im- pairment exhibited by her. Field sobriety tests were given and Watson failed them according to Todd Ringle's repor t. Watson was then trans- por ted to Daviess Commu- nity Hospital where tests revealed she was under the influence of alcohol, benzo- diazepine and methamphet- amine. Watson was ar rest- ed and transpor ted to the Pike County Jail on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior, a level 6 fel- ony. Crays arrested for possession By James Capozella Press-Dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net A Jasper man was charged with possession of metham- phetamine, possession of a controlled substance and pos- session of marijuana on Sep- tember 8 after a traffic stop in Otwell on SR 257 by Indiana State Trooper Casey Boeck- man. Dylan L. Crays, 28, 922 Macarthur Street, Jasper, failed to stop at the three way intersection of CR200N and Church Street and Trooper Boeckman had the car pulled over on CR200N at Spring Street near the SR 257 cur ve in Otwell. Crays explained he was on his phone and missed the stop, and was tr ying to find his information when Trooper Dustin Stein arrived accord- ing to the report. Boeckman told Crays he could smell the odor of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle and asked if there was any in the car and Crays said yes. Crays was still looking through his backpack and rummaging around in the vehicle but could not find his information but did tell Boeck- man there was marijuana in the backpack and some Vy- vance and Adderall also, ac- cording to the report. Two Vyvanse and four Ad- derall pills containing Amphet- amine and Dextroamphet- amine, which are schedule II controlled substances, were located by Boeckman. Also found were plastic bags of marijuana, a scale and loose methamphetamine according to the report. Crays was transported to the Pike County Jail and his vehicle towed by Schell's Tow- ing. Skelton arrested for battery and possession By James Capozella Press-Dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net A 911 call September 9 led to five charges including bat- ter y resulting in bodily inju- r y to a public safety official against Brian L. Skelton, 62, 2436E CR100S, Winslow. Pike County Sheriff Deputy Buck Seger and Petersburg's Sgt. Paul Collier arrived and heard Skelton yelling at the side of the residence prior to contacting him. A female caller had notified police that Brian Skelton was in need of a mental evaluation but Skelton made the female, identified as Mar y Thomas, hang up the phone. Once the two officers ar- rived at the residence, they spoke with Skelton, who smelled like the odor of burnt marijuana according to the report. At that time Skelton yelled he was not going for an evaluation and ran to the rear of the residence. Both officers struggled to put Skelton in handcuffs after stopping him from entering the residence according to the report. Skelton resisted despite re- peated officer commands to stop struggling. Sgt. Collier's body camera was knocked off his uniform and at one point Skelton kicked Deputy Seger in the leg. Eventually Skelton complied but not after hand strikes and pressure point techniques had to be utilized. Skelton was attempted to remove a folding pocket knife from his pocket according to the report. He also was tr ying to remove paraphernalia from his pockets according to the report. Skelton continued to be combative with the officers during transport. Once re- leased to the jail staff, Seger noted his left knee was sore when he was kicked and his left hand and knuckle were sore. Sgt. Collier had lacerations and blood dripping off his fin- gers from the altercation. Skelton was charged with possession of methamphet- amine, possession of marijua- na, possession of parapherna- lia, resisting law enforcement and batter y resulting in bodily injur y to a public safety offi- cial. Deristil charged with resisting with a vehicle By James Capozella Press-dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net A Washington man has been charged with resisting law enforcement with a motor vehicle, a level six felony and operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license follow- ing a traffic stop last Wednes- day evening. Indiana State Trooper Ste- ven Nolan made a traffic stop for speeding on an SUV trav- eling south on SR 257 near CR 650N. Louicene Deristil, 33, 804 West Walnut St., Washing- ton, continued to travel south from CR 650S at about 45 mph despite Trooper Nolan's emergency lights and siren. Deristil continued about three miles south to the inter- section of SR 257 and SR 356 before making a slow turn left onto SR356. Trooper Nolan pulled in front of Deristil and ordered him to stop and turn of f the vehicle while pointing a taser at him. After Deristil complied, he was handcuffed and placed in the front seat of Nolan's cruis- er. The driver said he spoke only Spanish but through tele- phone translation assistance by Trooper Jon Villanueva and a passport located in the vehi- cle Trooper Nolan determined the driver's name. He could not find a valid license return BMV in Florida or Indiana. Myers Towing took posses- sion of the vehicle and Deristil was transported to the Pike County Jail without incident. Eilert arrested for habitual traffic violator By James Capozella Press-dispatch News news@pressdispatch.net A traf fic stop on SR 257 just south of Otwell on a pickup with no license plate light resulted in an habitual traf fic violator charge for Brandon Michael Eiler t, 37, 4715S Four th St., Velpen. Pike County Sherif f Depu- ty Clint Boger was at SR 56 and SR 257 at about 10:58 p.m. September 7 when a red pickup was seen with no license plate lights. When asked for a drivers license and vehicle registration during the stop, Eiler t at first provided his passen- ger's drivers license. Depu- ty Boger asked for Eiler t's li- cense twice, and was handed an identification card. Deputy Boger confirmed the habitual traf fic violator information from dispatch through his laptop. After Eiler t was handcuf fed for the of fense, Eiler t became ver y agitated and upset saying he should have r un instead of stopping, accord- ing to the repor t. Deputies Meadors and Neal assisted in the ar rest. Ivy Smith, Eiler t's pas- senger said she had been drinking and could not take control of the vehicle. She pick her up and left the ve- hicle at the Buchta Tr ucking parking lot. Deputy Neal transpor ted Eiler t to the Pike County Jail without incident according to the repor t. 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