Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Tiffany Boyd Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance-Class D Felony

Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance-Class D Felony

Theft-Class D Felony

Charles Connolly Residential Entry-Class D Felony

Theft-Class D Felony

Domestic Battery-Class A Misdemeanor

Criminal Trespass-Class A Misdemeanor

Interference with the Reporting of a Crime-Class A Misdemeanor

Christopher Debose Attempted Robbery-Class C Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Jordan Keith Operating a Motor Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More-Class A Misdemeanor (Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)

Operating a Vehicle as a Habitual Traffic Violator-Class D Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Charlotte Kelley Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person with a Passenger less than 18 Years of Age-Class D Felony

Operating a Vehicle with an ACE of .15 or More with a Passenger less than 18 Years of Age-Class D Felony

Gregory Lane Operating a Vehicle as a Habitual Traffic Violator-Class D Felony

Joey Michel Child Molesting-Class A Felony (Two Counts)

(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Vaughn Sumbles Jr Possession of Methamphetamine-Class D Felony

Corey Wharton Domestic Battery-Class A Misdemeanor Enhanced to D Felony

Demario White Resisting Law Enforcement-Class D Felony

Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor

Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Endangering a Person-Class A

Misdemeanor

Reckless Driving-Class B Misdemeanor

Failure to Stop After Accident Resulting in Non-Vehicle Damage-Class B

Misdemeanor

Criminal Recklessness-Class B Misdemeanor

Brandyn Cox Felon Carrying a Handgun-class C Felony

Possession of Marijuana-Class A Misdemeanor Enhanced to D Felony

Possession of Paraphernalia-Class A Misdemeanor

Todd Higdon Operating a Motor Vehicle after Forfeiture of License for Life-Class C Felony

Receiving Stolen Property-Class D Felony

Intimidation-Class D Felony

Disorderly Conduct-Class B Misdemeanor

Edgar Thomas Jr Battery Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury-Class C Felony

Domestic Battery-Class D Felony

Lisa Walker Domestic Battery-Class D 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 considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.

Breaking the Cycle of Addiction:
The Evansville Police Department Meth Suppression Unit and the Vanderburgh County Prosecutors Office have teamed up to break the cycle of drug addiction in families in our community.
This week, 20 kids have been invited to attend a camp at USI. The “My Goals Camp” is designed to help them overcome some of the challenges associated with being raised by parents that are battling drug addiction. Most of the kids come from homes where one or both parents have been arrested for meth charges.
The camp is a chance for us to reach out to these kids and show them they are not forgotten or alone. The activities for the campers are designed to empower them to make positive choices and provide them with positive influences in their lives.

Evansville Police are trying to identify a man that stole merchandise from the Eastland Mall JC Penny store and assaulted the loss prevention officer when she tried to detain him. The incident happened at 1:30pm on July 23rd. Video from the store captured images of the suspect. The suspect is a white male, 5’5″-5’9″ and about 170lbs. He left in a grey SUV with a possible plate of RP6390. Investigators have not been able to locate any information connected to that license plate, so it is possible that the numbers may be incorrect or in the wrong order.
Anyone with information is asked to call EPD at 436-7979.

By: Ed Rogers

Last night on Fox News’ “Special Report,” Charles Krauthammer eloquently exposed President Obama’s ability — or preference — to remain oblivious to the economic conditions he has created. Maybe the president is in denial, or maybe the bubble that he has constructed shields him from any unpleasant conclusions. Whatever the case, Krauthammer points out that as a direct result of Obama’s economic policies, “the median income of the middle class of Americans has declined by 5% in his one term,” and we are experiencing “growing income inequality, chronic unemployment . . . [and] the worst recovery since World War II.”

It is stunning that President Obama himself said “this growing inequality is not just morally wrong” but “bad economics,” as if he had nothing to do with it. In his recent “economic pivot,” which started with his speech at Knox College in Illinois on July 24, no one has mentioned that since Obama took office in 2009, he has created an economy of renters and part-time jobs while the number of billionaires in the United States has increased by more than 23 percent. The hypocrisy is remarkable. How can the president get away with railing against an economy of his own making?

Obama’s ability to remain so oblivious to reality is also convenient when one looks at how Obamacare’s implementation is unfolding. In an underreported, jaw-dropping exposure, Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner details how the National Treasury Employees Union — that’s right, the union that represents the IRS — is “urging members to write their congressional representatives in opposition to receiving coverage” through Obamacare. In other words, Obama’s tool of choice for enforcing Obamacare and imposing it on the rest of us, the IRS, wants no part of Obamacare for themselves.

The union’s campaign follows House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s introduction of a bill that would remove lawmakers and federal employees from the current federal health benefits program and move them into the Obamacare insurance exchanges. Congressman Camp offered this bill, according to his spokeswoman, because “If the Obamacare exchanges are good enough for hardworking Americans and small businesses . . . they should be good enough for . . . federal employees.” Hopefully, Republican members of Congress can seize on this idea and go agency by agency, legislating that all federal employees be subject to the Obamacare exchanges. Would President Obama veto that bill? Would Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid even let it come to the floor for a vote? Anyway, shout out to Congressman Camp.

Similarly, the president’s hypocrisy extends to the administration’s efforts to sell Obamacare. The National Review’s Eliana Johnson reports that Obamacare call centers in California are not offering health insurance benefits to their employees. And not only are the very people who are supposed to be selling Americans on the benefits of Obamacare not going to get those benefits themselves, but at least half of the call-center jobs are only part-time jobs, not full-time positions as originally advertised. Again, the glaring hypocrisy shines through.

Every part of Obamacare is a growing political burden on the Democrats. But it’s the hypocrisy that will fuel resentment among voters and drive turnout in November 2014. It will be interesting to see what August brings, and what vulnerable Democratic members of Congress, particularly those in the Senate, will witness for themselves in town hall meetings during recess, as victims of the calamity that is Obamacare begin to show up and vocalize their disapproval. Will they follow Obama’s lead and adopt the president’s “remain oblivious” strategy, or will they begin to demand some political relief? For the Democrats on the ballot in 2014, it’s only going to get worse.

Source: Washington Post