- The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office graduated sixteen (16) new confinement officers from the Indiana Law Enforcement Basic Jail Officers Course last Friday. Officers from Vanderburgh, Martin, Posey, Spencer, Harrison and Warrick counties completed the Basic Jail Officer’s Course.
In 2006 the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board approved the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office as a regional training site for this forty (40) hour course, which is required of all newly hired jail officers during their first year. The new officers were instructed in subjects such as: ethics, tactical communication, report writing, jail operations, physical security, searches, evidence gathering, booking and admissions, blood borne pathogens, cultural awareness, suicide prevention, mental illness and legal issues.
The regional officers will return to their respective agencies next week in order to continue additional facility specific training. Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office confinement officers will spend the next two weeks attending additional classroom and practical training, which will include topics such as: housing unit supervision, gang identification, defensive and physical tactics, record keeping and practical scenarios. Upon completion of the classroom training, the new confinement officers will be assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO) for an additional ten (10) weeks before being permitted to work alone.
At any given time the Sheriff’s Office houses over 675 inmates within the confines of a 146,500 square foot facility. As an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy accredited provider, the Sheriff’s Office accepts applications from outside agencies to attend the Basic Jail Officers Course at our facility.
Pictured above: Jail Officers Course – Class 2019-156
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VCSO Regional Jail Officers Course Graduates 16 New Officers
COA: Trial court not required to order interest on equalization payment
Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com
A woman arguing interest should accrue on marital asset payments from her former husband failed to sway an appellate panel, which concluded the trial court was not required to include interest when reducing an equalization payment to a judgment.
Itamar Cohen was initially granted more than $2 million of the marital estate in the form of income-producing commercial properties in the dissolution of his marriage to Dina Hasten Cohen. That left Dina with $225,630.21 – far less than the statutory presumption of an equal division of assets.
Thus, the Marion Superior Court ordered Itamar to pay Dina an equalization payment of $922,275, paid at a rate of $6,000 per month for six years. Dina would also receive a balloon payment of roughly $490,000 before that time ran out.
However, Dina noted a catch in the order: Itamar would not be required to pay interest on those payments unless he made an untimely payment. If he missed a payment deadline, interest would begin to accrue.
Dina argued that provision was a mistake, asserting that in failing to include a provision for interest, the trial court’s order failed to take into consideration the time value of money, the risk of non-payment and inflation. Future payments with those factors considered, she argued, would not equal the payments’ current value.
Dina further argued that if a trial court declined to award interest when payments are time-delayed, then it did not truly award an equal share. So, in using an 8 percent interest rate as the discount rate, the current value of the payments awarded to Dina would be less in six years.
Despite noting some mathematical appeal in Dina’s time-value-of-money argument, the Indiana Court of Appeals rejected her assertions in Dina Hasten Cohen v. Itamar Cohen, 18A-DR-2139. The appeals court said it was bound by the Indiana Supreme Court’s holding in Rovai v. Rovai, 912 N.E.2d 374 (Ind. 2009).
In that case, the high court determined “the statute on civil post-judgment interest does not compel interest to run on the various internal elements of dissolution decrees.†Instead, the court held that the dissolution statutes “confer upon trial courts the authority to order interest or not in the course of fashioning a just and reasonable division of property.â€
The appellate panel found the present case was “on all fours with Rovai,†and that contrary to Dina’s claims, the trial court was not required as a matter of law to include an award of interest when it reduced the equalization payment to a judgment.
“Instead, the decision to award interest, or not, was wholly within the discretion of the trial court,†Judge Paul Mathias wrote for the panel, with Chief Judge Nancy Vaidik and Judge Terry Crone concurring. “To the extent that Wife argues that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to award interest under the particular facts of this case, we disagree.â€
The panel further added that Dina’s failure to provide a transcript of the trial court hearings led to the its inability to review any evidence she presented in support of a discretionary award of interest, and that it found no abuse of discretion on the trial court’s end.
“Wife will still receive $6,000 per month, plus a very large balloon payment,†Mathias concluded. “She will be paid in full within six years, and if Husband is late on any of the payments, interest will then accrue. Such an arrangement was well within the equitable discretion of the trial court in dividing the martial estate.â€
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Masber L. Latdrik: Operating a vehicle with an ACE of 0.08 or more (Level 6 Felony)
Chelsea B. Jordan: Possession of cocaine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Demond Antonio Davis: Battery against a public safety official (Level 6 Felony), Battery by bodily waste (Level 6 Felony), Invasion of privacy (Class A misdemeanor)
Jayvontae Deshay Schwartz: Dealing in a narcotic drug (Level 4 Felony), Dealing in a schedule I controlled substance (Level 5 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 5 Felony), Dealing in marijuana (Level 5 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony)
Shaundris Danae Cook: Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony)
Kyro Jerai Haynes: Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony)
Shaina Celeste Covington-Brown: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Invasion of privacy (Class A misdemeanor)
James Christopher McClernon: Failure to register as a sex or violent offender (Level 5 Felony)
Joshua David Venson: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Patti L. Schaefer: Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
Christina Y. Cayce: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility (A infraction)
James Edward Mathis II: Criminal recklessness (Level 6 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)
McNamara honors Highland baseball champions
State Rep. Wendy McNamara (R-Evansville) today welcomed the Highland Baseball Challenger Little League team to the Statehouse to recognize their Little League World Series win.
In 2018, baseball players from the Highland Baseball Club in Evansville traveled to Pennsylvania to compete against players from around the world. The Highland Baseball Club Little League team defeated the Hazelton Little League Challenger team to become the 2018 Little League Challenger Division World Series Champions.
“This league has done a remarkable job making sure all can participate in sports and play on a team,†McNamara said. “Providing this opportunity to local families at no cost is incredible, and I congratulate the team on their great season.
Founded in 1989, the Little League Challenger Division was established for those with physical and intellectual challenges to play baseball in a team environment. The Evansville branch, The Highland Baseball Club Little League, was established in 2014. Currently, there are more than 950 Challenger programs worldwide serving over 30,000 athletes.
“I have never been to a sporting event with more energy and excitement in the air than at a Highland baseball game,†McNamara said. “The supportive, enthusiastic environment created by the players, fans and coaches is truly something to experience.â€
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Obituary For Brenda Murl Grose
BRENDA MURL (WHITE) GROSE
by KOEHLERÂ FUNERALÂ HOME-BOONVILLE
Boonville, IN. – Brenda Murl (White) Grose, 62, of Boonville, Indiana passed away after an extended illness on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at her home.
Brenda was born in Evansville, Indiana on May 14, 1956, to the late Johnny and Wanda (Mart) White.
She is survived by her children, Gary Leach II of Boonville, IN; Dale Atchison of Santa Claus, IN; Teresa (Atchison) Shourds of Rockport, IN; siblings, Linda Smith (Bob) of Evansville, IN; Teresa White (Steve) of Evansville, IN; Chuck White (Tonya) of Richland, IN; several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be held from 1 P.M. until 3 P.M. on Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Richland General Baptist Church in Richland, Indiana.
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Daily Scriptures for the Week
MONDAY
“No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not toGod. And I don’t want you to participate with demons. You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’sTable and at the table of demons, too.â€
â€1 Corinthians â€10:20-21 â€
TUESDAY
“If someone who isn’t a believer asks you home for dinner, accept the invitation ifyou want to. Eat whatever is offered to you without raising questions ofconscience. But suppose someone tells you, “This meat was offered to an idol.†Don’t eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.â€
â€1 Corinthians â€10:27-28 â€
WEDNESDAY
“And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing23,000 of them to die in one day. Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some ofthem did and then died from snakebites.â€
â€1 Corinthians â€10:8-9 â€
THURSDAY
“So, my dear friends, flee from the worship of idols.†1 Corinthians â€10:14â€
FRIDAY
“Think about the people of Israel. Weren’t they united by eating the sacrifices atthe altar?â€
1 Corinthians â€10:18â€
SATURDAY
“No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not toGod. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.â€
â€1 Corinthians â€10:20 â€
SUNDAY
“I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t just do what is best forme; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved. And you shouldimitate me, just as I imitate Christ.â€
â€1 Corinthians â€10:33-34 â€
Submitted to the City-County Observer by Karen Seltzer
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Luke Anthony Hayden: Burglary (Level 5 Felony), Theft (Level 6 Felony)
Cameron M. Fields: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Keenan James McDaniel: Battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)
James Robert Musgrave: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Johnny Wesley Robertson Jr.: Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Tori J. Strange: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Benjamin S. Stewart: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Michael J. Weidner Jr.: Dealing in marijuana (Level 6 Felony)
Hannah Kate Sanford: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Kimberly Ann Sager: Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person with a passenger less than 18 years (Level 6 Felony), Leaving the scene of an accident (Class B misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor)
Joshua Dale Irwin: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Failure to appear (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)
Denise Kaye Conner: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Blaine Alec Trible: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor)
Steven Keith Dale: Operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor)
Gene Wesley Glasgow: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Rex Thomas Abell III: Unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon (Level 4 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor), Public intoxication (Class B misdemeanor)
Lashell Lavonnia Black:Â Conspiracy Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance (Level 5 Felony)
Latonya Racheale Davis:Â Conspiracy Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 2 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance (Level 5 Felony)
Heavenly Ann Macintosh: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility (A Infraction)
Shay Orquon Daniel: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)
Milton Earl Nelson: Criminal trespass (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony)
Ivory A. Johnson: Theft (Level 6 Felony)
James Christopher McClernon: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony)
Christopher Dewayne McKinnon: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)
David Michael Thomason: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Derrick Wayne Hill: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Class C misdemeanor)
Deshaun D. Gibson: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Criminal recklessness (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Leaving the scene of an accident (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Reckless driving (Class B misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility (Class C misdemeanor)
Brandon Dewayne Gage: Intimidation (Level 5 Felony), Attempt Domestic battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor), Interference with the reporting a crime (Class A misdemeanor)
Robert Eugene Welch: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Carrying a handgun without a license (Class A misdemeanor), Carrying a handgun without a license (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Shawn T. Finch: Domestic battery (Level 5 Felony), Criminal confinement (Level 5 Felony), Criminal confinement (Level 5 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)
Christopher James Norman: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony)
William Adam Ross: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 4 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 5 Felony), Carrying a handgun without a license (Class A misdemeanor), Speeding (C Infraction)
Rachel E. Tuley: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony)
Jacob Cook: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Sarah Emily Perkins: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), No valid driver’s license (C infraction)
Krista Hatfield: Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), False informing (Class B misdemeanor)
Aaron Nathaniel Bates: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)
Nathaniel Antonio Eguez: Impersonation of a public servant (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Class A misdemeanor), Disregarding automatic signal (C infraction)
