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Five New Troopers Report to the Evansville District Vanderburgh County – Earlier today, five new troopers reported to the Evansville District to start their new career as Indiana State Troopers. On October 20, fifty-five new troopers graduated from the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy. Their recent graduation was the culmination of 22 weeks of intense training exceeding 950 hours. Some subject areas of training included criminal and traffic law, crash investigations, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, firearms, and a host of other subjects related to modern policing. Five of the fifty-five new troopers were assigned to the Evansville District. New Troopers Assigned to the Evansville District: Tyler W. Widner, 23, of Monticello, is a 2012 graduate of Twin Lakes High School. Widner later attended University of Southern Indiana where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. He graduated from USI in 2016. Widner resides in Posey County and will primarily patrol Posey County. C.J. Boeckman, 24, of Jasper, is a 2011 graduate of Jasper High School. He attended Indiana State University and received a degree in Business Administration in 2014. Boeckman resides in Pike County and will primarily patrol Pike County. Jared M. Weis, 26, of Evansville, is a 2009 graduate of Evansville North High School. He later graduated from Indiana Tech in 2013 and received a degree in Criminal Justice Administration. Weis resides in Vanderburgh County and will primarily patrol Warrick County. Zack Fulton, 22, of Evansville, is a 2012 graduate of Mater Dei High School and a 2016 graduate of University of Southern Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies. He was also employed by the university as a student security officer while he attended school. Fulton resides in Vanderburgh County and will primarily patrol Posey County. Jordan Lee, 30, of Vincennes, is a 2005 graduate of Lincoln High School. He later received an Associate’s Degree in Law Enforcement from Vincennes University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Park University in Missouri.  Lee served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps and six years with the Army National Guard. Lee and his wife, Mallory, and their two children reside in Knox County. He will primarily patrol Gibson County. All five new troopers start their 14 weeks of field training today with experienced troopers. The program allows them to put the skills and knowledge they gained in the academy to work in the field. Upon successful completion of the field training program, they will receive their own patrol car and begin solo patrol responsibilities. Picture: (Left-Right) Tyler Widner, CJ Boeckman, Jared Weis, Zack Fulton and Jordan Lee For full details, view this message on the web. |
Five New Troopers Report to the Evansville District
USI, Evansville Sports Corp. Set To Host NCAA II Midwest XC Regional
USI, Evansville Sports Corp. Set To Host NCAA II Midwest XC Regional
The University of Southern Indiana Department of Athletics along with the Evansville Sports Corporation is set to host the NCAA Division II Midwest Cross Country Region Championships this Saturday at Angel Mounds. The men’s 10-kilometer race begins at 10:30 a.m., while the women’s 6k is slated for an 11:45 a.m. start time.
This is the third consecutive year that USI and the Evansville Sports Corporation have teamed up to host the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships at Angel Mounds. The NCAA II National Championships will be at Angel Mounds in 2017.
“Our goal in hosting NCAA Championships like the Midwest Regional is to provide a great experience to the student athletes and fans while showcasing what makes Southwest Indiana great,” Jason Sands, Executive Director of the Evansville Sports Corporation, said. “Angel Mounds’ unique history and the amazing course that has been developed out there has truly put Evansville on the map when it comes to hosting cross country championships.”
The Midwest Region consists of teams from the Great Lakes Valley Conference, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Around 30 teams and more than 200 student athletes are expected to compete in each race.
A total of 12 teams enter Saturday’s races ranked in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Top 25 polls; six in the women’s race and six in the men’s race. With its 12 nationally-ranked teams, the Midwest Region is tied for first with the West Region for most nationally-ranked teams.
Grand Valley State University is the top-ranked team in both the men’s and women’s races as the Lakers enter the weekend ranked No. 2 in both U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association Top 25 polls.
USI’s women enter the week ranked No. 2 in the Midwest Region and No. 6, nationally, while the Screaming Eagles are ranked No. 2 in the men’s Midwest Region rankings and No. 7 in the men’s national rankings.
In the men’s Top 25, the Midwest Region also is represented by Saginaw Valley State University (No. 13), Hillsdale College (No. 17), Lewis University (No. 22) and Bellarmine University (No. 11). Walsh University is receiving votes outside the Top 25.
The Midwest Region also is represented by six teams in the USTFCCCA Women’s Top 25. In addition to Grand Valley State and USI, the region also features No. 8 Cedarville University, No. 10 Northern Michigan University, No. 11 Hillsdale and No. 22 Bellarmine. Lewis and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside are receiving votes outside the Top 25.
Individually, Bellarmine junior Chris Striegel and Tiffin University sophomore James Ngandu are among a handful of favorites in the men’s race. Striegel, the GLVC champion, finished fourth a year ago at the NCAA II Midwest Regional, while Ngandu, the GLIAC champion, enters his first regional meet after missing out on last year’s competition.
USI junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) also is one of the favorites in the men’s race after a second-place showing at the GLVC Championships, as is Grand Valley State sophomore Zach Panning, who was second at the GLIAC Championships and fifth at the 2015 NCAA II Midwest Region Championships.
Junior Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) and senior Jessica Reeves (Midland, Michigan) enter Saturday’s race as favorites in the women’s race after leading USI to its sixth straight GLVC title. Roberts was fifth at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships a year ago and is the top returning runner in this year’s race, while Reeves was 16th.
Grand Valley State’s Kendra Foley, who was sixth at last year’s regional, also is among the favorites in the women’s race after capturing the GLIAC title this year.
The top five teams from each race Saturday advance to the NCAA II National Championships, which are November 19 in St. Leo, Florida. The top three individuals not from a qualifying team—or the top five overall individuals if none are from qualifying teams—advance to the national meet as well. All-Midwest Region honors go to the top 25 finishers in each race.
Grand Valley State won both the men’s and women’s regional crowns a year ago. The Lakers have won the last 15 women’s regional championships and the previous 14 men’s regional titles.
USI faces UIndy in GLVC semifinals
The third-seeded University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team will face the seventh-seeded University of Indianapolis in the second semifinal match of the 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament Friday at 7:30 p.m. (CDT) at Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. USI (13-2-3) advanced to the semifinals after a victory over sixth-seeded University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1-0, Sunday afternoon, while UIndy (9-5-4) defeated second-seed Missouri University of Science & Technology by the identical 1-0 margin.
Prior to the USI and the UIndy match, top-seeded and sixth-ranked Rockhurst University (15-2-1) and fifth-seeded Quincy University (12-4-2) play in the first semifinal contest at 1:30 p.m. (CDT). The semifinal winners advance to play in the GLVC championship match in Carroll Stadium Sunday at 2 p.m. (CDT).
Carroll Stadium, the first neutral site for the GLVC soccer championships in the history of the 38 year-old league, also is host to the GLVC women’s soccer semifinal games that are slated for 11 a.m. (CDT) and 5 p.m. (CDT).
Live coverage of USI’s run through the post-season, including live statistics and video, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
Week 11 Eagle Notes:Â
Eagles advance with Tuma’s second half goal: USI advanced to the GLVC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2012 when junior midfielder Stephen Tuma (Pekin, Indiana) scored at 80:10 of the second half.
USI extends home winning streak in the GLVC Tournament:Â The victory over UMSL on Sunday extended the Eagles’ home winning streak in GLVC Tournament games to three, dating back to 2003.
GLVC leader in championships:Â USI has 10 GLVC men’s soccer titles since the conference was created in 1979, the most by any program in the league. The Eagles won the conference championships in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991.
Between the posts: Junior goalkeeper Adam Zehme (Orland Park, Illinois) leads the Eagles between the posts with a 13-2-3 mark and a 0.85 goals against average. Zehme has a career-best 13 wins, 68 saves, and seven shutouts this fall. He needs two victories to tie the USI single-season record for wins and two shutouts to move into fourth all-time.
Scoring leaders: USI freshman midfielder Sean Rickey (Columbia, Illinois) is USI’s current scoring leader with 19 points on six goals and a team-high seven assists. The Eagles will be without their one-two punch of freshman forward Eric Ramirez (Vincennes, Indiana) and junior midfielder Kyle Richardville (Vincennes, Indiana), who will miss the GLVC Tournament with injuries. Ramirez and Richardville had recorded 21 points (10 goals, one assist) and 19 points (seven goals, five assists), respectively, before suffering the injuries.
Ramirez having best freshman year:  Despite going down with a hamstring injury and missing the last match, freshman forward Eric Ramirez has had the best freshman season ever for a USI player, posting a team-high 21 points on 10 goals and one assist. Ramirez broke the freshman record of nine goals set by Eric Schoenstein in 1988.
USI is 4th in region; receives votes nationally: The Eagles dropped two spots to fourth in the second NCAA Division II Midwest Region poll and closed in on reentering the NSCAA NCAA II Top 25 by receiving votes (as of October 26).
USI vs. UIndy:Â The Eagles snapped their three-match losing streak with the Greyhounds by posting a 1-0 victory on October 2. USI holds a commanding all-time series lead, 21-12-0.
USI vs. Rockhurst:Â USI lost a heartbreaker to Rockhurst, 2-1, in overtime when the Hawks were ranked number one nationally back in October. The Eagles have a lot of ground to make up in the all-time series against Hawks, trailing17-1-3.
USI vs. Quincy:Â The Eagles trail the Hawks in the all-time series, 17-4-1, but have posted back-to-back wins over Quincy, winning 2-0 last fall at Strassweg Field and 2-1 this year in Quincy, Illinois.
COA: Mentally disabled man belongs in work release, not prison
Olivia Covington for www.theindianalawyer.com
A Greene County man whose home detention was revoked in favor of imprisonment will now be sent to a work-release facility after the Indiana Court of Appeals found that the man’s financial situation and documented mental illnesses were mitigating factors in his sentencing.
In December 2014, Justin Johnson pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury as a Level 3 felony. At a sentencing hearing the following month, the Greene Superior Court admitted two reports from health care professionals at Johnson’s request. One of the professionals wrote in their report that Johnson had been admitted for psychiatric hospitalizations multiple times and that he would likely meet the criteria for mild mental retardation if he were formally tested.
However, the trial court chose to sentence Johnson to 11 years in prison, with seven years served on home detention through community corrections and four years suspended to probation. Additionally, Johnson was ordered not to have any contact with his victim as a condition of his probation.
In December 2015, the Greene County Community Corrections filed a notice that Johnson was behind in home detention fees and that he had violated the terms of his home detention on multiple occasions.
At a hearing in January 2016, a case manager testified that although Johnson was originally sentenced to home detention, he had agreed to move to a work release center until he qualified for support through the Bloomfield Housing Authority. The case manager also testified that Johnson, who was on a $720 monthly fixed income, was having difficulty paying his home detention fees because he also needed to pay for his rent and food, but that he had indicated that he could apply for food stamps and receive assistance from local food banks.
Johnson’s counsel requested that he be placed at the work release facility, but the trial court chose to modify Johnson’s sentence to seven years executed in the Department of Correction, with 640 days credited to him.
Johnson appealed, arguing that the nature of his violations to home detention were minor, that he did not commit any new offenses or violate the no-contact order and that when he did violate his home detention, he was still close to being in compliance. Further, Johnson argued that it was undisputable that he had previously been successful in the work release program, and that his financial burden would have been eased in work release.
In a Monday opinion, the Indiana Court of Appeals wrote that it agreed with Johnson’s argument that when he was in violation of his home detention, he was still close to being in compliance and, further, that well-documented mental limitations were relevant mitigating factors.
Additionally, the Court of Appeals wrote that “to the extent the court’s decision to revoke Johnson’s placement was based in part on his failure to make full payment of his fees…the record does not establish that Johnson had the ability to make full payment of the fees.†Further, the appellate court wrote that Johnson could more easily afford the work release placement fees if he did not have a rent payment.
Thus, although Johnson did violate terms of his home detention, the Court of Appeals decided Monday that under the circumstances, the trial court abused its discretion in ordering Johnson to serve the rest of his sentence in prison. Thus, the case was remanded back to the trial court with instructions to enter an order that Johnson be placed on work release.
The case is Justin S. Johnson v. State of Indiana, 28A05-1602-CR-309.
Fourteen IU Swimmers Named to USA College Challenge Rosters
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A total of 14 Indiana University swimming will participate in the inaugural USA College Challenge, presented by Arena on Nov. 12-13 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis.
Competing for the Big Ten will be Gia Dalesandro, Kennedy Goss, Lilly King, Bailey Pressey, Brooklyn Snodgrass, Ian Finnerty, Bob Glover, Ali Khalafalla, Vini Lanza, Blake Pieroni, Anze Tavcar and Cody Taylor.
Competing for USA Swimming in the short-course yards meet will be IU alum Cody Miller, as well as Indiana post-grad swimmer Zane Grothe.
Indiana’s 14 participants in the event are the most of any school. Michigan is second with 11, while both Ohio State and Wisconsin have six.
“The Big Ten vs USA Swimming dual meet will be the first of its kind with regard to showcasing the top collegiate talent in the NCAA against the top talent from the best swimming nation in the world,” IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “I am humbled to be the head coach of the men’s Big Ten team and plan to utilize the best coaches from our conference to make this meet one for the ages.”
In a similar format to the successful Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool, a running score will be kept throughout the dual meet competition combining the points earned by both women and men. With 262 points available in 30 total events, the first team to 131.5 points will be the winner.
For individual events, each team will be permitted to enter up to four athletes. The top three athletes in each individual event will be permitted to score points for their team – 5 points for first place, 3 points for second and 1 point for third. Relay scoring is 7 points for a first-place finish and 0 points for second.
Each athlete may be entered in up to six events during the meet, including individual events and relays.
The two-day, short-course yards meet consists of two sessions – Saturday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday, Nov. 13 at 11:30 a.m. All-session tickets cost $35 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under. Single-day tickets are $20 for adults and $12 for children. Click here to purchase tickets.
The Big Ten Network will televise both sessions of the meet on Sunday, Nov. 13. The Nov. 12 session will air on delay at 10 a.m., followed by a live broadcast of the Nov. 13 session from noon-2 p.m. Both sessions also will stream live online and via the BTN2GO app.
Bernie Guenther (play-by-play) and Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines (analyst) will call the action from Indianapolis for the Big Ten Network.
Adopt A Pet
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases that will be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office tomorrow.
Harry Gerome Campbell Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony
Resisting law enforcement, Class A misdemeanor
Michael W. Crow Jr. Failure to register as a sex of violent offender, Level 5 felony
Failure to register as a sex or violent offender, Level 6 felony
Demarco D. Meriwether Dealing in a narcotic drug, Level 2 felony
Dealing in a narcotic drug, Level 4 felony
Caitlin Ohara Mulkey Unlawful possession of a syringe, Level 6 felony
Maintaining a common nuisance – controlled substances, Level 6 felony
Driving while suspended, Class A infraction
Jess Ramsey Wright Unlawful possession of a syringe, Level 6 felony
Mack Henry Jacobs Operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator, Level 6 felonyÂ
Anthony R. Smith Jr. Operating a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life, Level 5 felony
Operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator, Level 6 felony
EVSC Plans Opportunities Fair Nov. 3
Area eighth graders and their families have an opportunity to learn more about the innovative options available in the EVSC at the EVSC High School Advanced Learners Fair, scheduled for Thursday, November 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center, 1901 Lynch Road.
Enrollment for high school begins in November and the fair will give students a better understanding of the options that are available to them as freshmen. Informational booths will be set up and students will be able to speak with teachers and current students in the programs.
Students can take part in the half-day programs and still maintain their allegiance to their home high school and participate in athletics and other extra-curricular activities, as the models are half-day programs. EVSC’s newest high school, New Tech Institute and the Virtual Academy, will also be represented at the fair.
In addition to informational booths, each innovative program will conduct a 10-minute presentation. Presentations will be made at the following times:
- International Baccalaureate Degree Programm (IB): 6:15 p.m.
- EVSC Virtual Academy: 6:30 p.m.
- Randall T. Shepard Leadership and Law Academy: 6:45 p.m
- Medical Professions Academy: 7 p.m.
- Early College High School: 7:15 p.m.
- Southern Indiana Career and Technical Education Center: 7:30 p.m.
- New Tech Institute: 7:45 p.m.
For additional information on any of the EVSC’s innovative programs, visit www.evscschools.comand look for Innovative School Programs under the Academics and Programs tab.