The Zac Brown Band has announced a new tour, The Owl Tour, and they’ve got a date at Bridgestone Arena in March! Don’t miss your opportunity to step into a pair of jeans that fit just right and hit the town to see Zac Brown live!
Softball Drops 3-1 Decision In Season Opener
Aces Back In Action Tonight Against DePaul
 Morgan Florey racked up 10 strikeouts in four innings of work, but Purdue Fort Wayne responded with three runs in the fifth and sixth innings to earn a 3-1 win over the University of Evansville softball team on Friday morning.
Florey tossed four innings and gave up two earned runs on three hits while fanning ten batters. Evansville notched six hits in the game. Eryn Gould went 1-for-3 with a home run while Katie McLean recorded a hit while drawing two of the Aces’ three walks on the day.
Purdue Fort Wayne scored their three runs on eight hits with Morganne Denny going 2-for-4 with an RBI in the contest.
The Purple Aces picked up a quick 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Eryn Gould drilled a 1-out solo home run to left field. Evansville threatened again in the third inning when Mackenzie McFeron reached on a 1-out single, but the Mastodons got out of the jam with a pair of pickoffs.
In the top of the fifth inning, Purdue Fort Wayne put their first two runners on base and saw both crosses the plate as they took a 2-1 lead. They added an insurance run in the top of the 6th.
UE made another run in the seventh when McLean singled to right before Bailee Bostic notched a single of her own. With the Aces threatening, the Mastodons were able to get the final outs on a fielder’s choice and a line out to clinch the win.
Next up for the Aces is a 7 p.m. contest against DePaul.
Governor Eric Holcomb Directs Flags To Be Flown at Half-Staff
Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff to honor former U.S. Representative John David Dingell, Jr., the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
Flags should be flown at half-staff from now until sunset Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.
Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents across the state to lower their flags to half-staff to honor him.
New bill would prevent violent criminals from changing names
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To protect Hoosiers, I co-authored a proposal for a new law that would ensure serious convicted felons are not able to legally change their names to hide their identities. This is especially important as statistics show sex offenders are often repeat criminals.
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Under current law, offenders sentenced to a DOC facility prior to 1998 can petition for a name change. This could include those convicted of murder, rape, sexual battery, kidnapping, human trafficking and other heinous crimes.
Victims, families and the community should have the opportunity to track these offenders by their legal names or locate them on available registries.
While violent criminals can change their appearance, residence and job – changing their legal name goes too far.
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Men’s basketball takes on SIU on Saturday in Carbondale
Aces and Salukis meet up at 7 p.m.
On Saturday evening, the University of Evansville men’s basketball team is back on the road to face Southern Illinois in a 7 p.m. game inside SIU Arena in Carbondale
– The game will be available on ESPN3 and the Purple Aces Radio Network presented by Learfield
Setting the Scene
– The game will mark the first meeting of the season between the teams; they will complete the season series at the Ford Center on February 27 in UE’s final home game of the season
– Evansville has won four of the last five road games against the Salukis; the only loss in that span came last season when UE dropped a 65-63 decision
Last Time Out
– Indiana State jumped out to an 8-1 lead on Wednesday and never trailed as they defeated the Purple Aces by an 85-62 final in Terre Haute
– Dainius Chatkevicius tied his career mark with 12 points; he also posted 12 in last season’s game at Duke
– K.J. Riley had 11 points while going 5-for-6 from the line while Marty Hill scored 10
Takeaways from Indiana State
– Despite the loss, the Aces were able to take some positives away from the game; for the third contest in a row, UE finished with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio as a team, posting 11 assists and 9 turnovers
– Evansville battled to the finish against ISU, being outscored by just one (46-45) in the second half
– Walk-ons Devan Straub and Jared Chestnut made late contributions; Straub connected on the second triple of his career while Chestnut notched his first assist
Putting it together
– Marty Hill has recorded at least nine points in 11 consecutive games including a 10-point outing at Indiana State
– He has connected on at least one 3-pointer in 13 of the last 14 contests
– Hill has been on fire from outside, hitting 26 of his last 66 attempts from long range in the last 13 games
– In the home win over Drake, Hill scored 24 points while hitting five out of seven 3-pointers in 39 minutes; it was his top effort at UE, surpassing his 16-point outing at Arkansas State
Scouting the Opponent
– Southern Illinois comes into the first meeting of the season against the Purple Aces with an even 12-12 mark
– On Wednesday, the Salukis dropped a 65-59 game at Missouri State to fall to 5-6 in MVC play, but are 3-2 in their last five games
– Armon Fletcher is one of five double figure scorers for SIU and leads the way with 14.4 points per game; he is also their top rebounder with 5.5 per contest
– Just behind Fletcher are Kavion Pippen and Aaron Cook, who average 11.9 and 11.2 PPG, respectively
Medicaid thief loses appeal of ‘vulnerable victim’ convictions
Katie Stancombe for www.theindianalawyer.com
A woman who defrauded a technology illiterate physician out of more than $80,000 lost her appeal Thursday when the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the woman took advantage of the doctor’s “remarkable” computer illiteracy for personal financial gain.
In January 2015, Dr. Farzana Khan hired Anastacia Vann Maclin to handle the business component of her medical practice, Iliana Psychiatric Associates. A few months after her hire, Maclin used Khan’s username and password to log into the Medicaid system and redirect Iliana’s Medicaid reimbursements from Khan’s business account to Maclin’s personal bank account. Maclin also changed the reimbursement method from paper checks to electronic fund transfers.
Maclin further enrolled Iliana in Medicaid’s electronic incentive program without Khan’s knowledge or permission, causing a one-time bonus of $21,250 intended for health care providers who digitized their paperwork to be deposited in Maclin’s personal account. In total, Maclin stole more than $80,000 from Khan between April 2015 and July 2016.
Upon discovering the missing funds, Khan fired Maclin and filed a police report. A grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Maclin for stealing Medicaid reimbursements and the incentive check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 669.
Before trial, the district court granted Maclin’s motion in limine to preclude witnesses from mentioning that Khan had an adult child with severe autism. Thus, when a prospective juror stated she knew Khan and knew the doctor had a “home for autism,†the juror was excused. But Maclin filed a motion for mistrial claiming the statement was prejudicial in light of the ruling on the motion in limine. Her motion was denied.
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Maclin was found guilty of both counts, and her second motion for mistrial was denied when the court found the prospective juror’s fleeting statement could not have produced prejudicial sympathy. Maclin also received a sentencing enhancement because Khan was a “vulnerable victim†on the basis of her computer illiteracy. Khan testified Maclin knew the doctor did not understand how to use a computer, did not bank electronically, did not send her own emails and did not even use ATMs.
The court also noted Maclin was still paying restitution for a prior offense in which she did “basically, the same thing to another physician.†Thus, she was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment.
In its affirmation of the district court’s decision, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals first found the prospective juror’s statement did not implicate Maclin’s guilt and was entirely unrelated to the crimes Maclin was charged with. It further found in United States of America v. Anastacia V. Maclin, 18-2158, that the vulnerable victim enhancement was supported by the fact that Khan was remarkably computer illiterate, to the point that she totally entrusted the business aspect of her practice to Maclin.
“Maclin used that knowledge to defraud Dr. Khan using the electronic billing system,†Judge William J. Bauer wrote. “The district court noted that Dr. Khan was intelligent, and that it was a ‘close call’ but concluded that ‘literally — in 15 years, I have never seen somebody so technologically unsophisticated as this victim to the point where she literally has never used e-mail even. She doesn’t have the ability to check her accounts.’â€
The 7th Circuit Court additionally found that Maclin’s enhanced sentence was not inappropriate considering the gravity of the case and “considering Maclin stole a substantial sum of money from Dr. Khan while still paying restitution for an almost identical crime.â€
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