Police Beat for November 15th, 2011

A 17-year-old Iuka man has been arrested for alleged aggravated domestic battery. Eric Durham of Thomas Street is accused of choking a female juvenile outside of Salem Community High School Monday morning. Centralia Police have arrested three people for theft of scrap metal from a roll off dumpster in the 300 block of South Elm. 42-year-old Kevin Berry of South Maple was taken to the Marion County Jail on the theft charge as well as for an alleged domestic battery that occurred on October 31st. The two others arrested for the alleged theft, 29-year-old Carrie Jo Berry of South Maple and 48-year-old Tamara Thomas of South Maple, both were released on bond. The three told police they were scavenging dumpsters and thought the metal had been thrown away. The three apologized and put the metal back, but the property owner still wanted to press charges. 37-year-old Michael Sampson of North Walnut in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery for striking Pamela Sheppard. Two others remain in jail on outstanding warrants. 30-year-old Marc Ryan Snyder of South Pruyn in Salem was arrested by the Probation Office and 21-year-old Afton Codi Foster of Woodlawn Mobile Home Park in Centralia was taken into custody by Centralia Police.

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No Injuries Reported When Amtrak Train Hits Disabled Car In Odin

No one was injured when an Amtrak train crashed into a disabled car on the Merritt Street crossing in Odin early Tuesday morning. The driver of the car, Adam Jourdan of Sandoval, saw the train coming and was able to get out of the vehicle. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says both Jourdan and all 150 aboard the train escaped injury. "What we can get from the driver, we believed he ran off the crossing grade, that caused him to blow his passenger front tire. Naturally he wasn't able to back up or go forward either way and was stuck there. He was trying to call 911 when he noticed the train was approaching and exited his vehicle. He was not injured and no one else was injured," Smith said. Smith says the train had just left Centralia and was northbound to Chicago when the crash occurred at 4:25 Tuesday morning. The train was delayed about an hour and a half, but was then allowed to continue on its trip. Odin Firemen provided emergency lighting for police handling the wreck.

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