In a February 2008 letter, attorney Byron Steele told city councilman Everett Ferrel that an annexation ordinance passed in 1979 “cannot include real estate in the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter (which is where you are located).”

In the same letter, Steele offered up a scheme that “would take some extraordinary cooperation on the part of several parties” to “agree that a mistake was made in Ordinance No. 8-1979″, in order to have Ferrel’s property recognized as being in the City of Mitchell so that he could retain his seat on the Mitchell City Council.

The letter, composed on letterhead from “Steele & Steele, L.L.C.” and received by Mitchell News from an anonymous source, shows what some would consider to be corrupt behavior and questionable ethics. Read the original letter by clicking on the link below.

ATTACHMENT: February 2008 letter from Byron Steele to Everett Ferrel (PDF)

MITCHELL — Gerald W. Tolliver, 62, passed away at 10:46 p.m. on Thursday at his residence.

Born March 8, 1949, in Bedford, he was the son of Donald M. and Carol Rae (Tharp) Tolliver. He married Patty Jean (Mann) Thoms Nov. 19, 2010.

Gerald graduated from Mitchell High School in 1967 and Indiana State University. He was a teacher at Mitchell High School retiring in 2010, after 40 years of service. During his tenure he sponsored SADD and also taught driver education.

He was recently elected to Mitchell City Council and had served two terms as Persimmon Festival Chairman. He was also a member of Masonic Lodge No. 228 F&AM.

Surviving are his wife, Patty Tolliver of Mitchell; sons, Jason (Stefanie) Tolliver of Indianapolis, Kevin (Abbie) Tolliver of Brownsburg and Adam (Christy) Tolliver of Charlestown; stepchildren, Michelle Bowers of Campbellsburg, Alex Thoms of Mitchell, Adam Thoms of Orleans, Daniel Thoms of Bloomington, Rebecca Russell, of Seymour, David Thoms, Orleans, John Thoms of Oklahoma, Evan Thoms of Orleans, Solomon Thoms of Mitchell and Logan Thoms of Orleans; a brother, Mark W. (Beth) Tolliver of Mitchell; grandchildren, McKinley, Lucy, Katie and Isabella; and six step-grandchildren.

His parents preceded him in death.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mitchell Church of Christ with Brother Allen Burris and the Rev. Kevin Giggy officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. today and from 9:30 a.m. until the service on Tuesday at the church.

Memorial Gifts: Mitchell Community Schools Scholarship Foundation.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.chastainfuneralhome.com.

Gerald Tolliver passed away the evening of Thursday, December 29.

Tolliver retired from Mitchell High School after teaching for 40 years. He was recently elected to serve as Councilman for Mitchell’s District 2. He was Chairman of the Mitchell Persimmon Festival in 1989 and 1991 and, in 2002, received the Mitchell Chamber of Commerce’s Volunteer of the Year award.

Visitation will be Monday from 3-8 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the Mitchell Church of Christ on Main Street.

Additional visitation will be Tuesday morning from 10-11 a.m. in the Church of Christ with services beginning at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his honor to the Mitchell High School Scholarship Fund, “since teaching and helping others was his passion”.

It’s that time of year again and the staff at Mitchell News decided to do a bit of scientific research in an attempt to answer that nagging question, “Does Santa Claus Exist?” Here’s what we’ve discovered.

We started by looking into the reindeer and found that no known species of reindeer can fly. However, there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified and, while most of these are insects and germs, this doesn’t completely rule out flying reindeer (which only Santa has ever seen).

Next, we looked at the number of children that Santa has to accommodate on his annual excursion. There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. Since Santa doesn’t (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Buddhist children, however, that reduces his workload to about 15% of the total — 378 million, according to the Population Reference Bureau.

At an average rate of 3.5 children per household, that’s 108 million homes that Santa must visit. For sake of argument, we’ll assume there is at least one good child in each.

Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the Earth, assuming that he travels east to west, which seems logical. This works out to 822.6 home visits per second.

That is, for each Christian household with good children, Santa has approximately 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh, and move on to the next house.

Assuming that each of the 108 million stops are evenly distributed around the Earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household.

That adds up to a total trip of 75.5 million miles and that’s not even counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding, etc.

This means that Santa’s sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on Earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a pokey 27.4 miles per second — a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 20 miles per hour.

The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (weighing two pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons. That’s not even counting Santa himself, which is invariably described as overweight.

On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that “flying reindeer” (see above) could pull ten times the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight or even nine.

No, we need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload — not even counting the weight of the sleigh — to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison, this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.

353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy.

Per second.

Each.

In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake.

The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second.

Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.

In conclusion, if Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he’s dead now.

Note: Because I’m about six days behind in posting the police logs, I’m simply going to summarize them and post the “most interesting” parts from each day. Statistics shows that when I post several days worth at once, the majority of people don’t read the old ones anyway, making it a waste of my time. Thanks.

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November 24, 2011

12:17 a.m. Female caller requested an ambulance to the 400 block of Dale Street because her son had taken too many Xanax. The man left but was found at Doc Hamilton Boulevard and Rabbitsville Road. He refused treatment.

3:27 a.m. MPD officer out in the 100 block of Frank Street in reference to an investigation. One male and two females were taken to the police station where it was discovered that the male, Nickolai J. Dean, was wanted on a warrant. He was taken to jail by Lawrence County. The females were released.

9:05 a.m. Man requested an officer to 9th Street and Highway 60 because someone knocked the window out of his store and tried to get in.

10:53 p.m. Man in the 1200 block of West Warren Street requested extra patrol because of a possible breaking and entering the previous night.

11:47 p.m. Traffic stop on Highway 37 at Storage Express.

November 25, 2011

12:20 a.m. Lawrence County requested assistance with two intoxicated people at Gasoline Alley.

1:19 a.m. Extra patrol requested in the area of Pleasant View Drive because a man saw two people walking in between two houses.

1:31 a.m. Employee at the Clark Station requested a unit because someone turned the heating control unit up and he wanted someone to come and turn it down. He was told to contact a heating and cooling business.

1:49 a.m. Two car/deer accidents, one in the northbound lane and one in the southbound lane, on Highway 37 at Marathon.

12:47 p.m. Bedford Police Department notified MPD of a white 2002 Chevy S-10 extended cab truck with a black bed cover that was stolen the previous date from a residence on M Street in Bedford.

2:15 p.m. Two vehicle property damage accident at 2nd and Vine Streets.

6:26 p.m. Female caller in the 500 block of Frank Street reported that someone hit a small dog on her street. She didn’t think it was dead but wanted someone to check on it. She called back a few moments later to say the dog was yelping and sounded hurt. A city employee checked on the dog and found that it was the neighbor’s dog that was on his chain. There was no problem.

7:36 p.m. Man in the 1500 block of Hancock Avenue reported that his mailbox was destroyed while he was out of town.

8:03 p.m. Male caller in the 400 block of East Hancock Avenue requested an officer check outside his residence, specifically his garage area. He said he could see someone shining flashlights through his garage window and believed someone was inside the garage.

8:13 p.m. Female caller reported her son’s girlfriend was pregnant and alone at the caller’s home on John R. Williams Street and an unknown person opened the front door and quickly shut the door to leave when the dogs started barking.

9:07 p.m. Lawrence County advised to be on the lookout for a possibly drunk driver in a light blue full-size Dodge Van on Highway 37 southbound towards Mitchell, en route to Orleans.

9:21 p.m. Traffic stop on Highway 37 at the White River Co-op. One man, Larry D. Holloway of Orleans, was arrested for operating while intoxicated.

November 26, 2011

1:21 a.m. MPD responding with Lawrence County units to an active alarm at the VFW.

2:42 a.m. MPD officer reported he heard possible gunshots coming from the the area of Fleenor Road.

11:06 a.m. Traffic stop on Teke Burton Drive at the cemetery.

11:31 a.m. Female in the 1100 block of Marion Street reported that her daughter’s boyfriend kicked her out and won’t give her and her kids their belongings.

12:01 p.m. Female reported that her mailbox in the 1500 block of Hancock Avenue was vandalized/knocked down sometime overnight.

12:25 p.m. Male caller on 911 reporting that two juveniles are trying to set fire to a brush pile in the alley of the 400 block of Brook Street. MPD talked to the parents.

12:43 p.m. Male caller on 911 reported a domestic disturbance in the 300 block of West Warren Street. He said he female had a knife to her throat. An ambulance checked her out and took her to the hospital.

1:24 p.m. Man in the 600 block of 9th Street reported that his landlord was blocking the driveway and wouldn’t let him get his belongings.

2:23 p.m. Anonymous caller reporting a man shooting a gun. MPD spoke with the man in the 300 block of Bartlett Drive and advised him of the city’s ordinance.

3:03 p.m. Multiple calls about a fight about to occur at the City Park.

3:17 p.m. Female caller reported males in a red pickup truck swerving at people behind a factory off of East Frank Street. A fight broke out while she was on the phone.

3:39 p.m. Male on female on station reporting a fight on Main Street.

3:48 p.m. Female caller on 911 requested an ambulance to Jack’s in the 500 block of West Main Street for a man with a head injury. The man was taken by ambulance to St. Vincent’s Dunn and released at 6:05 p.m.

4:20 p.m. Male caller requested an officer to the 100 block of East Frank Street because of a domestic fight between a mother and daughter.

4:49 p.m. Dispatcher for IU Health requested First Responders to the 500 block of South 6th Street because of an 87-year-old female with C.O.P.D. who was having chest pains.

5:14 p.m. Lawrence County requested MPD be on the lookout for a blue 1988 Oldsmobile with paper tags occupied by two males and two females heading southbound on Highway 37.

5:33 p.m. Male caller requested to speak with an officer in regard to evicting someone from his rental property.

6:15 p.m. Lawrence County requested MPD be on the lookout for a cream 2004 Lincoln Town Car heading southbound on Highway 37 from Tieman Tire.

6:21 p.m. Female caller from McDonald’s reported a vehicle that went through the door and it looked like the man was pointing a gun at the female.

7:45 p.m. Female caller reporting a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman in the 300 block of West Warren Street.

8:25 p.m. Male caller reported six or seven juveniles going into an abandoned house in the 300 block of John R. Williams Street.

8:32 p.m. Female caller requested an officer to John R. Williams Street and East Grissom Avenue because of a fight.

11:09 p.m. Lawrence County requested MPD be on the lookout for a black Chevy Cobalt southbound on Rabbitsville Road, speeding.

11:18 p.m. Male caller on 911 requested an officer to the 300 block of Hancock Avenue because his girlfriend’s family was there trying to make her leave against her wishes. The family members were told the female was 18 and they could not make her leave.

Note: Because I’m about six days behind in posting the police logs, I’m simply going to summarize them and post the “most interesting” parts from each day. Statistics shows that when I post several days worth at once, the majority of people don’t read the old ones anyway, making it a waste of my time. Thanks.

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November 21, 2011

2:32 a.m. Female caller in the 1400 block of Deckard Drive reported that her husband has fell in the living room and needs lift assistance.

7:33 a.m. Man reported a bicycle laying at Grissom Avenue and Meridian Road that had been there since the previous day.

11:04 a.m. Man reported that someone keeps stealing the letters and numbers off the sigh in front of the Mitchell Church of Christ in the 1000 block of West Main Street.

1:34 p.m. Woman reported that another woman was standing behind her house in the 400 block of North 7th Street when she came home for lunch. The woman asked to use her phone and she let her, but she did not let her in the house.

3:30 p.m. Woman on station requesting to speak with an officer regarding getting counterfeit money at Arby’s.

4:38 p.m. Woman from the 100 block of West Frank Street requested to speak with an officer regarding the theft of a cell phone.

5:10 p.m. Lawrence County reported that an AT&T operator called them stating they had received a call about a garage fire in the 1200 block of North Stevens Street. MPD checked the residence and there was no fire.

5:37 p.m. Female caller from the Dollar General Store reported a person they wanted a no trespass order served on was walking toward the store.

5:47 p.m. Female on station from the 400 block of South 7th Street requesting to speak with an officer regarding fraud.

6:40 p.m. Female caller reported juveniles beating on her house and running away.

7:55 p.m. Female caller requested an officer to the 400 block of West Brook Street because someone threw a beverage can on the side of the house.

10:50 p.m. Male caller requested extra patrol around the Sprint/Country Mark Station because his wife’s bus (bus #13) is parked in the back and he was told that some people had slept in it and drove it around the previous night.

November 22, 2011

5:22 a.m. Juvenile female requested extra patrol around Lakeside Estates because of a break-in at her and her father’s residence the previous night.

6:24 a.m. Report of an impaired driver in a gold Chevy Blazer northbound on Highway 37 from Orleans.

12:42 p.m. Report of a syringe, spoon, and rag laying next to the wall in the alley next to the post office. MPD picked the items up.

1:16 p.m. Female on station reporting that several pieces of jewelry were stolen at an unknown time, possibly by friends of her grandson.

2:21 p.m. Male caller requested an officer to the 200 block of West Main Street because of a juvenile who is outside yelling and throwing items. He reportedly did the same thing inside the house and also shoved some people.

4:36 p.m. Female caller reported two young kids, approximately 8-10 years old, walking down the street towards 5th and Oak Street with a baby carriage full of items. MPD spoke to the parents.

6:24 p.m. Traffic stop at John R. Williams Street and Grissom Avenue.

6:47 p.m. Traffic stop at Rabbitsville Road and Wade Street.

7:37 p.m. Female caller requested an ambulance to the 1100 block of North Marion Street for a female with breathing problems. One person was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

7:48 p.m. Burglary in the 400 block of West Warren Street.

November 23, 2011

4:06 a.m. Man requested an officer to his home on Bartlett Drive to tell juveniles in his driveway to leave.

7:14 a.m. Traffic stop at an undisclosed location.

10:15 a.m. Traffic stop on Doc Hamilton Boulevard east of Rabbitsville Road.

11:30 a.m. Female caller requested an ambulance in the 1600 block of Hancock Avenue for her son who was having a seizure.

12:51 p.m. Man on a four-wheeler riding up and down Doc Hamilton Boulevard from Rabbitsville Road to the bridge. He was told to keep it off of the road.

12:51 p.m. Woman reported she put an arrangement on her mother’s grave in the cemetery three days prior and it had been stolen.

3:35 p.m. Man in the 300 block of Bartlett Drive requested an officer because he heard gunshots in the area around the back of his house.

4:57 p.m. Male caller requested an officer to the 200 block of West Main Street due to problems with a juvenile.

5:35 p.m. Female caller from Lakeside States requested extra patrol because her son was being threatened.

7:09 p.m. 911 hangup from the 1100 block of Orchard Street.

8:16 p.m. Male caller reported problems with an oven in the 100 block of West Hancock Avenue. There was smoke in the house but no flames.

10:55 p.m. Man called about two males approaching his residence tonight to get a vehicles. He was told it was a civil matter.

11:18 p.m. Dispatcher reported hearing two loud booms around 6th Street between Main Street and Mississippi Avenue. MPD checked and adviser there was no problem.

Two Bedford men were arrested on various charges Tuesday night after a surprise visit from parole officers and Oolitic police officer Bill Allen, who said they found “quite a bit of crack cocaine and powder cocaine”.

The parole officers, along with Allen and his K-9, Shani, went to the home at 421 M Street in Bedford for a regular parole visit. While there, however, Shani “alerted on an area of the house where the powder cocaine was,” Allen was quoted as saying.

A further search of the home led to the discovery of crack cocaine and a small caliber firearm. More than three grams of each of the drugs was found, according to police.

The owner of the home, Kevin Brooking, 37, was charged with possession of cocaine with a firearm, reckless possession of paraphernalia, and maintaining a common nuisance.

Daniel Pace, 32, who is on parole, was charged with dealing cocaine (more than 30 grams) as well as maintaining a common nuisance.

Both were arrested and transported to the Lawrence County Security Center where they were booked in around 8:30 p.m. Brooking is being held on a $20,000 bond. Pace is being held without bond because he is on parole.

RELATED: Kevin Brooking’s jail mugshot photo, Daniel Pace’s jail mugshot photo.

November 20, 2011

12:34 a.m. Lockout at the Mitchell High School student parking lot.

4:49 a.m. Lawrence County advised of a 64-year-old female with shortness of breath at Persimmon Park Apartments who requested an ambulance. One female was taken to the hospital.

6:05 a.m. Lockout at the Sprint station.

7:41 a.m. Male reported that someone stole two green Wicker chairs off of his porch in the 1000 block of Orchard Street overnight.

9:16 a.m. Woman from the 10:39 p.m. call the previous night called to report problems with her juvenile daughter. She said the girl had broken out a window to get in and she wanted her arrested.

10:35 a.m. Man from the 400 block of North 9th Street reported that someone had stolen his grandson’s 20-inch bicycle. He called back later to report they had found the bike.

12:17 p.m. Caller reported a person in a dark gray GMC pickup stopping in front of houses in the 100 and 200 blocks of East and West Frank Street. The man was sitting in front of the houses for 10-15 minutes then moving on to another location.

12:17 p.m. Female caller reported that her son’s 2-month-old dog was missing.

12:20 p.m. Female on station to give a statement.

1:14 p.m. Traffic stop on Doc Hamilton Boulevard.

4:56 p.m. Female and son on station regarding a possible battery.

5:51 p.m. Traffic stop at KFC.

5:56 p.m. U.S. Forest Service officer requested an officer meet in the 1000 block of Grissom Avenue regarding an abandoned vehicle.

8:43 p.m. Male called requested an officer because of juveniles playing at Emerson Gym.

11:12 p.m. Female caller from the 700 block of Mississippi Avenue reported that a co-worker came to her door and she asked him to leave but she thought he might still be outside the residence.

11:20 p.m. Female caller reported possibly drunk juveniles who came by her home and took two of her dogs. She requested to speak with an officer.

November 19, 2011

12:52 a.m. Report of an active alarm at Smoker Friendly Discount Tobacco and Hair Visions. Hair Visions was broken into by the back entrance and items were taken from both stores.

4:00 a.m. Female caller in the 100 block of East Hancock Avenue requested an ambulance because of abdominal pains.

4:43 a.m. Female caller from South Carolina reported phone harassment.

5:02 a.m. Female caller reported a suspicious male in the area of South 8th Street and Grissom Avenue carrying several bags and signs.

5:30 a.m. Male caller reported a suspicious male subject in the 1000 block of South 9th Street wearing jeans and a grey hoodie that ran in front of him and then toward Highway 37.

6:42 a.m. Lockout at the Clark Station.

8:10 a.m. Female caller reported a juvenile violating a no trespass order at the Dollar General Store.

8:30 a.m. Lockout at 60′s Eastside.

9:34 a.m. Female caller requested an officer to Terry’s 66 because of a shoplifter.

10:01 a.m. Female on station wishing to speak with an officer.

11:09 a.m. Male and female on station requesting to speak with an officer in reference to her parents.

11:54 a.m. Lockout at the Jay C Store.

12:58 p.m. Female caller in the 500 block of South 6th Street requested an officer in reference to someone taking down a fence that is on their property line.

1:00 p.m. Female on station with a wallet she found at an ATM at Old National Bank in Bedford. The wallet was picked up by its owner.

1:18 p.m. Female caller from Meadow Moor Way with a dog complaint. She called back later to say she would take the dogs to the Humane Society.

1:22 p.m. Female on station to report fraud.

1:52 p.m. Man in the 1000 block of Tulip Street requested extra patrol because gasoline was stolen from his vehicle the night before.

2:05 p.m. Employee at Dollar General reported a possible theft that occurred earlier in the day.

2:06 p.m. Lockout in the 100 block of Vine Street.

2:30 p.m. Female requested extra patrol in the area of Teke Burton Drive and Orchard Street because of all the recent break-ins.

4:04 p.m. Traffic stop at Teke Burton Drive and Hancock Avenue.

4:59 p.m. Female on station regarding a man who scammed her mother out of $400 for a new roof that never got put up.

5:13 p.m. Female on station with her daughter because her daughter was possibly on drugs.

5:46 p.m. Traffic stop west of the bridge on Doc Hamilton Boulevard.

5:52 p.m. Male caller reported two 8-year-old girls at 9th Street and Highway 60 East and he was afraid they were going to get hit. They were gone when MPD arrived.

6:18 p.m. Employee at the Clark Station reported that a man left his driver’s license behind and didn’t pay for gas.

7:31 p.m. Traffic stop by the Dollar Store.

8:00 p.m. Lockout at the Jay C Store.

8:22 p.m. Female stopped an officer in the 300 block of 6th Street.

8:36 p.m. Vehicle having problems on Meridian Road by Steel Tech.

9:00 p.m. Traffic stop at 8th and Main Streets.

10:09 p.m. Male caller reported a vehicle that had been following him closely for a few miles and using their bright lights.

10:16 p.m. Female caller reported vehicles and juveniles at an abandoned house on Frank Street. MPD spoke with the juveniles who said they were waiting for a friend that lived close by. They were told to leave the residence immediately.

10:39 p.m. Female caller in the 700 block of Mississippi Avenue requested an officer because she found her daughter with an aerosol can. The juvenile later ran away.

November 18, 2011

12:30 a.m. MPD officer out in the 300 block of East Grissom Avenue in reference to a warrant. There was no answer.

1:40 a.m. MPD officer and two Lawrence County units out in the 100 block of Warren Street in reference to a warrant. The person wasn’t home.

2:39 a.m. MPD officer out in the 300 block of East Grissom Avenue in reference to a warrant. One person was arrested and taken to jail although the log did not include his name, in violation of Indiana statute.

4:04 a.m. Alarm company reported an active alarm on an ATM in the 1300 block of Main Street. MPD checked the scene and found no problem.

8:22 a.m. Traffic stop on Main Street in the Jay C parking lot.

8:42 a.m. Female caller requested information.

9:41 a.m. Male caller from the 100 block of Plum Street on station requested to speak with an officer.

10:00 a.m. Female caller reported that she was speaking with a person at Pioneer Creek Lane who requested she call the police because someone was inside the apartment tearing it up.

10:15 a.m. Female on station to pick up a lost item.

10:48 a.m. Traffic stop at 5th and Frank Streets.

11:00 a.m. City bus driver reported a black dog on a leash chasing a person on a moped in the alley between 6th and 7th Streets and Frank Street and Grissom Avenue. The owner came and got the dog.

11:35 a.m. Man on station in reference to repossessing a vehicle at Gasoline Alley.

12:50 p.m. Female caller reporting a problem with a dog at 10th and Lawrence Streets.

2:49 p.m. Female on station regarding a gun permit.

3:23 p.m. Female requested an officer call her.

3:45 p.m. Female caller requested information.

4:04 p.m. Man requested an officer in the 400 block of Oak Street because his neighbor’s sewage was draining into his yard.

4:35 p.m. Several regular and 911 calls reporting an accident on Highway 60 East by 60′s Eastside. MPD took one person to the hospital and obtained a warrant for a blood draw. One person was arrested but the police log did not include their name, in violation of Indiana statute.

4:40 p.m. Male reported that a box containing batteries was open on Meridian Road. CSX was notified and repaired it.

6:10 p.m. Female reported that her nephew is on probation and was at a location in the 300 block of Moffitt Road.

6:24 p.m. Anonymous male caller reported a reckless driver heading north on Highway 37 from McDonald’s in a maroon Ford Mustang.

6:27 p.m. Man in the 700 block of East Grissom Avenue reported his neighbor’s dog was coming to his house and eating his dog’s food.

6:30 p.m. Female caller reported a suspicious person at Hancock Avenue and Highway 37 waving their arms.

6:30 p.m. Male caller reported an accident at 8th and Main Street. One person was transported to the hospital by ambulance.

7:29 p.m. Female caller requested information on a CO₂ alarm.

7:35 p.m. MPD out with five juveniles at 8th and Main Streets.

8:37 p.m. Male reported an accident report had an error and needed to be fixed.

9:20 p.m. Female caller reported an older white van with a blue stripe traveling south on Highway 37 that was all over the roadway and turning their lights on and off.

11:32 p.m. Railroad crossing bars and lights malfunctioning on Meridian Road.