Capsule Reports - Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023

Recycling set

Jay County Solid Waste Management District will have recycling trailers available Saturday. Trailers will be open from 9 a.m. to noon in the shopping center at 220 Lincoln St., Portland, and Dunkirk City Park.

The solid waste district also issued a reminder this week that strands of Christmas lights can be recycled at its office, 5948 W. Indiana 67, or Jay County REMC, 484 S. 200 West.

Passing accident

A Portland man crashed his vehicle into a Montpelier woman’s car after he tried to pass her at the intersection of U.S. 27 and county road 300 North about 2:40 p.m. Friday.

Ruben Gutierrez II, 21, was driving his 2010 Chevrolet Malibu north on the highway when he started to pass a 2015 Ford Edge stopped in the northbound lane. Breanna E. Penrod, 25, was driving the Ford Edge and getting ready to turn west with her turn signal on, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. As she turned, Gutierrez struck her vehicle.

Damage is estimated between $10,000 and $25,000, and Penrod’s vehicle was towed.

Show scheduled

Delta Theta Tau is holding its annual craft show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Jay County Junior/Senior High School.

Admission is $3. Those 12 and younger will be admitted free.

Backing crash

A Portland man backed his car into a Portland woman’s vehicle in the Low Bob’s Tobacco parking lot about noon Friday.

Trevor Ingram, 24, Portland, was backing his 2008 Ford Fusion out of the parking lot at 597 N. Meridian St. and failed to see the 2016 Buick Cascada, driven by 76-year-old Janice Stoner, behind him. Stoner told police she was driving south when Ingram backed into her car.

Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.