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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Bryan Douglas Schini: Domestic battery by bodily waste (Level 5 Felony)
Dana Dee Smith: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 5 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
Dennis Andrew Russell: Criminal confinement (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor)
Michael Wayne Chinn Jr.: Domestic battery resulting in bodily injury to a person less than 14 years of age (Level 5 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony)
Derrick Lynn Skinner: Failure to register as a sex or violent offender (Level 6 Felony)
Nathan James Ray: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony), Neglect of a dependent (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Class A misdemeanor), Harassment (Class B misdemeanor), Child restraint system violation (Class D infraction)
Zachary Ty Wilhite: Criminal confinement (Level 6 Felony), Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
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USI PRESTON VAN WINKLE WINS HONORS
University of Southern Indiana Men’s Golf senior Preston Van Winkle (Santa Claus, Indiana) has been named to the Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV At-Large team in a vote by the NCAA Division II sports information directors in the Midwest Region.
A three-time Academic All-GLVC honoree, Van Winkle becomes the first-ever USI Men’s Golfer to earn Academic All-District honors and advances to the ballot for Academic All-America consideration.
Sports in the at-large program consist of bowling, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing, swimming, tennis, men’s volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.
Van Winkle, who compiled a 3.565 GPA in sports management, earned All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors for the first time in his career after tying for fourth at the GLVC Championships with a five-over par 221. He shot a two-under 70 in the final round of the tournament, which tied for his season-low round.
On the year, Van Winkle averaged a career and team-best 75.88 strokes per round. He also had his career-best finish this season, tying for first at the UIS Spring Invitational, which also earned him GLVC Golfer of the Week accolades.
Death of a Pedestrian struck by a Vehicle on I69
The Vanderburgh County Coroners Office and the Vanderburgh County Sheriffs Office are investigating the death of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on I69 near Green River Rd. The victim was taken to St. Vincent Hospital where he subsequently died from his injuries at  05:56 hrs this date. The accident occurred at approximately 03:11 hrs. today and is being investigated by the Vanderburgh County Sheriffs Office.
Deceased:Sean Whitehead, age 23, of Princeton, IN.
Eagles continue to advance with 11-3 win
The University of Southern Indiana baseball team continued to advance in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional with an 11-3 victory over Ashland University at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois. USI, the seventh seed, watched its record go to 34-21 overall, while Ashland, the sixth seed, ends game with a 33-21 mark.
The Eagles, with the win, advance to play the top-seeded and sixth-ranked University of Illinois Springfield 7 p.m. Saturday. The winner of the Saturday’s 7 p.m. contest advances automatically to “Championship Monday.”
After spotting Ashland a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, USI senior rightfielder Buddy Johnson (Shelbyville, Indiana) quickly knotted the score, 1-1, in the bottom half of the frame with his second home run of the season. Junior leftfielder Spenser Deom (Tell City, Indiana) gave the Eagles their first lead of the game three hitters later with a RBI-single to score senior third baseman Sam Griggs (Evansville, Indiana).
The score would remain tied, 2-2, until the bottom of the sixth when USI exploded for five runs. Griggs started the rally by knocking in junior second baseman Jacob Fleming (Evansville, Indiana) with the go ahead run, while Deom would drive in the eventual game-winning run with an RBI-walk to extend the lead to 4-2.
Freshman shortstop Ethan Hunter (Terre Haute, Indiana) would cap off the five-run frame with a three-run double to right center to give the Eagles a commanding 7-2 advantage.
USI would seal the victory with four-run rally in the seventh, increasing the margin to 11-2. Senior designated hitter Drake McNamara (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) and junior catcher Logan Brown (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) banged RBI-doubles off the wall, while Griggs and senior first baseman Nick Gobert (Jasper, Indiana) scored Eagles with RBI-singles.
On the mound, junior right-hander Austin Krizan (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) was masterful in earning his first complete game of the season. Krizan (3-3) allowed three runs, two earned on 10 hits, while striking out seven in the nine innings of work.
Continuing coverage of Eagles baseball games this post-season can be found on GoUSIEagles.com. Watch Twitter, Facebook, and GoUSIEagles.com for any schedule changes due to weather.
Suspect arrested in domestic violence shooting investigation
Evansville Police have arrested 56 year old Robert Ballard Jr on attempted murder charges in connection with the shooting of two women on Friday evening.
Ballard targeted the victims, who are a mother and her adult daughter, and shot them as they sat in a car. The adult daughter’s two children where in the car at the time of the shootings. The children were not injured.
Police believe Ballard had been in a relationship with the older victim and that the relationship had recently ended. She had been staying in the 1000 block of W Delaware for an unkown period of time.
An armed neighbor confronted Ballard as the shooting was happening and the two men exchanged gunfire. Officers who were nearby heard the gunfire and responded to the area. They were able to take Ballard into custody without any further gunfire.The neighbor was not injured and is considered a witness at this time. Ballard will be booked into the jail later this evening.
The two v ictims are currently being treated for life threatening injuries. Anyone who has information on this incident is asked to call EPD.
Aces Baseball finishes off Illinois State in rain delayed series opener
They had to wait out 19 hour-plus rain delay, but the University of Evansville baseball team kept on swinging, on their way to a 9-2 victory over Illinois State, in the opening game of their regular season series finale at Braun Stadium Friday afternoon.
The game was picked up in the bottom of the fourth inning, with the Purple Aces leading 5-1 and with runners on first and second with one out. That’s when freshman first basemen Tanner Craig and senior outfielder Dalton Horstmeier picked up where they left off the night before. Craig delivered a single through the right side of the infield, scoring senior third baseman Stewart Nelson from second. Then,Horstmeier followed that up with a single through the left side of the infield, scoring sophomore outfielder Kenton Crews, giving Evansville a 7-1 advantage after four frames.
“Offensively, we just kind of caught fire a little bit, especially in the middle of our line-up”, said Aces Head Coach Wes Carroll. “You saw what Tanner Craig and Dalton Horstmeier, from a numbers standpoint, did. That’s really the first time all year we’ve had guys with multiple RBIs in a game, and that’s the result you’re going to get.”
On the hill, sophomore right hand reliever Adam Lukas took over for freshman starter Adam Ruesch, who dominated after a rough first inning the night before.
“It started on the mound”, said Carroll. “With what we got from Austin Ruesch, really commanding his fastball from both sides of the plate, being able to get his change-up and swing-and-miss in those even counts and being able to get some of those breaking ball strikeouts was crucial.”
Lukas picked up where Ruesch left off, striking out six, while making only one mistake, a solo home run off the bat of Tyson Hays.
“Handing the ball off to Adam Lukas after the delay, coming back from a restart”, said Carroll. “I thought Adam was outstanding today.”
However, that was erased by the team of Craig and Horstmeier again, as the two combined for back to back double in the eighth. Evansville would go onto take a 9-2 victory, with Lukas picking up the win in five innings of shutout work.
The win improves the Aces record to 12-25 overall and 3-16 in the Missouri Valley Conference, while the loss drops Illinois State to 20-28 overall and 7-12 in the MVC.
Game two of Friday’s doubleheader was postponed due to incoming weather and has been pushed back to Saturday at noon, as the front end of a Senior Day doubleheader.
Evansville man sentenced to 30 years for child sex crimes
Vanderburgh County Circuit Court Magistrate Judge Kelli Fink sentenced 31-year-old Domingo Ramos Resendiz to 30 years in prison Friday afternoon in connection with several reported incidents of sexual activity initiated by Resendiz on a child, under the age of 14-years-old.
The victim reported to investigators that the sexual activity happened for several years. According to investigators, Ramos reportedly told the victim that this sexual activity was their “secretâ€.
**Holly’s House is a non-residential child and adult advocacy center for victims of intimate crimes. It’s a safe location where adult and children victims of intimate violence are interviewed and connected to community resources and services as needed. To contact Holly’s House, call 812-437-7233