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Man arrested after 2 hit-and-runs in 1 minute

Witness helps BPD nab suspect

Bloomington Police arrested a man Thursday night suspected of causing two hit-and-run accidents within just one minute.\nAccording to the police report, Jordan M. Harris was turning right on 16th Street from Woodburn Avenue when he struck a parked vehicle at 6:30 p.m. The report states Harris fled the scene of that accident, heading west on 15th Street, where he allegedly ran a stop sign and hit another car at 6:31 p.m.\nA witness to both accidents followed Harris to his residence on the 1200 block of North Maple Street, the report said, and called police. Police found a silver 1988 Buick Century parked there with extensive front end damage and arrested Harris on two counts of preliminary charges of leaving the scene of an accident, according to the report. \n

Man arrested for blowing mucus from nose at officer

\nA man was arrested on the charge of attempted battery with a bodily fluid after he blew mucus from his nose at an officer, according to police reports. \nBPD officers were called for a trespassing complaint at 1:24 a.m. Saturday on the 400 block of West Fourth Street. There, officers approached Tracy K. Winter, 21, who appeared to have been drinking and bleeding, according to the report. Winter did not cooperate with officers, the report said, and was arrested when he refused to take dexterity tests. \nPolice transported Winter to the hospital, where the report states he tried to blow mucus from his nose onto officers. He was later taken to Monroe County Jail where the report said he continued to spit until a spit hood was placed over his mouth.\nWinter faces preliminary charges of public intoxication and attempted battery with a bodily fluid, a class D felony.

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