Published: March 16, 2008 10:04 pm            

Police reports - Monday, March 17, 2008

Jail visitation suspended

Visitation privileges for the 59 Howard County Jail inmates in Unit 2 of the general population were canceled until further notice Sunday as a result of an unlawful smoking incident.

Tobacco was smuggled in to a number of inmates, Jail Commander Harold R. Vincent said.

“(In a facility meant to) keep people in and other people out, a fire could be devastating,” Vincent said.

The incident is currently under investigation. Vincent said he anticipates lifting the sanctions by Thursday or Friday. He will notify the public as to when visitation is reinstated via media outlets.

Howard County

Arrests

Thursday, 8:16 p.m., police arrested Jeffrey W. Culp, 37, 1600 block of Alto Road, at that residence, on a Tippecanoe County body attachment warrant.

Thursday, 8:42 p.m., police arrested Patricia J. Shanks, 48, 1300 block of Kassi Court, at St. Joseph Hospital, 1907 W. Sycamore St., on a warrant for failure to appear.

Thursday, 9:43 p.m., police arrested Nicholas D. Houston, 26, 1000 block of East Mulberry Street, at Courtland Avenue and King Street, on a charge of driving while suspended.

Friday, 12:19 a.m., police arrested a 17-year-old male at the Kokomo Police Department, on charges of domestic violence battery and strangulation.

        

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