Roxi is a 4-year-old female New Zealand rabbit. Her caramelly fur is very soft and she’s done well with being handled while here at the shelter! She’d make a great bun for just about anyone. She’s already spayed and ready to go home today for $40. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 for details!
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Glenn Tyler Tenbarge: Burglary (Level 3 Felony), Attempt Robbery resulting in bodily injury (Level 3 Felony), Burglary (Level 4 Felony), Attempt Robbery (Level 5 Felony), Residential entry (Level 6 Felony), Theft (Level 6 Felony), Theft (Level 6 Felony), Theft (Level 6 Felony), Theft (Level 6 Felony), Battery resulting in bodily injury (Class A misdemeanor), Residential entry (Level 6 Felony)
Nathaniel Wayne Leach: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Geoffrey G. Malone: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)
Austen Scott Roten: Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Dealing in a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor)
9-24-18 Police Merit Commission Agenda
EVANSVILLE POLICE MERIT COMMISSION
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, September 24, 2018
4:00 p.m. Room 307, Civic Center Complex
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 Spokesman For GOP On Kavanaugh Nomination Resigns; Has Been Accused Of Harassment In The Past
WASHINGTON — A press adviser helping lead the Senate Judiciary Committee’s response to a sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has stepped down amid evidence he was fired from a previous political job in part because of a sexual harassment allegation against him.
Garrett Ventry, 29, who served as a communications aide to the committee chaired by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, had been helping coordinate the majority party’s messaging in the wake of Christine Blasey Ford’s claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her 36 years ago at a high school party. In a response to NBC News, Ventry denied any past “allegations of misconduct.”
Ventry also resigned Saturday from the public relations company where he had been on a temporary leave of absence to work for the Judiciary Committee, a company spokesman told NBC News.
Republicans familiar with the situation had been concerned that Ventry, because of his history, could not lead an effective communications response.
Ventry worked as a social media adviser in 2017 in the office of North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell, who fired Ventry after several months.
“Mr. Ventry did work in my office and he’s no longer there, he moved on,†Bell told NBC News. He refused to discuss the precise nature of the firing.
Ventry did not answer questions about the circumstances of his departure but said, “I deny allegations of misconduct.” He also forwarded a letter of resignation he said he sent to Bell, giving two weeks notice. “Thank you for the opportunity to serve on the staff of the North Carolina House Majority leader at the North Carolina General Assembly,” it read.
Sources familiar with the situation said Ventry was let go from Bell’s office after parts of his résumé were found to have been embellished, and because he faced an accusation of sexual harassment from a female employee of the North Carolina General Assembly’s Republican staff.
Ventry’s termination was described to NBC News as unusually swift for an office with a little overall turnover.
NBC News has attempted to contact the woman whom Ventry allegedly harassed, but she has not replied.
Two sources told NBC News that Ventry had listed on his resume a paid position with Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign in North Carolina in 2016 when in reality he had only served as a volunteer.
On his public LinkedIn.com page, Ventry lists no previous employers or experience. One source familiar with the matter said Ventry was, indeed, an unpaid volunteer for the Rubio campaign and that he had falsely claimed he was part of the campaign’s digital team when he was not.
“Chairman Grassley has led a very transparent process,†Ventry told Fox News on Wednesday, saying the committee was intent on providing a “comfortable setting†for Ford to come forward and testify.
It’s unclear how Ventry was tasked with the important role of helping guide the committee’s communications strategy at such a consequential moment.
While doing work for the Judiciary Committee, Ventry was employed by CRC Public Relations, a prominent GOP firm helping to promote Kavanaugh’s nomination to the high court.
CRC counts among its clients the Federalist Society, the conservative group that President Donald Trump used to select his pick for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement.
Politico reported Friday that CRC was behind conservative activist Ed Whelan’s suggestion that he had evidence that a classmate of Kavanaugh had been the perpetrator of the attack on Blasey Ford.
After tweeting and posting photographs and Google maps implicating Kavanaugh’s classmate, Whelan faced considerable backlash, including a statement from Blasey Ford herself saying there was “zero chance†she would confuse the two men. Whelan was forced to apologize.
University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer junior midfielder Sean Rickey (Columbia, Illinois) scored twice to lead the Screaming Eagles to a 2-0 victory over Missouri University of Science & Technology Friday evening in Rolla, Missouri. The Eagles see their record go to 4-1-1 overall and 2-0-1 GLVC, while the Miners go to 0-6-0, 0-3-0 GLVC.
USI got on the board early when Rickey scored to give the Eagles a 1-0 advantage. Rickey found the back of the net for this team-high fourth of the season off a free kick at 14:00.
The Miners would outshoot the Eagles, 9-4 in the opening half, but USI would hold onto the 1-0 margin through the intermission.
The Eagles and the Miners battle back-and-forth for a majority of the second half with neither team getting the advantage. Rickey would strike again at 80:23 when he scored off his own rebound of his penalty kick after the Eagles were fouled in the box.
Eagles’ sophomore goalkeeper Justin Faas (Carmel, Indiana) led the USI defense and got his second shutout of the season. Faas, who is 4-1-1 in his first season as the starter, faced 13 total shots and had to make four saves in the win.
USI returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field Sunday at 2:30 p.m. when it hosts Bellarmine University to begin a two-match homestand. The Eagles lead the Knights all-time, 24-14-2, since the beginning of the series with the start the USI men’s soccer program and the GLVC in 1979.
Bellarmine saw its record go to 2-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the GLVC after falling 1-0 to McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, this evening.
The conclusion of the two-match homestand is September 28 when the University of Illinois Springfield visits the Eagles. USI leads the all-time series with the Prairie Stars, 9-4-1, since Illinois Springfield joined the GLVC in 2009.
The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team fought Missouri University of Science & Technology to a 0-0 double overtime draw Friday evening in Rolla, Missouri. USI goes to 2-3-2 overall and 1-1-1 in the GLVC, while Missouri S&T sees its record go to 1-4-1, 0-2-1 GLVC.
USI and Missouri S&T were nearly identical in every statistical category, including the 0-0 score. The Eagles led 16-15 in shots overall, while the Miner had the advantage 7-5 in shots on-goal and 6-3 in corner kicks.
USI senior goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) recorded her first shutout of the season, making saves on all seven of the Miners’ shots on-goal. The shutout also was the 13th of her career.
The Eagles return to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field Sunday at noon when they host Bellarmine University to begin a two-match homestand and for the annual “Kick for Cure” match to promote the fight against breast cancer. The Knights lead the Eagles all-time series, 13-6-5, since the creation of the USI women’s soccer program in 1996.
Bellarmine saw its record go to 4-2-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the GLVC after defeating McKendree University, 1-0, in Lebanon, Illinois, this evening.
The conclusion of the two-match homestand is September 28 when the University of Illinois Springfield visits the Eagles. USI leads the all-time series with the Prairie Stars, 7-0-2, since Illinois Springfield joined the GLVC in 2009.
After falling in a 1-0 hole, the University of Evansville volleyball team rallied, but in the end, fell just short against Loyola, dropping a 5-set match to the Ramblers in Friday’s Missouri Valley Conference opener at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
Rachel Tam led all players with 22 kills while Mildrelis Rodriguez was just behind with 17. Alondra Vazuqez added 11 for the Purple Aces (6-8, 0-1 MVC). Elena Redmond had a stellar day with four service aces while Allana McInnis posted 51 assists and Olivia Goldstein chipped in 18 digs. Loyola (9-4, 1-0 MVC) saw Elle Van Grinsven lead the way with 21 kills.
Loyola set an early tone, taking a 3-1 lead before a Tam kill tied it up at 3-3. The Ramblers posted five of the next six to go up 9-4. After UE scored a pair, Loyola put the set out of reach, recording eight in a row before going on to a 25-14 win.
UE fell into another early hole in the second set as Loyola jumped out to a 9-2 advantage. After the Ramblers extended the edge to 11-3, the Aces made a run as a double block by Joselyn Coronel and Mildrelis Rodriguez got UE back within five at 13-8. The Aces continued to battle back as Tam’s sixth kill of the evening cut the deficit to one – 17-16. In the next ball, Rocio Fortuny and Kerra Cornist recorded a double block to tie the game.
Loyola retook a 20-18 lead, but Evansville came back with a Rodriguez kill to knot the score once again at 20-20 before a Cornist kill put the Aces in front. With the game tied at 23-23, a Rodriguez kill put the Aces back in front before an Allana McInnis service ace gave UE the set, 25-23.
Evansville rebounded from another early hole in the third game. After Loyola jumped out to a 5-2 lead, the Aces rallied back with nine in a row to take an 11-5 advantage. Elena Redmond had back-to-back service aces in the rally. UE continued to add to its lead, going up 15-7 as Alondra Vazquez notched an ace of her own. Loyola chipped away at their deficit, getting within three points at 21-18, but two more kills by Rodriguez pushed the lead back to five – 23-18. UE picked up a 2-1 match lead as they finished off with the 25-20 win.
Game four saw Loyola hold off each UE rally in the early going, pushing their lead to 8-5 before a pair of Tam kills cut the LUC lead to one – 10-9. Elena Redmond added two more aces to give Evansville a 13-12 lead. The Ramblers pushed right back, scoring the next five before pulling away to tie the match at 2-2 with a 25-17 triumph.
The Ramblers scored the first three points in game five before Tam got UE on the board with her 19th kill of the night got the Aces on the board. Loyola pushed its lead out to 6-2 before the Aces scored a pair to get within two at 6-4. After Loyola pushed its advantage back to four, UE rallied once again with to make it a 10-8 game. From there, the Ramblers hung on to clinch the 5-set win with a 15-11 decision in game five.
