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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, January 05, 2015

Tiffney Johnson               Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-Level 5 Felony

Whitney Washington   Theft-Level 6 Felony

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at kphernetton@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law

ST. MARY’S WELLNESS CENTER TO OFFER 
COUPLE’S SOCIAL DANCING

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St. Mary’s Wellness Center at Epworth Crossing will present three different opportunities for a great date night.

Couple’s Social Dancing will be offering Night Club Two-Step Level Two, East Coast Swing Level One, and West Coast Swing Level One beginning in January and February. The classes are taught by David and Donna Koring, who have been instructors since 2003.

Each class lasts for five weeks and is $65 per couple. Pre-registration is required.
Dates and more information can be found below:

  • Night Club Two-Step Level Two.
    Monday evenings from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    January 12, 19, 26, and February 2 and 9.
  • East Coast Swing Level One
    Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    January 13, 20, 27, and February 3 and 10.
  • West Coast Swing Level One
    Friday evenings from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    January 16, 23, 30, and February 6 and 13

To register, please call 812-485-5725. For more information please visit StMarysEpworth.com/classes.

Board of Commissioners Agenda

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AGENDA

Vanderburgh County

Board of Commissioners

January 6, 2015

5:00 pm, Room 301

  1. Call of Order
  2. Attendance
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
  4. Election of Officers
  5. Action Items
    • County Treasurer: Board of Finance
    • First Reading of Vacation Ordinance CO.V-01-15-001: Vacation of Public Utility Easements (PUE’s) and Rights-of-way in Orchard Heights Subdivision on Seib Road.
    • Permission to Advertise Notice of Public Hearing for Vacation Ordinance CO.V01-15-001: Vacation of Public Utility Easements (PUE’s) and Rights-of-Way in Orchard Heights Subdivision on Seib Road.
    • Contracts, Agreements and Leases
      1. Commissioners:
        • 2015 Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville Service Agreement
        • 2015 County Attorney Legal Services Agreement
        • Jacob’s Village, Inc. Grant Agreement
      2. Chief Information Officer: WOW Backup Internet Connection Agreement
  1. Department Head Reports
  2. New Business
  3. Old Business
    • Gostley Property / Burdette Park Purchase Offer
  4. Public Comment
  5. Consent Items
    • Approval of prior meetings:
      1. Commissioners Meeting: December 16,2014
      2. Commissioners Special Meeting: December 22, 2014
    • Employment Changes
    • County Commissioners:
      1. Quitclaim Deed: 1112 Oakley Street
      2. Certification for the Number of Public Safety Answering Points
      3. Request to Surplus Various Office Furniture and Equipment
    • County Assessor: Request to Surplus 5 Office Chairs
    • Area Plan Commission: Transfer Request: Canon IPF 8000 Color Plotter to County Assessor
    • County Auditor: December 2014 A/P Vouchers
    • County Clerk: November 2014 Monthly Report
    • County Treasurer:
      1. Year to date Investment Report: November 30, 2014
      2. November 2014 Monthly Report
    • County Engineer: Department Head Report
    • Weights and Measures: Nov 16- Dec 15, 2014 Monthly Report
    • County Ozone Officer: November 2014 Monthly Report
  6. Adjournment

Vanderburgh County Followed

Drainage Board Agenda

January 6, 2015

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Previous Minutes

Election of Drainage Board Officers for 2015

Enclave review of Inspection

Ditch Maintenance Claims

Public Comment

Adjournment

First impression: Suspect’s recorded talk in police car admissible

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Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com

What a South Bend man said to another suspect while they were alone in the back of a police cruiser was recorded by an in-car video camera and properly presented to a federal jury, a panel of judges decided in a matter of first impression for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The panel affirmed Tommy Webster’s drug and firearm convictions for which he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Webster owned a marijuana grow house and was convicted of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

Police followed an anonymous tip to Webster’s house in March 2011 and encountered him there. Webster was carrying about $2,300 in cash, and police noticed a strong odor of marijuana. Inside his house, they found 50 marijuana plants and cocaine after executing a warrant.

Webster and another suspect were placed in the back cage of a police cruiser before and during the search for about two-and-a-half hours, according to the record. Most of that time a police corporal was in the car with them, but when he left for about eight minutes, Webster made several statements that connected him to the house.

Because Webster’s defense counsel strategically did not object to the admission of the recording, the panel reviewed only for plain error. For purposes of their analysis, the judges assumed Webster had a subjective expectation of privacy while alone with another suspect in the back of the police car.

“(T)he insurmountable obstacle to his claim is in the objective portion of the test – whether the expectation is one that society accepts is reasonable,” Circuit Judge Ilana Rovner wrote for the unanimous panel. “Although our circuit has not yet addressed this question, six circuits have done so over the last two decades and all have held that there is no objectively reasonable expectation of privacy in a conversation that occurs in a squad car.

“… Given the nature of the vehicle and the visible presence of electronics capable of transmitting any internal conversations, the expectation that a conversation within the vehicle is private is not an expectation that society would recognize to be reasonable. We agree with those circuits, and hold that conversations in a squad car such as the one in this case are not entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy, and therefore the recording of the conversation is not a violation of the Fourth Amendment.”

Rovner wrote that the holding applied only to squad cars similarly equipped and not, for instance, to a design in which officers were separated from suspects by Plexiglas that allowed them to see, but not hear, conversations.

The panel affirmed the convictions and sentence handed down by Judge Robert L. Miller of the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. The 7th Circuit also rejected Webster’s other arguments that the court erred by allowing into evidence lab results on the seized drugs and his argument that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

IS IT TRUE January 7, 2015

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IS IT TRUE the testy meeting of the Evansville City Council on Monday night has now had an overnight to sink in and there is something first and foremost that is now blatantly obvious?…the Winnecke Administration has withheld material information from the City Council and from the people of Evansville for an extended period of time regarding the complications of the financing?…they have not only withheld material information, but they are now engaged in what some would call a “bait and switch” tactic where a $71.3 Million project that included a high rise hotel, a parking garage, and an apartment complex is devolving into a twin version of Riverhouse style hotel buildings and nothing else?…the Winnecke Administration is pursuing this “bait and switch” in a secret negotiation involving the City, HCW, and Old National Bank?…the source for this information is none other than Mayoral Chief of Staff Steve Schaefer from his testimony before the City Council?…it also seems as though they have every intention of moving forward with some watered down non-expandable deal with the authority to commit the full $20 Million that the City Council approved for a subsidy for A $71.3 MILLION PROJECT?

IS IT TRUE the City Council, or at least all of them who are not named McGinn, Mosby or Weaver, were visibly disturbed by the willful misrepresentation by omission that the Mayor has committed and let Mr. Schaefer know it?…the problem with what happened next is however typical of this Council when it comes to rolling over for the Mayor’s desires?…once again this Council showed lots of bark but no bite?…like an aging toothless dog this City Council erred on the side of giving the Mayor what he wants and failed to even bring Councilwoman Stephanie Brinkerhoff-Riley’s motion and Connie Robinson’s second rescind the approval for the $20 Million subsidy to a vote?…they barked allot over the Earthcare Energy LLC debacle but rolled over and ratified what could have been a $5 Million waste of the taxpayer’s dollars?…they barked allot over the Johnson Controls space age water meters that Weinzapfel shoved through during his last hours as Mayor, but rolled over for Winnecke who took up Weinzapfel’s cause?…the barked allot over the failure to VET the principals of HCW, but rolled over when the vote was taken?…they just did the same darn thing?…the only member of the Council who has consistently showed some courage in opposing Mayor Winnecke’s hair brained financial schemes has been Councilwoman Riley?…with no consequence to pay for entering into nonsensical agreements without VETTING other than Mr. Schaefer taking a tongue lashing for his boss, there is no reason to expect anything else during 2015?…the modus operandi for this Council is and has always been BARK, BARK, BARK, and then ROLL OVER?

IS IT TRUE there was no mention of one of the most important players in the hotel game by Mr. Schaefer last night?…that would be the actual construction company that would build whatever amended kluge is brought forward?…one would think that the Ford Center “golden child” Hunt Construction would be part of the negotiation as without a firm quote all the words of Mayors, bankers, and developers are about as worthless as the City Councils barking?

IS IT TRUE a member of the Evansville Redevelopment Commission who took to the lectern last night to plead for moving forward so “we don’t lose the $2 Million we have already spent” seems to have forgotten what the money was spent on?…part of the money was spent on a detail design of a high rise hotel, an apartment building, and a parking garage?…it seems to reason that if the design of the hotel is changes dramatically and the other two structures will not be built at all that the $1 Million or so spent on design is ALREADY WASTED WHETHER THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD OR NOT?…the other part of the money was supposedly spent on core drilling and analysis on the lot?…that constitutes characterizing the GEOLOGY OF THE LOT prior to construction?…that part of the work will not be changing anytime soon unless a John Kish frightening earthquake happens, so that money has not been wasted even if it takes 20 years to start construction?…this has always been the problem with the ERC?…they have exhibited no knowledge of finance, never heard of VETTING, and this guy seems to think that obsolete plans have value and that the geology of the lot changes with the phases of the moon?…it is our hope that newly appointed ERC Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave will bring a large helping of sanity and competence to an appointed commission that has been devoid of such things for at least 10 years?

IS IT TRUE that the City Council can ratify a new bond issue very quickly if the Mayor ever comes back with a plan that will work?…based on that one fact the only reasonable action considering the shameless way that material information has been withheld and theatrics have driven the process is to rescind the prior approval with the option to amend or reinstate should an achievable proposal ever come from the Mayor and his compadres?…one of those compadres in the form of Councilman Jonathan Weaver is reported to have once again requested a police escort to his car after a Monday’s Council meeting?  …it is laughable that a young man in good physical condition like Councilman Weaver should fear a member of the graying Geritol Mafia for him telling what they think of him?

STATE REPRESENTATIVE GAIL RIECKEN SCHEDULED TO ANNOUNCE HER PLANS TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE

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This coming Saturday,  January 10,  2015 at 11:15AM at the C. K.  Newsome Community Center, 100 Walnut Street Evansville, IN 47713 State Representative Gail Riecken will be making an announcement concerning her political future.

Many political insiders expect Representative Riecken to announce that she shall be running for Mayor of Evansville on the Democratic ticket.

We are also told that Mrs. Riecken has the backing of many powerful people inside and outside of local politics.  Sources tell us that Representative Riecken has amassed an impressive group of campaign staff and volunteers from all walks of life and shall introduce some of them at this Saturdays event.

If Mrs. Riecken is elected , she will be the first female Mayor in Evansville 202 year history.

State Representative Gail Riecken invites you,  your family,  and friends to attend to hear her special announcement about her plans for the future of the City of Evansville.

FACTS ABOUT GAIL RIECKEN STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 77:

Current Indiana House of Representatives Committees Include:

Financial Institutions Committee

Statutory Committee on Ethics

Government and Regulatory Reform Committee

Ways and Means Committee

Serve as the Democrat appointment to the Commission on Improving the Status of Children and appointed to the Education Subcommittee.

Serve on the Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Abuse Committee.

Advocated for other bills for the improvement of our neighborhoods and our local community, in particular, the moped bill and the new vacant and abandoned housing bill.

Contributions/accomplishments in 2013 as State Representative 

Worked with legislators in 2013 for a comprehensive program for at risk children:

  • Worked with legislators and advocates to form the only State Commission on Improving the Status of Children.
  • Worked with legislators and advocates to form the Child Services Oversight Committee.
  • Principally worked on the new statewide and local child fatality review committee.
  • Advocated for a revised child abuse hotline systemnow being implemented statewide.

Previous work serving individuals and families in crisis

  • As a state legislator fought for accountability to Medicaid clients.
  • Co-founded the Ark Crisis Child Care Center, approximately 28 years ago.
  • Helped develop several years ago Little Lambs http://littlelambsevansville.com/
  • Served as a volunteer rape crisis volunteer years ago in a rape crisis line program
  • As a member of the Welfare Board (now not part of the system) fought for better services and better environment for the children living at Hillcrest Washington Home.
  • Have served as leadership in neighborhood association issues, and continuous improvement of our community
  • Present memberships
  • Member of the Green River Kiwanis, the African American Museum, Angel Mounds Society and Wesselman Preserve. Serve on advisory committee of ARK Crisis Child Care Center. Member of First Presbyterian Church and serve as substitute cook for Potters Wheel breakfasts. Member of COIN and Glenwood neighborhood associations.

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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EPD Activity Report January 6, 2015

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Two Grants to Boys & Girls Club of Evansville

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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 the Boys & Girls Club of Evansville will receive two grants totaling $6,500. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation is awarding $5,000 towards a Triple Play Program and $1,500 towards gameroom physical and recreational activities.

The grants help provide programming during out-of-school time that supports a healthy, active lifestyle. Boys & Girls Clubs around the state will receive a variety of grants to support Triple Play programming, focusing on being healthy holistically through the mind, body and soul.

“Many kids today are facing an uphill battle when it comes to eating right and understanding how to maintain healthy habits,” said Rob Hillman, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana. “The Triple Play program and Boys & Girls Clubs are working to educate and help make healthy choices easier for kids. Through the program we are building a solid foundation of learning with activities that will help kids continue healthy habits and exercise into their adult lives.”

“Healthy habits are learned at an early age, and that’s why we’re so committed to the Triple Play program,” said Kristen Metzger, who leads Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Medicaid business unit. “This program is helping to build the foundation for a lifetime of healthy habits for kids across the country, including proper nutrition and increased physical activity.”

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation is committed to improving health and strengthening Indiana communities. Through its Healthy Generations grant program, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation works to identify the issues most in need of attention and then directs its financial support and volunteer efforts toward improving health in those areas.  Promoting youth health and active lifestyles is an ongoing focus of the foundation.

The Triple Play grants announced today are part of a five-year, $10 million commitment from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation’s parent company foundation to Boys & Girls Clubs of America to promote healthy lifestyles.  This is the fourth consecutive year Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation has awarded Triple Play grants in Indiana.

About Triple Play

Triple Play: A healthy lifestyles Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul, was launched in 2005 by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services and with support from The Coca-Cola Company. The goal of Triple Play is to encourage kids to eat healthier, become more physically active and increase their ability to engage in healthy relationships. A two-year study of more than 2,000 children ages 9-14 showed that Triple Play succeeded in getting them to exercise more, eat healthier foods and feel better about themselves. The study found that Triple Play kids increased to 90 percent of the federally recommended amount of daily exercise, which is 60 minutes a day for children, while their peers outside the program decreased to 78 percent. Triple Play includes five program components, each of which serves between 20,000 and 500,000 youth annually.  Since its inception in 2005, Triple Play has made more than 9.2 million connections with kids across the country. In 2011, the WellPoint Foundation joined BGCA and Coca-Cola as a Triple Play sponsor. Learn more about the program at www.bgca.org/tripleplay.

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Evansville

The Boys & Girls Club of Evansville offers daily access to a broad range of programs designed to drive positive outcomes for youth and reinforce necessary life skills. With continued support from the Evansville community, the Boys & Girls Club will stay uniquely positioned to make a significance difference in the lives of youth.

Mission: To enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

About Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation

Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation LLC, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, promotes Anthem’s inherent commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in communities that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield serves. The Foundation focuses its funding on strategic initiatives that address and provide innovative solutions to reduce the number of uninsured as well as organizations and nonprofit charities that promote the Healthy Generations Program, a multi-generational initiative that targets specific disease states and medical conditions.  These include: prenatal care in the first trimester, low birth weight babies, cardiac morbidity rates, long term activities that decrease obesity and increase physical activity, diabetes prevalence in adult populations, adult pneumococcal and influenza vaccinations and smoking cessation. The Foundation also coordinates the company’s annual associate giving campaign and its parent foundation provides a 50 percent match of associates’ campaign pledges. ®ANTHEM is a registered trademark of Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. To learn more about the Foundation please visit www.wellpointfoundation.org.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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 Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, January 02, 2015

Thomas Clayton                          Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Andrew Filkins                         Possession of a Narcotic Drug-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Tommy Fulkerson                      Possession of a Narcotic Drug-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Megan McQueen                      Possession of Paraphernalia-Level 6 Felony

Brandon Nord                            Possession of Cocaine-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Methamphetamine-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Kelli Salke                                   Theft-Level 6 Felony

Criminal Trespass-Class A Misdemeanor

Michael Thomas                        Theft-Level 6 Felony

Possession Paraphernalia-Level 6 Felony

Warren Trafford                       Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated-Level 6 Felony

Randall Tuck III                   Criminal Confinement-Level 6 Felony

Angela Davis                            Burglary-Level 4 Felony

Robbery-Level 5 Felony

Ashley Eakins                             Neglect of Dependent-Level 6 Felony

Michael Farmer Jr                 Auto Theft-Level 6 Felony

Carrying a Handgun without a License-Class A MIsdemeanor

William Irwin                          Arson-Level 4 Felony

Arson-Level 6 Felony

Leon Jackson Jr                        Possession of Cocaine-Level 6 Felony

Possession of a Narcotic Drug-Level 6 Felonies (Two Counts)

Domestic Battery-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Marijuana-Class B Misdemeanor

Frantz Sainvil                             Possession of Cocaine-Level 3 Felony

Carrying a Handgun without a License-Level 5 Felony

Possession of a Narcotic Drug-Level 6 Felony

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor

Kurt Smallings                       Burglary-Level 4 Felony

Robbery-Level 5 Felony

For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Kyle Phernetton at 812.435.5688 or via e-mail at kphernetton@vanderburghgov.org

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law

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