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A former Hamilton County magistrate who lost his job after he was caught in a drug sting is now in jail, Indiana State Police said Friday.
William Greenaway, 50, Noblesville, was released about noon Friday from Community North Hospital in Indianapolis Friday and later taken to the Hamilton County Jail where he was booked on charges of possession of methamphetamine, resisting law enforcement and obstruction of justice. A special judge from Tipton County had ordered the former magistrate to be booked into jail immediately upon release from the hospital.
By 5 p.m., Greenaway had been released from jail on his own recognizance, according to online records.
Greenaway has been accused of buying meth from an undercover police informant, attempting to conceal the plastic bag of drugs from authorities by swallowing it and biting a detective who tried to pry his mouth open to retrieve the evidence, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by News 8.