Capsule Reports - Friday, April 5, 2024

Tax bills coming

Tax bills for Jay County residents were sent out this week and residents should be seeing them soon.

All tax statements are being printed on white paper this year instead of the typical blue, pink and yellow. The change was mandated by the state.

Tax bills can be paid in the treasurer’s office at Jay County Courthouse during regular hours — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. They can also be paid online (jaycounty.net), via the drop box on the south side of the courthouse or at First Bank of Berne or Farmer’s and Merchants Bank.

Due dates this year are May 10 and Nov. 12.

Didn’t stop

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000 after a Redkey woman failed to stop her car at the intersection of Wayne and Votaw streets in Portland, causing an accident about 11:36 a.m. Monday.

Ivy Haffner, 20, told police she was driving her 2014 Chrysler 200 on Wayne Street and was late to work. At the same time, David Clark, 77, was driving his 2004 Ford F-150 west on Votaw Street. He stopped at the intersection and continued west. Haffner didn’t stop at the intersection, instead continuing north and striking Clark’s vehicle, according to a Portland police report.

Clark complained of head pain. Both vehicles were towed.

Turning accident

A Portland woman turned her vehicle into a Tennessee man’s car at the intersection of Elder and Meridian streets about 8 p.m. March 29.

Shirley J. Lehman, 78, was driving her 2016 Jeep Compass west on Elder Street. She began to turn north onto Meridian Street and crossed the center line, according to a Portland police report, and crashed into the passenger side of a 2018 Ford Fusion driven by 63-year-old David W. Howard of Sevierville.

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.

Backing crash

A Georgia truck driver backed into the trailer being delivered by an Ohio truck driver at Priority Plastics in Portland about 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Talwo S. Adegboyega, 63, Fairburn, was backing a 2020 International truck and its attached trailer into a loading dock at the factory, 500 Industrial Drive, when the trailer crashed into a trailer attached to the 2004 Wabash truck 39-year-old John R. Dziengelewski was driving.

The truck Adegboyega was driving is registered to Jones Transportation of College Park, Georgia, and the truck Dziengelewski was driving is registered to Atlas Van Lines of Evansville.

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000.

Passing accident

A Bryant man sideswiped a Portland man’s car while attempting to pass him along county road 300 North about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Brandon K. Hodgson, 41, was driving his 2015 Chevrolet Sonic east on the road near county road 400 East when he began to pass the 1963 Ford Galaxie in front of him. As Hodson passed the vehicle driven by 73-year-old Michael E. McAfee, he swiped the side of his car.

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