An investigation that started with assisting the Indiana Department of Child Services ended with two Spencer County residents being arrested on multiple drug charges.

Arrested and Charged were:
Mark A. Muth, 49, Dale, IN

– Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony
– Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Level 6 Felony
– Possession of a Legend Drug, Level 6 Felony
– Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, Class A Misdemeanor
– Possession of Paraphernalia, Class A Misdemeanor
 
Amanda D. Cosner, 42, Dale, IN

– Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony
– Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Level 6 Felony
– Possession of Paraphernalia, Class A Misdemeanor

On Tuesday, November 2, Master Trooper Trey Lytton was assisting the Department of Child Services with an ongoing investigation they were conducting. 

Through the investigation, Trooper Lytton obtained a search warrant for a residence at 425 East Vine Street, Apartment D, in Dale, through the Spencer County Circuit Court. 

While serving the search warrant, troopers located methamphetamine, smoking pipes used for drug use, and a Schedule II controlled substance.
 
The tenants of the apartment, 49 year old Mark Muth and 42 year old Amanda Cosner, were placed into custody and charged with the multiple drug offenses. 

Officials with the Indiana DCS removed the children from the residence and placed them into other care.  Muth was on parole through Colorado, and was being monitored by Indiana Parole officials.

Muth and Cosner were lodged without incident in the Spencer County Jail.

A traffic stop this afternoon led to the arrest of two California natives and the seizure of a significant quantity of marijuana.

 
At 1:00 P.M. this afternoon, Master Trooper Brian LaRoche pulled over a 2007 Toyota for speeding along Interstate 64 near the Ferdinand exit.  While conducting the traffic stop, Trooper LaRoche smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, giving him probable cause to conduct a vehicle search.  While searching the vehicle, Trooper LaRoche found a bag containing 1.7 pounds (771 grams) of marijuana.
 
Both the driver, 20 year old Jocelyn Sanchez of Placentia, CA, and the passenger, 21 year old Edwin Echeverria-Barajas of Anaheim, CA, were placed into custody without incident and transported to the Dubois County Security Center.  Trooper LaRoche was assisted by the Ferdinand Police Department.
 
Arrested and Charges:
Jocelyn Sanchez, 20
Placentia, CA
– Possession of Marijuana, Level 6 Felony
 
Edwin Echeverria-Barajas, 21
Anaheim, CA
– Possession of Marijuana, Level 6 Felony

A Linton woman was arrested after police say she dragged her child down a hallway, threw them in a room and removed the door knobs.

No word on how old the child is. 

In jail is 31-year-old Rikki Sharp; charged with battery, resulting in bodily injury, a Level 5 Felony. 

According to police, School Resource Officer Debbie Miller and Department of Child Services caseworker, came to the police station on October 26 with a student who had gone to the school nurse complaining of a back ache.

The child suffered a large red mark with an open wound in the middle of their back along the spine consistent with a rug burn.

The child told police their mother then threw them into their bedroom so hard it caused the student to “wipe out for a few minutes.”

“When asked what wipe out meant, (they) said ‘Like I fainted for a few minutes and woke back up,'” Miller wrote in the probable cause affidavit. 

The child told police they had a hard time sleeping because their back hurt.

Officials say the student didn’t go back to school for two days due to an appointment and their back hurting.

Sharp was then interviewed at the police station and told police on the morning of Oct. 24 her child didn’t want to go to school.

The affidavit states Sharp said the child sat in the middle of the living room floor and then hid behind a recliner.

Sharp told officials she grabbed the child’s feet and then dragged them to their bedroom saying the child fought her the entire way down the hall.

Sharp then said she finally had to lift the child off the floor and set them on their bed. She denied throwing the child.

Sharp told officials the child did miss two days of school due to an appointment and the child’s back hurting.

She told police she had went too far.  “I don’t need anybody to tell me that I went too far, pulling down the hallway,'” she told police.

When asked if she notified the school about the child’s back injury, she told officials she didn’t because it worried her because how officials would look at the situation. 

It’s always nice to have extra hour of sleep on the weekend, and we’re about to get one as we fall back into Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, Nov. 6.

The time change officially takes place at 2 a.m., but you don’t have to spring out of bed and move the big hand on your clock back an hour. The change is automatic for most smartphones, computers, tablets and other digital devices.

If you’re still using an analog alarm clock, you’ll probably want to move it back before you go to sleep on Saturday or when you wake up the next morning.

The end of DST is also a good time to change the batteries and make sure your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are in working order.

When the time falls back an hour means the sun will begin to set before dinner. Sunset this Sunday will be at 4:46 p.m.

This all started when Ben Franklin suggested 232 years ago that towns should employ the use of church bells or cannon blasts, if necessary, to wake citizens at sunrise so they could take full advantage of sunlight.

According to Washington County Treasurer Bob Woodward, fall property taxes are due by Nov. 10.

The office will have these hours:

• THURSDAY, NOV 3, 2016 8:00 A.M. TIL 5:00 P.M.
• FRIDAY, NOV 4, 2016 8:00 A.M. TIL 5:00 P.M.
• MONDAY, NOV 7, 2016 8:00 A.M. TIL 5:00 P.M.
• TUESDAY, NOV 8, 2016-CLOSED FOR ELECTION
• WEDNESDAY, NOV 9, 2016 8:00 A.M. TIL 5:00 P.M.
• THURSDAY NOV 10, 2016 8:00 A.M. TIL 5:00 P.M.

THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN REGULAR HOURS OF MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 A.M. TIL 4:00 P.M. ON DATES NOT LISTED ABOVE

TAXES ARE DUE NOV 10, 2016

CURRENT TAX PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE AT FIRST HARRSON BANK OR LEFT IN THE TREASURER’S DROP BOX LOCATED AT THE SOUTHSIDE COURTHOUSE WINDOW.

The 53rd West Washington Band Turkey Dinner will be held on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 11 am to 2:30 pm at the West Washington High School Cafeteria. 

Ticket Prices are Adult: $10 (advance purchase), $12 (at the door) and Child (10 & under): $6 (advance purchase), $8 (at the door).

To purchase tickets with Debit or Credit Card call 812-755-4996

According to WW Band Director Sam Bortka the menu will include: Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Rolls & Dessert.

There will also be a silent auction.