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Andy Lohrman Promoted to Crime Scene and Field Support Section Commander

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Andy Lohrman Promoted to Crime Scene and Field Support Section Commander

Indianapolis, IN- The Indiana State Police recently promoted F/Sgt. Andy Lohrman to Lieutenant to serve as Section Commander of the Crime Scene Field Support Division.

Lohrman graduated from Northview High School in Brazil, IN. in 1987 and attended Vincennes University where he earned an Associate of Science Degree in Law Enforcement.

He graduated from the Indiana State Police Academy in 1990 and worked road patrol duties until his promotion to detective in 1996. In 2001 he was promoted to sergeant as a Crime Scene Investigator. In 2009 Lohrman was promoted to First Sergeant as the Field Quality Assurance Unit Supervisor where he continued to work until his recent promotion to Lieutenant to serve as the Crime Scene and Field Support Section Commander.

“We are pleased to have Lt. Lohrman serving as our Crime Scene and Field Support Section Commander,” stated Major Steve Holland, Commander of the Indiana State Police Laboratory Division.  “Andy has the necessary expertise and practical work experience gained from his service as a CSI and more recently as our Unit Leader in our Field Quality Assurance Unit that will benefit him while leading our field support operations. He is well respected in the crime scene investigation community and will be a great asset to our laboratory system in his new position.”

Lohrman resides in Brazil with his wife and two daughters.

For further information on Forensic Disciplines go to www.in.gov/isp and click on the “ISP Laboratory Division” link.

EVSC to Offer Summer Engineering Camp

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The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center (SICTC) is hosting a two-week summer engineering camp, iEngineering 2.0 Summer Experience, for students currently in the seventh and eighth grades in Evansville and the surrounding areas who are interested in exploring engineering-related fields. The camp, scheduled for May 31- June 13, 2016, is a half-day program that will focus on topics related to engineering, manufacturing and architecture. Students will learn about:

 

  • Soldering
  • Basic electrical circuits
  • Robotics
  • 3D scanning and printing
  • CNC machining
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Software
  • Career awareness in science, technology, engineering and math
  • Architectural fundamentals
  • Electro-magnetic motors
  • Introduction to engineering concepts

 

Students also will attend a field trip to a local manufacturing company.  Cost for the summer camp is $40 per student. To register, visit www.sictc.com and click on the iEngineering link on the left hand side of the home page or visit our Facebook page at iEngineering 2.0 Summer Experience.  Individuals interested in participating in the camp must register by April 8, 2016.

Bosse Field Clean Up and Select-A-Seat

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Bosse Field Clean Up and Select-A-Seat

What: Not everyone can pitch. Not everyone can bat clean up. But everyone can pitch in to clean up! Now is your chance to help clean Bosse Field! Volunteers are needed to help rake, trim bushes, landscape, paint, and assist in general cleaning. In return, you will receive $100 off each season ticket purchased that day.

Not only will you receive your special ticket discount, but we will provide donuts for breakfast and hot dogs for lunch. Can’t find a babysitter? Bring your kids! We will have kickball on the field and, if numbers allow, will offer a throwing and hitting mini-clinic with experienced instructors.

If you are unable to attend in the morning, we still invite you to come pick your seats at regular season ticket prices for the 2016 Evansville Otters baseball season.

Where: Bosse Field

23 Don Mattingly Way

Evansville, IN 47711

When: Saturday, April 2, 2016

Clean-up: 8am – 12pm

Select-a-Seat: 12pm – 2pm

More: We would love for you to RSVP to join in the fun, but anyone is welcome to show up on April 2nd. RSVP by calling 812-435-8686.

Contact: Andrea Wallace, (812) 435-8686 ext 23, awallace@evansvilleotters.com

UE’s First High School Changemaker Challenge Set for March 17

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High School Changemaker Challenge is set for Thursday, March 17, at 9:00 a.m., in Eykamp Hall, Ridgway University Center, on the University of Evansville campus. This is the first year for the event, which is hosted by the Institute for Global Enterprise at UE. Admission is free and open to the public.

The objective of High School Changemaker Challenge is to motivate young people to take the lead in finding innovative and creative solutions to challenges facing today’s world. During the contest, one team of up to three students from each competing high school will vie to solve local, national or global challenges. Participating teams are from:

  • Boonville High School
  • Bosse High School
  • Castle High School
  • Central High School
  • Early College at Ivy Tech
  • Mater Dei
  • Memorial High School
  • New Tech Institute
  • North High School
  • Reitz High School
  • Shepard Law Academy
  • Tecumseh High School

The teams’ presentations will be judged by Vanderburgh and Warrick County community leaders. The winning team will be chosen based on such criteria as: identification of a need, how innovative the solution is, the feasibility and potential impact of the solution, how self-sustaining the solution is, and the effectiveness of the presentation.

Any winning team member who chooses UE as a college destination will receive a full-tuition scholarship annually for four years, as long as they remain consecutively enrolled each semester as a full-time student, maintain satisfactory academic progress toward their degree, and fulfill the two-year residency requirement in campus housing. UE admission requirements also apply.

Additional scholarships will also be given to second and third place teams. UE admission requirements apply to these scholarships as well. The first runner-up team members each receive an additional $5,000 on top of their UE merit aid offer; second runner-up team members each get an additional $2,500 on top of their UE merit aid offer; and third runner-up team members will each get an additional $1,000 on top of their UE merit aid offer.

In preparation for High School Changemaker Challenge, team members attended coaching sessions on social innovation, what it means to be self-sustaining, and how to make a presentation to the judges. These sessions were led by UE students, who drew on their own experiences as participants in a Changemaker Challenge for students at the University.

For more information on UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge, visit www.evansville.edu/cc-hs, email globalindiana@evansville.edu, or call 812-488-2455.

Eric Eifert Named Green River Kiwanis Firefighter of the Year

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Eric Eifert Named Green River Kiwanis’ 2015 Firefighter of the Year

Eric Eifert is a Fire Investigator and a 15½ year department veteran.   Eric is very active in promoting physical fitness among the department and is a Peer Fitness Trainer and Workplace Performance Evaluation proctor. Eric freely gives his time to many civic organizations and charities, some of which are: Easter Seals, MDA, Habitat for Humanity and Firefighter’s Local 357 Kid’s Christmas Party. Eric is a member of Firefighter’s Pipe and Drum Corp and plays on the Guns & Hoses Hockey team, for the Hoses, of course.

Eric and his wife Christa have 2 children, Aspen (5) and Ezra (5 mo).

Eric received a wall plague from Kiwanis, a $100 gift card from Mulzer Crushed Stone and Evansville Firefighters Federal Credit Union (each) and a custom ring from Firefighters Local 357.  The Green River Kiwanis will also erect a billboard with his picture proclaiming his accomplishment. The billboard, courtesy of Lamar Advertising, will be at a location and date to be determined. Eifert was one of five nominees for this year’s award. The other nominees were: Beth Csukas, Matt Garnett, Jonathan Sprinkle and Chris Wagener.

Eifert is the 35th recipient of this annual award.

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Suspect Shot By Police After Threatening Officers With A Knife Told Witnesses He was “going to kill some cops”

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Suspect Shot By Police After Threatening Officers With A Knife Told Witnesses He Was “Going To Kill Some Cops.”“

Those were the words of the armed suspect who would, minutes later, try to ambush an EPD officer who responded to a 911 call at the TGIF’s restaurant at the Eastland Mall.

According to witnesses in the restaurant, 38 year old DANIEL WOOTERS was acting aggressively and made comments about killing people. WOOTERS behavior and his threatening comments prompted the call to 911 and led to a series of events that ended with WOOTERS being shot by police.

According to multiple witnesses at TGIF’s, WOOTERS made comments that he was going to kill someone and, more specifically, that he was going to kill some cops. He left the restaurant and walked to a nearby bank parking lot. Once on the lot, he approached an unoccupied car and began looking into it. The owner of the car was on the lot and told him to get away from his car. At that time, the uniformed officer pulled onto the bank lot in a fully marked police car. The witness said WOOTERS pulled out a knife as the officer arrived and he saw him confront the officer while armed with the knife. As the officer backed away from WOOTERS, he got into the police car and drove away.

Additional officers who had responded to the area for the initial 911 call spotted the marked car as WOOTERS was driving on the mall parking lot. They attempted to pull WOOTERS over, but he fled. The chase ended in the 3300 block of E Morgan when WOOTERS lost control of the car.

WOOTERS exited the car while holding the knife in his hand. He advanced towards the officers while still armed with the knife. Three officers discharged their weapons. The suspect was shot and dropped to the ground. Several officers rendered first aid, including CPR, as medical personnel responded to the scene. The suspect was pronounced deceased at a local hospital a short time later.

The investigation is on-going. Anyone who witnessed any of the events that began at TGIF’s around 8:20pm is asked to call EPD at 812-436-7979. Several cell phone videos have been posted on social media sites. Anyone with video of any portion of the events is also asked to call EPD.

In addition to the investigation that began with the call to TGIF’s, police are investigating a “suspicious circumstances” call to the Chili’s restaurant in front of Eastland Mall earlier in the evening. That call was received at 6:41pm. Officers were called to the restaurant when a man came in and asked if he could leave his duffle bag on one side of the restaurant while he ate on the other side. An employee thought the man’s behavior was suspicious and they called 911. The man left while the employee was on the phone with a 911 operator. Responding officers were unable to locate him at that time. Police are looking into the possibility that WOOTERS was also involved the Chili’s 911 call.

No officers were injured during this incident.The three officers who discharged their weapons are on 3 days paid administrative leave, per EPD policy.

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