Ferdinand Police Department
Arrested for domestic battery, neglect of a dependent
At approximately 1:30 p.m. last Friday, officers from the Ferdinand Police Department were dispatched to the 600 block of E. 22nd Street in reference to a tip. After an investigation, 20-year-old Marlena Peters was arrested on charges of Neglect of a Dependent and Domestic Battery. She was lodged in the Dubois County Security Center.
Jasper Police Department
Moped driver injured in accident
Brandon Chamberlain, 30, of Jasper, was traveling on his 2014 Moped on Northwood Avenue when, he later told police, he crashed due to rocks in the roadway. Chamberlain suffered a laceration to his head but refused EMS treatment and instead went to Memorial Hospital by private vehicle. Total damage to the moped in the December 10, 5:26 p.m. accident was estimated at around $50.
OWI arrest
Jasper Police received a call in reference to a possibly intoxicated driver last Wednesday, December 9. Officers located the 1984 Chevy truck and observed the driver failing to signal a turn, driving left of center and onto a curb. Officers conducted a traffic stop, during which the driver was identified as 43-year-old Michael Sullivan of Jasper. Further investigation determined Sullivan was intoxicated. Due to the results of the field sobriety test officers conducted, Sullivan was offered a chemical test, which he allegedly refused. Sullivan was then transported to Memorial Hospital, where a warrant was granted and Sullivan submitted to a chemical test that showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.158. Sullivan was charged with operating while intoxicated with a BAC of 0.15 or more; he was booked into the Security Center.
