Evansville, IN – Below is a list of felony cases that were filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, January 8, 2013.

Candace Carnahan Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony

Toni Carnahan-Tosti Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony

Quentin Carter Operating a Motor Vehicle After Forfeiture of License for Life – Class C Felony

Donald Collins Receiving Stolen Property – Class D Felony

Michael Conner Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony
Failure to Appear – Class D Felony

April Darden Operating a Vehicle with an Ace of .15 or More –Class A Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Class C Misdemeanor
(Enhanced to a Class D Felony due to Prior Convictions)
Driving While Suspended-Class A Misdemeanor

Eric Frazier Strangulation – Class D Felony
Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury – Class D Felony

Jerrod Fuqua Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony

John Graves Theft-Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement-Class A Misdemeanor (Two Counts)

Sammy Grisham Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony

Joseph Hedderich Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony
(Habitual Substance Offender Enhancement)
Bassil Kamali Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felony – Class B Felony

Ronald Lemon Possession of Marijuana – Class A Misdemeanor Enhanced to D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor (Two Counts)
Trafficking with an Inmate – Class A Misdemeanor

Heather Mossberger Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony
Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance- Class D Felony

Joseph Peek Dealing in Methamphetamine – Class B Felony
Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony
Maintaining a Common Nuisance- Class D Felony
(Habitual Offender Enhancement)

Sara Powers Theft-Class D Felony (Six Counts)

Michael Robb Neglect of Dependent – Class D Felony
Possession of a Controlled Substance –D Felony

Charles Schatz Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony
Battery – Class D Felony

Adam Singer Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury to a Pregnant Woman – Class C Felony (Two
Counts)
Domestic Battery – Class D Felony
Intimidation – Class D Felony
Resisting Law Enforcement – Class A Misdemeanor (Two Counts)

Martez Vaughn Dealing in a Counterfeit Substance-Class D Felony
Intimidation – Class D Felony
Driving While Suspended – Class A Misdemeanor

Dani York Neglect of Dependent- Class D Felony
Possession of a Controlled Substance – Class D Felony (Two Counts)

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 Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center (SICTC) is hosting a two-week summer engineering camp, iEngineering 2.0, 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 June 3-14, 2013, is a half-day program that will focus on topics related to engineering, manufacturing and architecture. Students will learn about:

· Soldering

· Basic electrical circuits

· Vex robots

· CNC machining

· Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Software

· Architectural fundamentals

· Electro-magnetic motors

· Introduction to engineering concepts

Students also will attend a field trip to a local manufacturing company. In addition, bus transportation may be available for students residing in Vanderburgh County.

Cost for the summer camp is $40 per student. To register, visit www.sictc.com and click on the iEngineering link on the top banner. Individuals interested in participating in the camp must register by April 8.

Contact Andy Beadles, Project Lead The Way instructor at the SICTC, by phone at 435-8813 or by email at andy.beadless@evsc.k12.in.us or Kevin Williams, also a Project Lead The Way instructor at the SICTC, by phone at 435-8812 or by email at kevin.williams@evsc.k12.in.us.

AGENDA
Wednesday, January 13, 2013

Building Commission – Ron Beane Police Department – Chief Billy Bolin
Emergency Management-Sherman Greer Fire Department – Chief Mike Connelly

~ Pledge of Allegiance ~
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Business with representatives:

1. Brian Woods representing Bartlett and Associates. Bartlett and Associates has been contracted by the State of Indiana-Department of Transportation for the roadwork at Highway 41 and Lloyd Expressway. The work being done will disrupt the traffic patterns the Board of Public Safety approved for Joshua Academy.

Departmental Reports:

A. Police Department – Chief Billy Bolin
1. Request approval for contract with Plus Systems for the maintenance of Video Surveillance System for 2013.

B. Fire Department ~ Chief Mike Connelly
1. Request approval December 2012 monthly report

C. Building Commission ~ Ron Beane
1. Request approval to renew Vehicle Maintenance Agreement with Muensterman’s Service Center, Inc.
2. Request approval to seek bids for the purchase of automobile(s).

Consent Section:

A. ROAD CLOSURE
1. Evansville Otters requests approval to close Main Street from Morgan Avenue to Garvin Park’s fountain and possibly the entrance to the park on Reis Avenue starting at 8:00 am on Friday, October 4, 2013 through Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 5:00 pm for a car show.
B. SPECIAL EVENT
1. Harold Matthews, University of Evansville, requests approval for “MLK March Reenactment” Monday, January 21, 2013 beginning at 1:15 pm ending at 2:30 pm. Route: East on Walnut from Ridgway University Center to Alvord Blvd, south on Alvord Blvd, west on Lincoln Ave to front oval driveway of U of E, north on driveway onto campus.
C. TAXI CAB DRIVER PERMITS
1. Request approval for the following to receive taxi cab drivers permits:
a. Christopher Barrett
b. Barry Lashley
c. Ronald Noble
d. Rodney Smithhart
e. Tobin Fortune
f. R. Bryan Rohrer
D. DUMPSTER
1. Terry Pirtle – 403 Enlow – remodeling – January 14, 2013 for no longer than 10 days.
E. PARKING
1. Red Cross requests approval to use four parking spaces in front of Signature School-610 Main Street to park their mobile unit for a blood drive the school is sponsoring on Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 7:00 am until 2:30 pm.
OTHER BUSINESS:

1. Approve claims
2. Approve the minutes of Wednesday, December 19,2012

Announcements:

Next meeting, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 1:00 pm

On January 3, 2013 the Evansville Courier & Press reported the following

“The hotel project will be front-and-center early this year. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke said Tuesday that he has selected one of the three development proposals submitted for the city’s consideration. He will meet one-on-one with City Council members over the next few days to explain his recommendation. Winnecke then will present the choice to the Evansville Redevelopment Commission.”

Yesterday, January 8, 2013 Councilman Al Lindsey clearly stated in the CCO that he wanted nothing to do with any one-on-one meeting and called on the Mayor to make a presentation to the City Council at a public meeting.

Today January 9, 2013 Mayor Winnecke’s Chief of Staff Steve Schaefer asked that Councilman Lindsey reconsider the one-on-one meeting and made a statement in an email that absolutely counters the quotes attributed to Mayor Winnecke in the Courier Press.

“Councilman Lindsey, it is our hope that you will re-consider and be a part of the process.

As Mayor Winnecke indicated in his email to Council in December, it is his intent to keep City Council informed and engaged in the process to build a new convention hotel in downtown Evansville.

As you know, the authority currently resides in the hands of the Evansville Redevelopment Commission to select a hotel developer and drive this process. Mayor Winnecke took it upon himself to form an advisory group made up of community and financial leaders, including two members of City Council, to interview and evaluate the three development teams that were chosen from the RFP process. The Mayor, with input from the advisory group intends to make a recommendation at a public meeting of the Evansville Redevelopment Commission in the near future for next action.

Please feel free to contact us with questions.

Thanks.
Steve”

Then Councilman Jonathan Weaver felt a need to send the following email to the entire City Council call for Councilman Lindsey to “resign if he has an issue”

Al,

“This city needs us to move forward, stop the bickering and just get the job done. If you have an issue, resign.

Jonathan Weaver”

Prior to all of this Councilman Lindsey and Marianne Cox, the scheduler for Mayor Winnecke invited Lindsey to a meeting and he graciously declined.

“Good evening Al,

I’d like to get you scheduled to meet with Mayor Winnecke next week to discuss the status of the hotel project. Please call me at 436-4969 tomorrow (Wednesday) and we’ll look for a mutually workable date and time.

Thank you,
Marianne E Cox
Executive Assistant/Scheduler to Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
Office of the Mayor – City of Evansville, Indiana”

“Marianne

Thank you for the invitation but I must respectfully decline due to my stance on transparency on any and all public projects. I feel that any discussions concerning the hotel project should be done in public and during council meetings.

Al Lindsey.”

I must say that I was disturbed when I read in the Evansville Courier and Press that Mayor Lloyd Winnecke had already made his decision on which of the three bidders on the RFP for the downtown convention hotel was “his” choice. I was not aware that as a member of the Evansville City Council that we had no say or input in the process of awarding such a contract.

The last several years have been marred with false start after false start for a downtown convention hotel to serve the Centre and the new Ford Center. Our former Mayor at one time announced that a 4-Star hotel would be completed with private money if only we would build a new arena. We did our part and still we have floundered for 4 years since Mayor Weinzapfel’s announcement with no hotel that we allegedly have to have for the Centre and the Ford Center to do well. Mayor Winnecke has continued the secretive and authoritative ways of Mayor Weinzapfel. It is not his job to choose which of the three bidders should win the deal.

The other thing that bothers me is that the Mayor has announced his intention to go to each member of the City Council on an individual basis to talk them into what he wants to do. It is not his place to sell each member of the City Council in a series of private meetings. It is his place to make a public presentation before the City Council and to make his best case on why he made this decision in a vacuum and why it is best for Evansville. This presentation should include an overview of just why the chosen proposal is better than the other two complete with the public funding requirements of each.

The financial commitment has been reported to be over $20 Million from the taxpayers of Evansville. This is a decision that needs to have the people of this city on board to move forward. The time for closed door meetings, serial arm twisting, and authoritative directives is over. The time for the transparency that Mayor Winnecke campaigned on is now, and I call upon the Mayor to come before the City Council to make whatever case he has to make. Then we the Evansville City Council will exercise our duties to either fund this effort or not.

Al Lindsey
Evansville City Councilman, 6th Ward

Outstanding_Sheriff_Warrants

This list represents the active warrants held for service by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office on the date listed. It is no longer current the moment it is produced. Therefore, the current validity of a warrant cannot be obtained from this information alone, but must be verified by the sheriff’s office. In general, the sheriff’s office will not confirm the validity of a warrant to non-law enforcement personnel over the telephone. This must be done in person.

If you have a tip or information about any of these warrants or the persons listed as wanted, please send an email to sheriffwarrants@vanderburghsheriff.com or call 421-6276.

As always, the sheriff’s office greatly appreciates any information or assistance you can provide in the apprehension of those persons who are wanted by the Vanderburgh County Courts.

Respectfully,
Eric Williams
Vanderburgh County Sheriff

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
LLOYD WINNECKE
January 9, 2013 Contact: Ella Johnson-Watson
For Immediate Release
Evansville Mayor Winnecke Tapped for Regional, State Leadership Roles

(EVANSVILLE, IN) – Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke has been selected to serve in leadership positions at the regional and state level. Mayor Winnecke was elected President of the Southern Indiana Mayors Roundtable for 2013, and he has been named chair of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns (IACT) Public Safety Committee.

As president of the Southern Indiana Mayors Roundtable, Mayor Winnecke will lead the discussion during meetings and help set the legislative agenda on issues presented to the Indiana General Assembly. The Roundtable meets monthly and is comprised of approximately 34 mayors.
“I think it is vitally important to have someone of Mayor Winnecke’s stature, who serves the largest city in Southern Indiana, to act as our president,” said former Tell City Mayor Bill Goffinet. “He will work with other mayors in our region and carry their message to lawmakers in Indianapolis.”

The Southern Indiana Mayors Roundtable will hold its first meeting of 2013 at Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center on Jan. 24.

Carmel, Ind., Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray, the incoming President of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Board of Directors, said IACT is pleased Mayor Winnecke agreed to accept a broader leadership role with the association.

“The Public Safety Committee is one of IACT’s most important public policy committees,” Cordray said. “I welcome Mayor Winnecke and look forward to his commitment to public safety.” She said the Mayor will work closely with the 17-member committee to monitor issues involving public safety throughout the state and in the new legislative session.