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Simmons and Deputy McKinney tried to box him in, they said he began swerving back and forth to prevent them from getting in front of him. He eventually reached speeds near 115 mph while driving south on I-69. Cpl. Simmons said as they were going south, Nel- son turned at the last minute onto the I-64 westbound exit off of I-69 and again topped speeds of 100 mph. He then exited south onto the north- bound lanes of Highway 41 at about 80 mph. According to Simmons' report, after about an eighth of a mile driving south in the northbound lanes, he crossed over the median. Deputy Simmons said he then began to smell burn- ing rubber. He thought Nel- son blew a tire while cross- ing the median. Nelson then pulled over to the side of the road between Ameriqual Foods and the Indiana State Police Post. Nelson was forcibly re- moved from the 1997 Hon- da at gunpoint. According to Simmons' report, when he asked Nel- son why he wouldn't stop, he said he had bad inter- actions with police in the past and didn't want to get pulled over. He denied hav- ing anything illegal in the car and police did not find anything. A driving record check found Nelson's license was suspended with a prior. Simmons said when he told Nelson if he had stopped originally, he probably would have just been given a ticket. "I know it was stupid and I should've just stopped," said Nelson, according to Cpl. Simmons' report. By Andy Heuring A woman from Shoals and a man from Evansville were arrested on a charge of deal- ing meth after a 1 a.m. traf- fic stop on Sunday. Jennifer A. Kostas, 37, of 634 Locust St., Shoals, and David Lawson, of 809 S. Bosse Ave., Evansville, were both arrested on charges of dealing in meth between one and five grams, a Level 5 felony; possession of meth less than five grams, a Level 6 felony; possession of para- phernalia and maintaining a common nuisance. Petersburg Police Cpl. Jared Simmons said at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, he noticed a silver Chevrolet passenger car driving south on High- way 61 and noticed it didn't have an operating license plate light, so he stopped the vehicle. While talking with Law- son, who was driving, Cpl. Simmons said he noticed Lawson was extremely fidg- ety, his voice was shaky and he was sweating profusely to the point of his shirt becom- ing damp, despite the tem- perature being 55 degrees. Cpl. Simmons said he had Lawson step out of the car and searched him, finding a glass smoking pipe com- monly used to smoke meth. Simmons said the pipe had residue in it that field tested positive for meth. Also while talking with him outside the car, Simmons said he no- ticed the odor of raw mari- juana coming from Lawson. He then found a marijuana smoking device and a small clear plastic baggie with marijuana in it. According to Cpl. Sim- mons' report, Lawson said there was another meth pipe between the driver's seat and console. Lawson's passenger, Kos- tas, was taken out of the car and during a search of the car, Simmons said he found a blue zipper pouch con- taining a glass meth smok- ing device, under the pas- senger seat, with a burnt crystal-like substance in it, which field tested positive for meth. Cpl. Simmons also said he found a corner of a plas- tic bag containing a white and brown substance. Ac- cording to his report, Kostas told him the substance was burned meth residue they had scraped from a smok- ing pipe. According to Cpl. Sim- mons, initially Lawson told Simmons he and Kostas were in Petersburg to visit friends. Simmons' report stated when he confronted Law- son about dealing drugs, Lawson said that is what he "believed she (Kostas) was doing." Lawson said he had driv- en Kostas to Petersburg sev- eral times to sell meth. Simmons' report stat- ed when he told Kostas he knew why she was in Peters- burg, she admitted coming to Petersburg to sell meth to Chris Grier. She said the money she got for it was in her bra. Simmons said she was taken to the Pike County Jail, where a female officer retrieved the money. He stat- ed $180 was taken from Kos- tas' bra. She said $100 of that came from Grier. Grier was arrested April 26 on the Petersburg Li- brary parking lot for pub- lic intoxication after police saw him stubling around and muttering to himself with his eyes closed at 10 :48 p.m. According Cpl. Sim- mons' report Grier at first wouldn't acknowledge Sim- mons was yelling at him un- til he shined a flashlight in his face. The report also said Gri- er admitted doing meth re- cently. Traffic stop leads to meth dealing arrests By Andy Heuring Petersburg reviewed a doggy doo doo ordinance during the Monday night meeting. "We have laughed about this but, it really is a prob- lem," said Petersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch. He passed out a sample ordinance City At- torney Brian Mahoney had drafted from other area cit- ies' similar ordinances. The proposed ordinance calls for owners of dogs to remove pet solid waste "immediate- ly and properly dispose of their pets' solid waste depos- ited on any property, public or private, not owned or pos- sessed by that person." Pet owners not doing so will be subject to a $ 35 fine. The one exemption is for a disability assistance animal. Mahoney explained the exemption is due to seeing eye dogs of blind owners. "I'm not proposing you pass this tonight. But I want- ed you to talk about this. Gary (Leavitt) has men- tioned this three or four times," said Mayor Klipsch. Leavitt told the council there is a problem along Eighth St. with dogs using the sidewalk or small strip of grass between the park- ing spaces and sidewalk. He said he has had numerous customers at Marge's Hall- mark, who park on Eighth St., complain about it. Mayor Klipsch said the problem originated with the Main St. Terrace apart- ment residents walking their dogs around downtown. But he talked with the apartment management and they gave their residents bags to dis- pose of it. He said that seems to have taken care of that problem. In other ordinance-relat- ed matters, Klipsch asked Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Baumgart how many golf cart permits had been issued. Baumgart said three. Klipsch said he had re- ports of a golf cart driving through Eastwood. "Now we have an ordinance and you have to have a permit," said Klipsch. Chief Baumgart said peo- ple wanting a permit to op- erate their golf carts on the city streets can call City Hall to get an application. Some- one will then come inspect the cart and issue a permit. Mayor Klipsch said two projects, paving Highway 61 and installing new sidewalks from Highway 57 to the White River Bridge, as well as the Main St. Streetscape project, are both moving for- ward. He said this week he noticed a mother pushing a baby stroller along High- way 57 north in Petersburg. He said the sidewalk ends at about his house near East- wood. He said watching the woman with a stroller walk- ing down the highway and then getting off on the shoul- der when cars were coming, made him think about how dangerous that is. He suggested the city look into getting sidewalks in that area. The next City Council meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18 in City Hall. Council reviews 'doo doo' ordinance Election day paving restricts road to polls Highway 56, just west of Petersburg, was closed except to local traffic, blocking traffic from the main entrance to Hornady Park on election day as crews chip-and-sealed the road. The 4-H Building, in Hor- nady Park, is the polling place for three precincts of Washington 2, Washington 3 and Madison. A flagger was in place to let traffic through, but they often had to wait up to 10 minutes.