VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, October 2, 2012.

Joseph Beese Theft – Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Heather Briner Neglect of a Dependent – Class D Felony (Three Counts)

Antwane Broomfield Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Violator – Class D Felony

Antonette Glass Dealing in Cocaine – Class A Felony
Dealing in Marijuana – Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor

Larry Goeble Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Two Counts)
Possession of Cocaine – Class D Felony
Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor

Michael Keller Domestic Battery – Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Domestic Battery – Class D Felony

Daniel Kuebler Strangulation- Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor

Emily Lance Theft – Class D Felony

Renee Leach Theft – Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class A Misdemeanor

Michael Meese Possession of Methamphetamine – Class D Felony
Theft – Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor

Braizion Robinson Resisting Law Enforcement – Class D Felony

Jennifer Smith Theft – Class D Felony

Christopher Skelton Strangulation – Class D Felony
Domestic Batter y – Class A Misdemeanor
Interference with the Reporting of a Crime – Class A Misdemeanor
Battery by Bodily Waste – Class A Misdemeanor

Shurrid Strong Dealing in Cocaine – Class A Felony
Dealing in Marijuana – Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – Class D Felony
Possession of Paraphernalia – Class A Misdemeanor

Antonio Tolbert, Jr. Criminal Recklessness – Class D Felony

Daniel Uylaki Possession of Cocaine – Class D Felony
Operating a Vehicle as an Habitual Traffic Offender – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement –Class A Misdemeanor

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

Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are considered to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
SENTENCE CHART

Class Range
Murder 45-65 Years
Class A Felony 20-50 Years
Class B Felony 6-20 Years
Class C Felony 2-8 Years
Class D Felony ½ – 3 Years
Class A Misdemeanor 0-1 Year
Class B Misdemeanor 0-180 Days
Class C Misdemeanor 0-60 Days

The Indiana Returning Heroes and Wounded Warriors Tax Credit
Press Conference
10/03/12

Thank you for coming. I’d like to talk to you today about the job challenges facing our veterans here in Indiana.

There are nearly 900,000 unemployed veterans in the United States-a staggering figure.

The latest department of labor and unemployment report shows that October 2011 the average unemployment rate among all veterans was 7.7% and 12.1% for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Equally troubling, veterans between the ages of 35 and 64, the group with the highest financial obligations and the fewest available VA education and training options, continue to make up nearly two-thirds of all unemployed veterans.

Overall, nearly 1 in 12 of our nation’s heroes can’t find a job to support their family, don’t have an income that provides stability, and don’t have work that provides them with the confidence and pride that is so critical to their transition home.

Indiana has 500,806 veterans. It is sad to say that our state is experiencing a 15.7% unemployment rate among Hoosier veterans who have served in the last ten years, and we have the fifth worst per-veteran return on benefits. We know that Indiana is one of just three states with a veteran’s affairs department that lacks accreditation from the U.S. Department of veteran’s affairs.
Even though the federal government tries to provide a number of services, including healthcare and some re-training here in Indiana, our state government does not do enough in helping those men and women who have served our country by putting their lives on the line to protect our freedoms.
While our gubernatorial candidates are calling for Indiana to hand more of its state contracts to veteran owned businesses, I think it’s important that we do everything in the private sector to encourage Hoosier employers to hire our Hoosier veterans.

Therefore, if I am elected as our next state senator, I intend to propose legislation, which I call the Indiana returning heroes and wounded warriors tax credit act, that would lower the rate of unemployment among our Indiana veterans.

It is essentially a hybrid version of the federal “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” which was signed into law in November of last year.

The entire gist of my proposal would be to provide tax credits to private employers for hiring veterans and disabled veterans who are out of work here in Indiana.
The tax credit would be for any business that hires a veteran that has been unemployed for at least four weeks.

It provides an even bigger tax break if a business hires a veteran who’s been unemployed for at least six months, and if a business hires an unemployed veteran with a disability related to their service it proposes doubling the tax credit for private employers in Indiana.

Essentially the returning heroes tax credit provides:
· for a credit of 40% of the first $6,000 of wages for employers who hire veterans who have been in receipt of unemployment compensation for at least four weeks;
· a credit of 40% of the first $12,000 of wages for employers who hire veterans who have been in receipt of unemployment compensation for longer than six months.

The wounded warrior tax credit would provide:
· a credit of 40% of the first $12,000 of wages for firms that hire veterans with service-connected disabilities who have been in receipt of unemployment compensation for at least 4 weeks;
· and 40% of the first $24,000 for those disabled veterans who have been unemployed for longer than 6 months.

We should continuously pay tribute and honor to our men and women who still serve in harm’s way.

We are forever in debt to a generation whose sacrifice has made this country safer and more respected.
When they take off the uniform, we should serve them as well as they have served us because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care they need when they come home.

Providing tax credits to employers who hire our Hoosier veterans is just one way I will continue to fight to protect the rights of working families in Indiana.

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Lending practices drastically changed in 2008 after the real estate bubble burst with the tightening of federal banking regulations almost assuring that commercial banks would be far more risk averse. Who could blame them with increased federal underwriting standards forcing changes to such things as loan to value ratio parameters. In short, many traditional commercial lending institutions found themselves unwilling or unable to take on the construction risk of new projects due to increased regulations.

In general, banks have increased scrutiny of commercial or industrial leases as well as potential tenants before extending credit to the developer. Coupled with a weak economic recovery, significant leverage was shifted to tenants due to oversupply and reduced demand. With increased pressure, where are businesses and developers turning for help? The answer is simple – communities.

Businesses and/or developers are looking to the public sector to take on a larger role for their projects through substitution of public subsidies for owner equity; provision of credit through special assessments; and, assumption of risk through publicly issued debt backed by general obligation guarantees.

As communities are asked to take on larger roles in securing new investment, including acting as angel investors, a key change in the delivery of economic development services will be the community’s need to develop its own team to evaluate future opportunities. As part of the process, communities should start with asking key questions about each request for public assistance or incentives. Is this something our community really needs? Is this project feasible? Will our community benefit from this project? Is an incentive or subsidy needed for this project? Who are these guys? Will the business or developer do what it says it will? Though not every question will be required for each project considered, understanding the various components of a project is critical in evaluating what level, if any, a community should invest.

A recent default by a company and community on bonds backed by the community in Missouri led the Missouri legislature to consider legislation creating greater due diligence standards. Although not yet passed, the new legislation would have created a rating system for projects and requiring background checks of key company officials. While nothing similar is being proposed for Indiana, putting in place a good due diligence process helps to remove risk for the community.

(Based on a presentation given by Greg Wathen during the Indiana Economic Development Association Fall Conference on September 14, 2012)

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