From Local Sources



JASPER — An allegedly impaired Florida man who told police he did not remember anything after leaving JR’s Bar is charged with stealing a Bobcat front loader and causing $9,800 in damage early Thursday.



The Jasper Police Department was contacted at 2:06 a.m. regarding a man driving a Bobcat front loader down Second Street from Clay Street, knocking down street signs and hitting light poles.



Upon getting to the area, police located the Bobcat outside the Memorial Hospital clinic at 695 W. Second St. It had been used to break the glass door on the east side of the building to force entry.



Jasper officers, Dubois County Sheriff’s Department deputies and an Indiana State Police trooper entered and located Korey D. Groover, 29, of Davenport, Fla., laying on the floor inside a suite of offices.



Groover was taken into custody without incident and, when asked why he stole the Bobcat, replied he was really drunk and did not recall anything after leaving the 23 S. Clay St. bar.



Police said Groover’s blood alcohol content tested .18 percent, he had marijuana in his system and a syringe in one of his pockets. The keys to the Bobcat were also in a pocket.



Authorities booked Groover into the Dubois County Security Center on a Level 5 felony count of burglary, Level 6 felony counts of theft and illegal possession of a syringe, and misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and operating while intoxicated.



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