BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS

A Bloomington man was arrested early Sunday after two women told police officers that he groped them.\nTrevor L. Richardson, 21, faces preliminary charges of sexual battery, Bloomington Police Department Det. Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victims told officers they were walking on Eighth Street and Indiana Avenue when they were inappropriately touched by the man. The two women called the police and described the suspect to officers. An officer in the area located a suspect that matched the description at Eighth and Lincoln streets, Canada said. \nThe suspect said he accidentally bumped into the two women and said he may have touched one of them. The victims confirmed to officers that the suspect in custody was the man who grabbed them, Canada said.\nRichardson was taken to the Monroe County Jail. \nBeating with blunt object lands local man in hospital\nA Bloomington resident was arrested Monday morning after he allegedly struck a man several times in the head.\nMichael Jones , 46, was found in an alley between Fifth and Sixth streets after fleeing from a fight that started in front of the Shalom Community Center, located at 219 E. 4th St. , Canada said.\nBPD Sgt. Scott Oldham found the victim of the assault unconscious when he arrived at the scene. After BPD Det. Robert Shrake arrived, the victim was conscious but vomiting, Canada said. Because of the injuries the victim sustained, officers said they suspected a weapon was used.\nThe victim told officers that he could not remember anything about the fight.\nWhen officers located Jones, he told them he hit the victim three times but denied using a weapon. Witnesses told officers that Jones struck the victim in the head with an object resembling a bat or an axe handle, Canada said.\nThe victim was taken to the Bloomington Hospital for \ninjuries.\nJones was transported to the Monroe County Jail and is being held on a $5,000 bond.\nLawrence County man faces drug, fraud charges\nA Bedford man was arrested Monday afternoon after trying to obtain prescription pain killers from the Bloomington Hospital.\nNathan Baker, 25, was arrested on multiple charges after he gave a fake name in an attempt to get prescription drugs for his alleged back pain, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said. \nAccording to police reports, Baker went to Bloomington Hospital and requested pain killers. He told hospital employees that his name was Randy Baker but accidentally signed his real name on the paperwork.\nWhen BPD Officer John Colemen arrived, he reviewed the hospital security tape and ran the license plates from Baker’s car.\nAfter Coleman ran the plates and learned the car was stolen, Baker told him a girl had dropped him off at the hospital and he didn’t know the car was stolen.\nBaker was arrested for possession of stolen property, attempting to obtain a prescription drug by fraud and for an outstanding warrant from Martin County for resisting law enforcement. He had allegedly also attempted to obtain painkillers from an unspecified Bedford hospital in the past, Canada said.