Terry E. South, 64, at large, landed in the Logan County Jail on a grand theft of a motor vehicle charge after he reportedly stole a 1993 Nissan from a named complainant on Friday, August 15.
After receiving the stolen vehicle report, officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department entered the vehicle into the LEADS system and a BOLO was put out to surrounding counties.
The Marysville Division of Police reported that they located both South and the vehicle in Marysville at 9:46 p.m. Friday and contacted the BPD.
Marysville officers transported South to the Logan/Union county line, where he was taken into custody by the BPD and lodged in the Logan County Jail on the grand theft charge.
The MDP reported they also had the vehicle’s keys and left them with the BPD so the owner could retrieve the vehicle.
Pair charged with domestic violence
A local couple are both facing domestic violence charges after an incident at their home Sunday, August 17, at about 8:04 p.m.
Officers from the Bellefontaine Police Department were dispatched to 248 Shady Lane on the call of a domestic dispute where they found the caller, Victoria J. Gibson, 21, and Carlos Salgado, Jr., 24, both of that address and both of whom had visible injuries. Gibson, who answered the door, had two fresh cuts on the right side of her face and bruises on her throat and was reportedly heavily intoxicated when police arrived.
Police then questioned Salgado, who said that Gibson attacked him after he placed their child in bed, leaving what appeared to be multiple recent fingernail scratches on his chest. Salgado admitted to pushing Gibson, but denied choking her.
Since both Gibson and Salgado had visible injuries, both were placed under arrest on domestic violence charges. Once Gibson arrived at Logan County Jail, she became combative with the corrections staff and had to be replaced in the restraint chair.
Salgado was lodged in jail without incident.
The child was placed under the care of Salgado‘s parents.
At the Logan County Jail, Salgado provided police with a voicemail from Gibson that was made Tuesday, August 12, where Gibson reportedly stated she was sorry for hitting their child with a door. A report of the incident was forwarded to Logan County Children’s Services for further consideration of charges.
OVI arrests reported
Tonya M. Parsley, 58, 417 1/2 N. Detroit St., was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs Friday, August 15, at about 8:19 p.m.
The report indicates the officers saw Parsley driving near the downtown area and, knowing that she did not have a valid driver’s license, initiated a traffic stop.
While explaining the reasons for the stop, officers noticed an odor of alcoholic on Parsley’s breath, and also noted that she was slurring her words. Parsley reportedly admitted to drinking beer and smoking marijuana prior to being stopped.
Parsley failed field sobriety tests before being arrested and taken to the Logan County Jail where she provided a urine sample and was booked on the OVI charge. She was later released to a sober driver.
• James Edward Hughes, 54, whose last known address was 117 W. Brown Ave., Apt. 3, was arrested this weekend after a complaint was filed reporting that Hughes had been entering a property from which he was recently evicted and using the shower and restroom without permission. Officers located Hughes in a car parked in the 100 block of W. Brown Ave. and noted a strong smell of all alcohol from his person.
The report said that Hughes was found in the vehicle, had the keys within his direct reach and that he admitted to drinking several tallboys earlier in the day. He refused to take field sobriety test at the officers’ request and was then placed under arrest. A search of his vehicle revealed 15 empty alcohol/beer cans, and one full container of alcohol in the vehicle’s console.
Hughes was taken to the Bellefontaine Police Department, where he declined to provide a breathalyzer sample before being charged with physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol/drugs and having an open container before being released to a sober driver.
Public intoxication charges filed
Teresa K. Dyer, 51, 107 1/2 S. Madriver St. 51 was arrested Sunday, Aug. 17, at about 4:55 PM after she reportedly wandered into the lobby at Belle Springs, 220 School St., and was acting erratically.
Police were notified and found Dyer sitting in a chair by the front desk. On questioning, they found her speech to be slurred and altered. The report states that while questioning Dyer, she continued to act unpredictably, alternating from being withdrawn to bouts of hysteria.
Bellefontaine EMS was called to the scene, but Dyer reportedly became combative as they were conducting their assessment and she refused treatment. Offices report that Dyer’s mood continued to fluctuate wildly after EMS personnel left the scene and they were able to escort her out of the building before she could do herself or anyone else harm.
Once outside, Dyer was placed under arrest. She reportedly passed out in the cruiser during the approximately three minute drive from Belle Springs to the Logan County Jail.
Dyer was charged with public intoxication and on investigation, it was learned that Dyer had been charged with OVI in Marysville three days prior to her arrest in Bellefontaine.
Police found Dyer‘s vehicle in the parking lot at Belle Springs and it was towed from the scene.
• Virgil A. Hinkle, 62, at large, was booked on a charge of public intoxication on Sunday, August 17 about 8:13 p.m. Officers observed Hinkle walking in the southbound lane of the 400 block of S. Main St., and was almost struck by a car.
While police questioned him, Hinkle appeared to be heavily intoxicated at which time he was arrested and taken to Logan County Jail. There police confirmed that Hinkle recently pleaded guilty to three disorderly conduct charges, and also has another pending case for disorderly conduct, elevating his charge Sunday to a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
After he was lodged in Logan County Jail, a copy of the report to Sunday’s arrest was forwarded to the Bellefontaine Municipal Court Prosecutor’s Office.
• Elizabeth Black-Evilsizor, 32, 817 Heritage Court, Apt. 71, was arrested following a traffic stop Friday, Aug. 15, at 6:48 p.m.
Officers spotted Black-Evilsizor driving southbound on Rush Avenue, and knowing that she had her driving privileges suspended, initiated the traffic stop when she turned onto Palmer Ave.
Black-Evilsizor was booked for driving under an OVI suspension, and after contacting her probation officer, was also charged with a probation violation before being lodged in the in the Logan County Jail.
Also arrested by the BPD on failure to appear warrants this past weekend were Alexis A. Herzog, 21, of Lakeview, and Randall L. Lourance, 40, at large.
