Deputies make arrest, investigate two mishaps

Henry County Sheriff?s deputies were busy on Saturday, May 14, making an arrest and investigating two vehicle-deer accidents.

Talia Myers, 27, of Swedesburg, was arrested May 14 following a disturbance in the 200 block of James Avenue.

Myers, the sheriff?s report says, was charged with public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor; and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, serious misdemeanors.

The first of the vehicle-deer accidents was reported at 8:15 p.m. on May 14. A 2015 Lexus, driven by Bipinchandra Patel, of Canton, Ill., was traveling east on U.S. Highway 34 when a deer stepped into the roadway near the 229 mile marker. The vehicle sustained disabling damage, estimated at $10,000.

Just over two hours later, the sheriff?s office investigated a car-deer accident near the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and 235th Street. Jeremy Yocum, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra when a deer stepped into the roadway. Damage was estimated at $3,000 to the vehicle, but it was able to be driven from the scene.

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