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Master Trooper Jim Whaley Promoted to Rank of Sergeant

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Earlier this week, Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter promoted Master Trooper Jim Whaley to the rank of Sergeant to serve as a field training officer for the districts in southern Indiana.

 

Whaley is a native of Vincennes and a 1993 graduate of Vincennes Lincoln High School. He later attended Vincennes University and received an Associate’s Degree in Law Enforcement. Whaley continued his education at Indiana State University where he received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Criminology.

 

He graduated from the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy in 1999 and was assigned to the Lafayette District where he primarily patrolled White and Carrol Counties. He transferred to the Evansville District in March 2001 and primarily patrolled Knox County.  Whaley became a firearms instructor for the Indiana State Police in 2006. Whaley transferred to the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division in 2010 and primarily enforced commercial motor vehicle laws until his recent promotion.

 

Whaley will be responsible for supervising firearms training at all the state police districts in southern Indiana.

 

Whaley and his family reside in Knox County.

Daily Off Topic Forum September 28, 2015

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Board suspends license of Southern Ind. doctor for continuing to unlawfully, fraudulently prescribe controlled substances while on probation

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Dr. Gerald Gray formerly practiced in Gibson County

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Medical Licensing Board voted to indefinitely suspend the osteopathic physician license of Dr. Gerald Gray for continuing to unlawfully and fraudulently prescribe controlled substances while on probation with the Board. Gray formerly practiced at the Oakland City Clinic in Gibson County, Indiana.

Gray’s license has been on probation with the Board since 2006 when the Attorney General’s Office took action against Gray for alleged Medicaid fraud and irresponsible controlled substance prescribing practices. The Medical Licensing Board placed Gray’s physician license on indefinite probation, requiring extensive continuing education on medical ethics, community service and periodic in-person appearances before the Board. Gray also pled guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud in May 2006 in the Gibson County Circuit Court.

Gray retained a registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prescribe controlled substances but was barred from prescribing to family members or friends by a DEA Memorandum of Understanding.

In early 2015, the Attorney General’s Office received notification from an Oakland City pharmacist that she had refused to fill controlled substance prescriptions prescribed by Dr. Gray because of suspicions that the patient was being overprescribed. The Attorney General’s Office launched an investigation and subsequently uncovered evidence that Dr. Gray had been knowingly prescribing controlled substances to a drug addict and someone with whom he had a close personal relationship. In addition, he failed to keep records of his controlled substances prescriptions and lied about his prescribing limitations with the DEA when applying for renewal of his Indiana Controlled Substance Registration in 2009 and 2011. A DEA report also uncovered that he was illegally storing controlled substances in his home, and he admitted to dispensing the drugs to patients.

The Attorney General’s Office filed an administrative complaint with the Board based on these findings in May 2015. During a hearing yesterday in Indianapolis, the Medical Licensing Board heard the complaint and voted to indefinitely suspend Dr. Gray’s physician license. This will take effect on the date of the Board’s published order.

“Unfortunately, this license holder has continued to misuse his authority to prescribe controlled substances, and he has fed addictions in the process,” Zoeller said. “I am grateful for the Board’s sound action today to prevent this doctor from practicing in our state, which will protect the health and safety of the public.”

Zoeller thanked Deputy Attorney General Renee Gallagher for her work on this case.

Attorney General Zoeller is creator and co-chair of the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, established in 2012 to reduce controlled substance abuse in Indiana. More information on the Task Force and the Attorney General’s efforts to reduce prescription drug abuse can be found at www.BitterPill.in.gov.

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BRIDLED JUSTICE by Jim Redwine

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Gavel Gamut
By Jim Redwine
(Week of 28 September 2015)

BRIDLED JUSTICE
Judge Roy Bean: The Law West of the Pecos. Judge Isaac Parker: The Hanging Judge. Jesus: Judge not lest you be judged – let those without sin cast the first stones.
Judges Bean and Parker sentenced without restraint. Judge Jesus did not judge at all, not even Judas. These are the extremes of judging. Socrates said the job of a judge in passing a sentence is to do justice, not make a present of it.
Socrates called for his judges in the Athenian Senate to make their decisions based on the law as applied to his specific facts. Socrates was wise.
Once a legal system places reasonable restraints on judges and gives them clear directives, sentences are more likely to be fair. Fair means that similar penalties will be applied to the same crimes committed by persons with similar backgrounds.
Vengeance, mercy, forgiveness, whim and inconsistency are less likely if the government establishes a procedure that judges are supposed to apply regardless of the identity or status of the defendant.
It is the parameters of the statute violated, the behavior of the defendant during and around the time of the crime and the background of the defendant, such as a criminal record, and what sentences were imposed on other similarly situated persons that should control. In fact, if one were to have knowledge of these factors, a reasonably accurate prediction of a sentence should be possible.
Of course, human beings and human behavior are not die cast. Never have two defendants with identical backgrounds committed identical crimes in the exact same way. Also, although judges can draw upon history to compare crimes and defendants, such a process, even if based on objective criteria, has a high degree of subjectivity.
Where a just sentence begins is in the legislature, which has the duty and authority to determine what crimes there are and what range of penalties is available for each crime. A judge’s duty is to follow the law without bias for or against particular defendants.
Gentle Reader, if you were a judge, how would you decide? If you were a defendant, how would you want to be judged? In either hypothetical situation, you would most likely appreciate having a set procedure that you could understand and rely upon.
Judges make mistakes. Judges may ignore the law. Judges may allow their prejudices to overwhelm their analysis even if the proper procedure is ostensibly followed. Still, we are better off having a sentencing matrix than unbridled discretion.
Judges Bean and Parker make for interesting reading, but are more akin to TV’s Judge Judy than philosopher kings. And, Jesus may have been fine as a humanitarian, but someone has to protect lives, persons and property.
Our legal system calls for justice, and justice requires judges to look to each case’s facts and each defendant’s background then follow the law without passion or pique.

IS IT TRUE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

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IS IT TRUE that we hear that  EVSC  Foundation will be audited for the first time since it’s founding in 2008?  …the audit shall cover 2008 up to todays date?  … this audit willl be conducted by Riney Hancock, CPA Owensboro, Ky.?   … we wonder what  kind audit did the EVSC  Evansville-Vanderburgh School Foundation agreed for RIiney Hancock CPA firm from Owensboro, Ky.  to do ? …will this audit cover financial records only?   …will this audit be a special services such as a fraud audit?  …will this be just a routine audit?…we do wonder why the EVSC  Foundation waited 7 years to do an audit?

IS IT TRUE we would like to see a copy of engagement letter between EVSC Foundation and Riney Hancock CPA firm?  … we can’t wait to see what  EVSC Foundation have been spending their money on since 2008?

IS IT TRUE that At Large City Council  candidate Jack Schriber has political egg on his face?  …that last week he sent a letter to his elite main stream media buddies stating that members of the Evansville City Council were combative and dysfunctional?  …Schriber also stated;  “that the city of Evansville has approximately $145 million on hand, including $52 million in the general fund. Independent bond rating agencies repeatedly conclude the city has operated in a financially sound, efficient and prudent manner”?  …he also said ” simply put,  Evansville is on firm financial footing” ?  …its obvious that Mr. Schriber should ask the Mayor to provide him with a new  campaign political “Ghost Writer” who has accurate knowledge about the real financial status of the City?  …Mr. Schriber not only did the community disservice by putting mis-information about the true financial status of the city but also to his campaign?

IS IT TRUE its alleged  that someone was over heard telling someone that the real reason why the FOP PAC Committee didn’t endorse Alex Burton for City Council was he is trying to start a chapter of “Black Panther” party in Vanderburgh County?  …we find this “political rumor” extremely laughable?  …we won’t be surprised that the next stupid “political rumor” about Alex Burton will be that is thinking about starting a chapter of “KLU KLUX KLAN” in Evansville?  …we are hearing that Mr, Burtons campaign for City Council is going very well and that we believe?

IS IT TRUE we wonder if City Council candidates Dan McGinn and Jim Brinkmeyer are ever going to attend a political gathering so they can make their political views known to the masses?  …we bet  they won’t miss picking up their monthly pay checks for serving on  City Council?  …we also bet they shall be the first to sign up for the $20,000 taxpayer funded Heath Care Insurance for working part time?

IS IT TRUE that our current “Readers Poll” ask the following question?  …is the question is “Will the recent political endorsements announced by the FOP PAC Committee influence your vote”?

IS IT TRUE the Mayor just had another political photo op press conference  last week by announcing that he going to add a Carousel at Mesker Park?  …we are pleased that the Carousel shall be named for the   Engelbrecht family who are the largest benefactor to this project?

BOEHNER QUITS

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POPE FRANCIS

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USI loses a 3-2 OT decision at Rockhurst

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The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team allowed a goal 2:13 into overtime and fell at Rockhurst University, 3-2, Friday evening in Kansas City, Missouri. USI saw its record fall to 3-3-1 and 2-3-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while Rockhurst rose to 2-2-3, 2-2-0 GLVC.

The Screaming Eagles fell behind early in the match as the Hawk scored 2:46 into the match to take a 1-0 lead. Rockhurst would hold the lead through the intermission, outshooting USI, 7-1.

USI evened the match, 1-1, in the first 12 minutes of the second half when senior forward Madi Vellky (Dublin, Ohio) recorded her second goal of the season. Vellky was assisted by freshman forward Ryley Hancock(Evansville, Indiana), who picked up her team-high third of the year.

USI freshman midfielder Olivia Wilde (Racine, Wisconsin) gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead with a tally at 66:52. The goal was Wilde’s first for her career at USI and she was assisted by the play by junior defender Gabriella Korte (St. Louis, Missouri).

Rockhurst bounced back to send the match into overtime when they scored on a penalty kick with 1:25 left in regulation, tying the game, 2-2, and setting the stage for its overtime win. The Hawks did not wait long in overtime, getting the game-winner at 92:13.

The Eagles conclude the road trip to the far west of the GLVC Sunday when they visit William Jewell College for a noon match-up. William Jewell saw its record go to 3-3-2, 1-3-1 GLVC, after falling 15th-ranked Bellarmine University, 2-0, Friday night in Liberty, Missouri.

USI and William Jewell are tied in the all-time series, 2-2-0, after the Eagles took last year’s match, 3-2, in double overtime at Strassweg Field. The Eagles posted their wins in each of the last two seasons.

 

USI stumbles to #7 Rockhurst, 3-1

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The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer team fell to seventh-ranked Rockhurst University, 3-1, Friday evening in Kansas City, Missouri. USI saw its record fall to 3-4-0 and 1-4-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, while Rockhurst rose to 5-0-1, 5-0-0 GLVC.

The Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead by halftime and a 3-0 advantage before five minutes were gone in the second half. The Screaming Eagles posted their only tally of the contest at 62:50 of the second half when senior midfielder Josh Weinzapfel (Evansville, Indiana) recorded his team-high fourth goal of the season to cut the deficit to 3-1.

Weinzapfel was assisted on the tally by sophomore defender Lee Gualano (Arlington Heights, Illinois).

The Eagles conclude the road trip to the far west of the GLVC Sunday when they visit William Jewell College for a noon match-up. William Jewell saw its record go to 2-5-1, 1-4-0 GLVC, after falling Bellarmine University, 3-0, Friday night in Liberty, Missouri.

USI posted its first win over William Jewell, 2-0, last year at Strassweg Field, but trails in the all-time series, 3-1-0.

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