The Press-Dispatch
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A-2 Front Wednesday, October 7, 2015 The Press-Dispatch Collection site at Petersburg Little League Field, Illinois Street The site will accept bulky items such as furniture, appliances, carpet, wood, scrap metal and other debris that does not fit into household trash bags. No hazardous waste will be accepted. No paints, oils, batteries, computers, TVs or Freon, and no tires will be accepted. This event is for residents inside Pe- tersburg city limits only. Valid pho- to I.D. may be necessary to prove residency. Volunteers for Clean-Up Days may call City Hall to make arrangements. O c t o b e r 9 & 1 0 F r i d ay & S a t u r d ay Site open: Friday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m. - Noon Seniors over 65, residents with disabilities or other special circumstances may request curbside pick-up. Call 812-354-8511 in ad- vance to make arrangements. FA L L C L E A N - U P DAYS Petersburg C I T Y O F NOW OPEN 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. • Mon. - Fri. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Saturday Children's • Teens' • Men's • Women's Apparel & Fashion Accessories 718 E. Main St., Petersburg 812-677-3787 Watch for Grand Opening Coming Soon. Winslow Eagles Club #2646 304 N. Walnut St. Football Sunday PIZZA COMBO SPECIALS Noble Romans Pizza OPEN AT NOON OPEN TO PUBLIC A rural Winslow man was arrested on charges of stran- gulation, battery and crim- inal confinement last Mon- day evening after police re- sponded to a motorist's re- quest for help. James Bruce Weathers, 53, of 7303 E. CR 175 N., Winslow, was arrested by Pike County Deputy Dallas Killian at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 28. Deputy Killian said Pike County's central dispatch got a 911 call at about 3:30 p.m. from a motorist. She stated she was following a tractor on CR 500 E., near CR 500 N., and a woman passenger was in the trac- tor and appeared to be try- ing to get out of the trac- tor. However, the male driv- er wouldn't let her out of the tractor and it appeared he was battering her. Deputy Killian, along with State Troopers Hunter Man- ning and John Davis, and several deputies, respond- ed to the area. Deputy Kilian said while he was enroute, he was notified the tractor had stopped and the wom- an, identified as Kaitlyn L. Fabiszak, 19, had run from the tractor to the car that was following the tractor. He was also told that now it was believed Weathers was following the car as it was driving towards Petersburg. Eventually, the vehicle fol- lowing them went a different direction. Deputy Killian said Weathers then called 911 and told them he had not let the girl out of the tractor because he wanted to drop her off somewhere safe be- cause she had mental prob- lems. He also told police they would have to talk to him at work. Deputy Killian said he went to Weathers' resi- dence and when he pulled into the driveway, Weath- er walked out of a garage and got into a white pickup truck. Killian said he turned on his emergency lights so Weathers would not leave, but Weathers backed past him. Weathers went about 100 yards from where Dep- uty Killian's car was parked, then stopped and went into a barn, despite Deputy Killian yelling for him to stop. Weathers then came back out of the barn and started to get back into the truck. However, after Killian or- dered him not to get into the truck, he walked over to Deputy Killian. According to Deputy Killian's report, Weathers said he was just trying to keep the girl from jumping out of the tractor while it was moving. He said he didn't stop and let her out because he didn't know anyone in the area. Troopers Davis and Man- ning, along with Chief Dep- uty Kent Johnson, arrived. Deputy Killian said Pe- tersburg Police Cpl. Scott Wright called him on a cellphone and said he was with Fabiszak. She claimed Weathers had strangled her, but she didn't want to pur- sue charges against him. She had red marks around her neck and a bruise on her arm. Deputy Killian said they located knives in the build- ing to which Weathers drove. He said Weathers eventually told him the rea- son he drove past Killian was to get rid of the knives he kept in his truck. Weathers was taken into custody on charges of crimi- nal confinement, a level 5 fel- ony, strangulation, a level 6 felony and battery. Weathers arrested on battery, confinement, strangulation charges Continued from page 1 ELECTION Continued from page 1 FESTIVALS will be painting pumpkins. They will also being sell- ing cream pies for $1 to be thrown at yet-to-be-named local celebrities. They will also have a his- tory scavenger hunt, where each of the people working at the event will have one clue about the mystery per- son. At the end of the event, people can put their guesses into a hat. The correct ones will be entered in a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to Pizza Hut. The District 2 council seat has incumbent Republican John Melhiser being chal- lenged by Democrat Sandy McBeth. Democrat incumbent Ber- tis Jenkins is being chal- lenged by Republican Gary Evans. Five term incumbent Democrat Fran Lewis is be- ing challenged by Repub- lican Rick Ross for the at- large seat. Gary L. Leavitt (R) in District 1, Democrat Brian VanMeter in District 4 and Clerk-treasurer Tammy L. Selby (D) are all unopposed. Continued from page 1 MUSIC "We have a lot of concerts here at the church. I always do a Facebook invite. We usually get about 18 to 20 clicks of people who say they are going to attend and we have about 180 to 200 people total show up. But this time, overnight we had 86 people click to say they are going to attend. So I don't know how many to expect," said Hill. He said the church has seating for about 300 people and they can put out chairs for about 150 to 175 more. Adding to the crowd will be those following the Pike Central Swing Choir. Hill said the Mountain Faith Band is arriving early so they can meet and prac- tice with the Swing Choir to jointly perform a number. Swing Choir Director Vance Hays said, "The kids were very excited to be opening for the Mountain Faith Band this weekend at the Gospel Center and when they found out they are go- ing to be singing one or two songs with the band, they were thrilled." "I think it will be fun and a real privilege to sing along- side a group as talented as they are," said Swing Choir member Jon Kroeger. "I am looking forward to this performance this Sat- urday. It is a once in a life- time chance and I am very honored that they invited our swing choir to partici- pate in it. I'm sure that all of us are privileged and grate- ful to have been given this fun chance to sing alongside them," said Michelle Lin, a member of the Swing Choir. "We are just excited we are going to have people in our church who have never been here before," said Hill. He suggested people ar- rive early to get a seat. By Andy Heuring A Washington couple was arrested on meth relat- ed charges at a rural Otwell residence after police from Daviess, Pike and State po- lice searched the house. Tim Aaron Bradley, 45, of 1694 W. CR 150 N., Wash- ington, and Stacey D. Don- aldson, 40, no address, were both arrested on charges of manufacturing meth; pos- session of meth; possession of marijuana; possession of paraphernalia; maintaining a common nuisance and un- lawful use of a police radio. Pike County Deputy Buck Seger said on Octo- ber 2 at about 2:38 a.m., he and Washington Officer Brandon Garland and State Trooper Mitch Wier ob- tained a search warrant for the residence at 7159 N. SR 257, Otwell. They, along with Pike County Deputy Dallas Killian, two Washington po- lice officers, and three Da- viess County deputies, went to the residence and found Bradley and Donaldson there. According to Depu- ty Seger's report, police found numerous items used in manufacturing meth. Al- so, it stated Donaldson told police people had visited the residence for the pur- pose of purchasing meth and the last one had been there about an hour earli- er. She said they also had burned two previous meth labs a few hours earlier. Some of the items located in the residence were an alu- minum foil "boat," with meth residue, on the living room table, also one on a comput- er, and a Red Bull can with a false compartment contain- ing a white residue. They also found a glass smoking pipe with a black residue, verified to be mar- ijuana, coffee filters with a white residue in them, two cellphones, two burned HCL generators, and a police ra- dio scanner, which was in operation. Both were taken into cus- tody and transported to the Pike County Jail. ww By Andy Heuring A Petersburg man was ar- rested on theft and alcohol charges after police claim he put two bottles of wine in his pants and fled the Dollar General Store on a bicycle. Jacob K. Robling, 28, of 1209 E. Walnut St., Peters- burg, was arrested at about 5:30 p.m. last Tuesday by Pe- tersburg Police Cpl. Scott Wright. Cpl. Wright said he and Pike County Deputy Brad Jenkins responded to the re- port at 4:48 p.m. of a young blonde man fleeing the Dol- lar General Store on a white bicycle with red lettering, with two bottles of wine in his pants. The store clerk called 911 reporting a man came into the store and went to the ar- ea where they keep alcohol products. She said she went to that area and saw he had something in his pants and that there were two bottles of wine missing from the shelf. She said the man de- nied having taken anything, despite them being visible in his pants, and he hurried out of the store and got on a bi- cycle. Cpl. Wright said he and Deputy Jenkins searched the area, but couldn't lo- cate a bicycle. So after a few minutes, he went to the store and watched a video tape of the incident and rec- ognized the man as Robling. He then told Deputy Jenkins for whom they were looking. Deputy Jenkins was told by a pedestrian they had seen someone riding a bicycle on Cherry St., which is where he located Robling. Wright said Robling was obviously intoxicated, as he was staggering and sway- ing while he talked with of- ficers, and his speech was slurred as well. Wright said Robling ad- mitted he had drank a glass of Chardonnay recently, but denied taking the wine, until he was told they had viewed the videotape. Cpl. Wright's report states Robling then said he was poor and needed the wine so he had to take it. He was taken into custo- dy on preliminary charges of public intoxication and theft. The Petersburg Fall Clean-up will be at the Lit- tle League park on Illinois St. on Friday and Saturday. They will be accepting bulky items such as furni- ture, appliances, carpet, wood, scrap metal and oth- er debris that does not fit into household trash bags. No hazardous water, paints, oils, batteries, computers, T Vs, Freon or tires will be accepted. Volunteers want- ing to help with it are asked to call City Hall at 812-354- 8511. They will be accepting trash from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. City fall clean-up Washington couple arrested on meth charges in Otwell Petersburg man arrested for theft, public intoxication Stove fire extinguished A stove fire was extinguished by the Winslow Fire Department before it spread to the rest of the house. Marie Barrett told firemen she was getting ready to bake a pie when the stove caught fire. Barrett's resi- dent at 603 N. Main St., sustained smoke damage, but the fire damage was confined to the stove. Above, firemen put away their hoses following the 4 p.m. fire, while EMTs in the background talk with Barrett.