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HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE
Confinement Officer Arrested on Dealing and Trafficking Charges
- The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a confinement officer on charges of Dealing in a Scheduled Substance and Trafficking with an Inmate.
- Last week, the Sheriff’s Office developed information that a confinement officer was providing tobacco to work release participants in the Vanderburgh County Community Corrections Complex. Sheriff’s Office detectives initiated an investigation and learned that Officer Trent Nolan had also agreed to meet a participant at an off site location to sell prescription medication. With the cooperation of the participant, detectives set up a controlled buy and instructed the participant to continue with the planned transaction.
On Monday, May 22, 2017 at approximately 6:40 PM Mr. Nolan met with the participant and sold a quantity of the stimulant Ritalin (methylphenidate), which is a Schedule II controlled substance. Shortly after the transaction was completed, sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop on Mr. Nolan’s vehicle and took him into custody.
Mr. Nolan was transported to the Sheriff’s Office Command Post and interviewed. Nolan admitted to selling the participant the medication and was subsequently arrested and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail. Mr. Nolan’s employment (which began in late January of 2017) was formally terminated at the time of his arrest.
ARRESTED:
Trent Dean Nolan, 24, of Evansville. Dealing in a Scheduled Substance as a Level 4 Felony, Trafficking with an Inmate as a Level 6 Felony. (Photo will be added when available.)
Presumption of Innocence Notice: The fact that a person has been arrested or charged with a crime is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
IS IT TRUE May 23, 2017
IS IT TRUE Evansville City Council refused to answer 2nd Ward pastor and newspaper editor Steve Ary’s questions at a previous meeting?  …It’s been alleged that a couple of council members may have violated his civil rights him during that meeting because of his profession?  …we are pleased to report that at yesterdays council meeting, members of council changed their insulting demeanor towards Pastor Ary and treated him with respect?
IS IT TRUEÂ at last night City Council meeting 2nd Ward pastor Steve Ary returned to the podium with more pointed questions to ask City Council members? Â … that Council members actually attempted to answer his questions? Â … Council members seemed to be limited in their knowledge of the inner financial workings of the city that they couldn’t accurely answer his questions?
IS IT TRUE that Scott Schoenike, General Manager of the Ford Center admitted in an email he sent to City Council members last week that the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team isn’t responsible for any financial losses, but the city (taxpayers) are responsible for their debts? … that Mr. Schoenike’s email revealing this information were sent to the Evansville City Clerk who then forwarded his email to pastor Steve Ary and Council  members alike?
IS IT TRUE that Scott Schoenike, General Manager of the Ford Center admitted in an email he sent to City Council members last week that the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team isn’t responsible for any financial losses, but the city (taxpayers) are responsible for their debts? … that Mr. Schoenike’s email revealing this information were sent to the Evansville City Clerk who then forwarded his email to pastor Steve Ary and Council  members alike?
IS IT TRUE after the meeting Evansville City Council members, Dr. H. Dan Adams told Pastor Ary that Scott Schoenike had related to him that the private owner was responsible for the Thunderbolts losses for the 2016-2017 season?
IS IT TRUE that all City Council members should be privy to the inner financial workings of the Ford Center? …that Council Finance Chairman Dan McGinn and Council President, Missy Mosby should have been aware of the Thunderbolts and the City financial agreement  the day the contract was signed?
IS IT TRUE we have been told that a couple of the Evansville City Council members don’t want the public to know that the Ford Center has become a big money pit to the tune of  $9 to $10 millions of dollars per year?
IS IT TRUE the thing that City Council members Mosby, Weaver, Adams and Robinson have in common are they voted to give for $200,000 loan to Earthcare, Inc?  …other things that City Council members Mosby, Weaver, McGinn, Adams and Robinson have in common are they voted to give $129 million dollars to build the Ford Center, voted to give $21 million dollars to build the Downtown Hotel and voted to give $51 million dollars to build the downtown IU Medical School?  …it now looks like they are supporting the backroom deal that makes the city taxpayers responsible for all loses incurred by the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team?
IS IT TRUE that Joe Wallace  is the invited speaker at the Chief Innovation Officer Forum in San Francisco? …among the other speakers are Google, Hewlett Packard, Gatoraid, and the United States Department of State.  …not bad for someone the powers that be in Evansville, Indiana seemly couldn’t handle?  ...we recommend that you clink the attached line to get an idea of the agenda of this prestige event?https://theinnovationenterprise.com/summits/chief-innovation-officer-summit-san-francisco-2017/schedule
IS IT TRUE that the Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey Circus once known as The Greatest Show on Earth has taken its final bow?…this classic circus is no more?…between the cruelty to animals and the advent of online entertainment the circus has essentially become obsolete?…at some point in the near future this art and entertainment form will vanish into history with the buggy whip?
IS IT TRUE that another round of shut downs is happening in the brick and mortar retail space as 12 Sears stores and 18 K-Marts are being closed forever?…none of these are in our neighborhood, but it is just a matter of time before this comes to roost?…looking at the list of closures, one would have to suspect that when leases are close to the end, the store is too?
FOOTNOTE: Todays “READERS POLL†question is: Do you feel that the majority of  the Evansville City Council are knowingly withholding financial information about how much the Thunderbolts lost during  for the 2016-17 season?
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Confinement Officer Arrested for Allegedly Trafficking Drugs with Work Release Inmate
Confinement Officer Arrested for Allegedly Trafficking Drugs with Work Release Inmate
A confinement officer is arrested on charges of dealing in scheduled substance and trafficking with an inmate. 24-year-old Trent Nolan was arrested, after the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office says it discovered a confinement officer was…
Vanderburgh County Commissioners May 23, 2017 Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
Vanderburgh County
Board of Commissioners
May 23, 2017
3:00 pm, Room 301
- Call to Order
- Attendance
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Permission to Open Bids VC 17-04-01: Concrete Repairs in Eagle Crossing SubdivisionÂ
- Action Items
- Proclamation: Signature School
- Advisory Board on Disability Services: AccessAbility Decal Program
- Tony Flittner, Torian, Hofmann, Dillow and Flittner: 2016 and First Quarter 2017 Heath Insurance Claims Update
- Public Hearing & Final Reading of Vacation Ordinance CO.V-05-17-002: Vacation of 30’ Right-of-Way on Rucker Road Near lot 19 in Ensle Place Subdivision
- First Reading of Ordinance CO.06-17-010 Amending Human Relations Commission Ordinance
- First Reading of Ordinance CO. 06-17-011 Amendment to Ch. 15.86 Vanderburgh County Building Code of Ordinances
- Department Head Reports
- Board Appointments
- Old Courthouse Foundation
- New Business
- Old Business
- Public Comment
- Consent Items
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Sheriff Office: Interlocal Agreement to House Vanderburgh County Inmates in Knox County and Perry County Jail
- County Health: Memorandum of Understanding with ECHO Community Health Care, Inc.
- County Commissioners: Old Courthouse Lease Agreement with Leslie Davis
- County Clerk:
- Tri-State Systems Proposal
- Professional Services Agreement with RBM Consulting LLC.
- County Treatment Court: Professional Services Agreement with Marie Johnson
- Approval of May 9, 2017 Meeting Minutes
- Employment Changes
- County Commissioners: Employee Burdette Park Passes
- Superintendent of County Buildings: Aids Resource Group AIDS Walk Request
- County Highway: 2016 Annual Operational Report
- Old Courthouse: Kraftwerks, Inc. Craft Show 2017 Spring Financial Report
- County Treasurer: April 2017 Monthly Report
- County Engineering:
- Department Head Report
- Pay Request #26 with US 41 Expansion T.I.F for the sum of $26,080.20
- Waiver of Mineral Interest Forms 2 for Green River Road Phase 6
- Waiver of Mineral Interest Form 1 for Green River Road Phase 7
- Misdemeanor Probation: Request to Surplus Metal Filing Cabinets
- Weights and Measures: April 16 to May 15th Monthly Report
- Contracts, Agreements and Leases
- Adjournment
Carmel-Based Company Wins Patent Case At US Supreme Court
Carmel-Based Company Wins Patent Case At US Supreme Court
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
The U.S. Supreme Court is making it easier for companies to defend themselves against patent infringement lawsuits.
The justices ruled unanimously on Monday that such lawsuits can be filed only in states where defendants are incorporated. The issue is important to many companies that complained about patent owners choosing more favorable courts in other parts of the country to file lawsuits.
The case involved an appeal from TC Heartland LLC, a Carmel-based food sweetener company sued by Kraft Foods in Delaware. Lower courts refused to transfer the case to Indiana.
But the court’s ruling will have the biggest impact on federal courts in eastern Texas, where more than 40 percent of patent lawsuits are now filed. Local rules there favor quick trials and juries tend to be more sympathetic to plaintiffs.
TC Heartland, which does business under the name Heartland Food Products Group, was sued by Kraft after Kraft alleged Heartland’s liquid water-enhancers infringe on Kraft’s MiO line of water flavorings.
Heartland’s appeal had support from a group of internet retailers and software companies, as well as the financial-services industry.
Federal patent law says lawsuits may be filed in the judicial district “where the defendant resides.†A 1957 Supreme Court decision said that means lawsuits can be filed only in the defendant’s place of incorporation, and Heartland says that ruling should remain the law.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, however, said in 1990 that suits can be filed wherever the defendant regularly does business. That court, which specializes in patent cases, said Congress had redefined “resides†through a change enacted in 1988.
Heartland said it had no presence in Delaware and that 98 percent of its sales were outside of that state, but the appeals court denied the transfer last year.
But U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in his opinion for the court, said the U.S. Congress did not change the rules over where patent suits may be filed since the 1957 decision.
Heartland may be best known for owning the rights to the Splenda brand, a product that has been at the heart of other intellectual property cases.