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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Jerome Dewayne Height: Possession of cocaine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor)
Nicholas Dewayne Kemper: Domestic battery (Level 5 Felony)
Dylan Cody Alan Anderson: Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor)
Shampayne A. Brown: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony)
Tias Jashaun Leema Stewart: Criminal recklessness (Level 6 Felony), Carrying a handgun without a license (Class A misdemeanor)
Abdul Ramey: Strangulation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Citizens Action Coalition sues for state records on Carrier deal
Jennifer Nelson for www.theindianalawyer.com
A complaint filed Friday in Marion County by Citizens Action Coalition alleges that the governor’s office has violated the Indiana Access to Public Records Act by not providing the grass-roots consumer group documents it wants about Vice President and former Gov. Mike Pence’s communications involving Carrier Corp. and United Technologies.
CAC staff attorney Jennifer Washburn sought certain records pertaining to the deal to save approximately 1,000 jobs at a Carrier manufacturing plant in Indianapolis announced in November 2016 by President-elect Donald Trump. Carrier announced in February 2016 it was sending those jobs to Mexico by 2019, which got national attention after a worker posted a recording of the announcement to employees on social media.
Trump often criticized the layoffs during his campaign for president. Just a couple weeks after his election, Carrier tweeted it had reached a deal with Trump and Pence.
Washburn filed a public records request on Dec. 27 seeking communications between Pence’s office, Donald Trump, Donald J. Trump for President, and the Trump Organization from Nov. 14, 2016 through Nov. 29, 2016, that are related to or reference Carrier or related companies, as well as documents involving state entities or employees referencing or relating to Trump or Carrier during the same time period.
The complaint says it was nearly four months until Washburn heard anything about her request other than it was being worked on. A letter from the governor’s office dated April 13 asked her to clarify her request, citing “reasonable particularity†as required under APRA.
Washburn and CAC contend in their complaint that Washburn’s APRA request “identified specific senders and recipients of communications (the Office of Governor, Trump, Carrier), the subject matter (the negotiations between Carrier and then-Governor Pence), in a narrow and specific (November 14-29, 2016) two (2) week time frame.â€
A complaint filed with Public Access Counselor Luke Britt yielded a response earlier this month that the matter was not “ripe for the adversarial process†because Washburn had not acceded to the governor’s office’s request that her APRA request “be amended to satisfy legal requirements under APRA.â€
CAC and Washburn contend they don’t need to amend the request because Washburn believes her December request satisfied the reasonable particularity requirement of Indiana Code 5-14-3-3(a)(1).
“By failing to respond to her request in a reasonable period of time, demanding that she amend her already reasonably particular request, and failing to produce the documents responsive to Ms. Washburn’s request in a timely fashion, the Office of the Governor has improperly and contrary to APRA denied Plaintiffs’ request for public documents,†the complaint says.
CAC and Washburn seek a judgment ordering the governor’s office to make available to Washburn the records she sought and to expedite this case. They also seek reasonable attorney fees.
A spokesperson for Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office said they are aware of the complaint and will review it.
Adopt A Pet
Marley is a 10-year-old female cat. Her age is a turnoff for many people, but she is easily only halfway through her lifespan! Marley is also front-declawed, which makes her ideal for an older person who needs a companion. Marley’s adoption fee is $50 and she’s already spayed, vaccinated, & ready to go home today. Contact Vanderburgh Humane at (812) 426-2563 or adoptions@vhslifesaver.org for details!
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Court is in session: Popular jockey back at 56 at Ellis Park
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Allen’s homer gives Evansville 5-4 win
Josh Allen’s second walk-off home run of the season gave the Evansville Otters a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Florence Freedom to open the weekend series at Bosse Field in front of 3,278.
Both games will be streamed live on Otters Digital Network and over the air on 91.5 FM WUEV. Lucas Corley (play-by-play) and Bill McKeon (analysis) will call the action.
The Evansville Otters are the 2006 and 2016 Frontier League champions. Group packages and single game tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit evansvilleotters.com or call 812-435-8686.
Sobriety Checkpoint Planned around 4th of July Holiday
- The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership, the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) would like to remind all Indiana motorists to celebrate the Fourth of July responsibly by driving safe and sober.For as many good memories as the Fourth of July holiday can provide, it can also create recurring nightmares for families. Nationwide, impaired-driving deaths increased by 3 percent in the United States from 2014 to a total of 10,265 in 2015.
“That’s 10,265 mothers, fathers, children, siblings, friends, grandparents, and so many more,†said Dave Murtaugh, executive director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. “It’s one person killed every 51 minutes in the United States.â€
During the 2016 July Fourth holiday weekend (6 p.m. Friday, July 1 through 6 a.m. Monday, July 5) there were 146 drug or alcohol related crashes, 85 of which involved a driver with a reported blood alcohol concentration of .08 or greater. Crashes involving alcohol or prescription and illegal drugs during this period resulted in 82 injuries and 6 deaths.
Sheriff David Wedding explained, “With all the excitement and fun this Fourth of July, keeping an eye on an intoxicated friend may not seem like a priority. Please don’t wait for someone else to take action if a person is about to drive away drunk.” Sheriff Weddng added, “If you plan on drinking, make arrangements to get home beforehand. Do not put your friends and family in the position of having to take your keys.â€
Throughout the extended holiday weekend sheriff’s deputies, police officers and state troopers will be conducting saturation patrols looking for drunk drivers. Additionally, the Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Monday, July 03, 2017 from 11:00 pm until 3:00 am. The location for Monday’s checkpoint was chosen based on local traffic collision data. Analysis of data captured around the Independence Day holiday last year indicated three geographical areas within Vanderburgh County accounted for the majority of reported hit and run crashes. The upcoming checkpoint will be located within one of those areas. Hit and run crashes are often the result of impaired drivers who try to avoid arrest by fleeing the scene.
The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducts sobriety checkpoints in an effort to detect and deter impaired drivers (thereby reducing the occurrence of alcohol and drug related traffic crashes). Funding for saturation patrols and local sobriety checkpoint operations is provided by the ICJI through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).