By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

VERMILLION COUNTY  -- A Terre Haute man was arrested in Vermillion County when police found him passed out in a ditch following an alleged drunken vandalizing spree Friday night.

Ricky D. Higgins Jr., 33, was taken into custody on SR 71 in Dana around 10:30 p.m and booked into the Vermillion County Jail. He is charged with criminal mischief, public intoxication and resisting law enforcement  -- all misdemeanors.

Once officers found Higgins in the ditch, he allegedly made verbal threats to them. He also tried to flee the scene on foot, according to the report. 

The suspect displayed additional signs of intoxication. In fact, a portable breath test showed he had a .17 percent BAC. 

According to the Vermillion County Sheriff's Office, Higgins left a trail of destruction around Dana prior to the arrest. 

​Officers initially responded to a report of an intoxicated male causing damage to a local restaurant. The suspect allegedly threw a large rock at the building. He proceeded to overturn a picnic table before allegedly throwing a brick at an employee's vehicle and shattering the windshield. He left the scene prior to officers' arrival.

Deputy Joe Wilson also reported finding broken windows at another building in the area and a road sign and sand bag in the middle of the highway.

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Assisting Officers: Deputies Hawkins, Miller Jr. and Dana Town Marshall Maclaren

UPDATE: The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office reports the missing teen has been located and is safe. The man she was found with in Illinois has been taken into custody for a no contact order violation.
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By Lucy Perry 
Indiana Central News

SULLIVAN COUNTY - Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a missing teen from Sullivan County.

Ana Pinkston, 16,  of Farmersburg, was last seen leaving her grandparents' house Friday around 4 p.m. 

Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom said a witness reported seeing the girl get into a white Range Rover SUV., with her boyfriend, Collin Kelty, 21, of Terre Haute.  Pinkston‘s grandparents filed a runaway/missing person report a short time later. 

Investigation revealed they possibly have since traveled outside of the immediate area.

"Police received information that the pair possibly left the Sullivan/ Vigo County area Friday evening," Cottom said.
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If anyone knows the whereabouts of Ana Pinkstorn or Collin Kelty they are encouraged to call the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office at 812-268-4308 or call 911.