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Indiana Conservation Officers Investigating Theft of ATV from Falls of the Ohio State Park

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Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the theft of an ATV from the Falls of the Ohio State Park. 

A state-owned 2013 John Deere utility ATV (model XUV550) was taken from an enclosed storage area during the overnight hours of Wednesday February 14, 2018. 

Photo is not of actual vehicle stolen. This is a photo representation.

 
State Park personnel discovered the vehicle missing Thursday morning and reported the theft. 

Indiana Conservation Officers collected evidence at the scene, but are asking for the public’s help in recovering the vehicle. 
 
Falls of the Ohio State Park manager, Lucas Green stated “The ATV is a valuable piece of equipment that we use for general upkeep of this beautiful area, which thousands of local citizens enjoy.” 
 
Anyone with information concerning the theft is encouraged to contact Indiana Conservation Officers at 812-837-9536 or their anonymous TIP line at 1-800-TIPIDNR.
 

Noise Complaint Leads To Drug Arrest

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Washington County Deputy Brad Naugle and Salem City Police Officer Russell Wilcoxson recently responded to a loud noise complaint at 500 Martinsburg Road in Salem.

As officers approached,they could hear loud music while still inside their patrol cars.

Officers knocked on the door and were allowed inside by Joseph Ford. Once inside, officers detected a strong odor of burnt marijuana and observed drugs and drug paraphernalia in plain view. Officers were able to obtain a search warrant and during a search of the residence, officers seized several bags of marijuana, totaling approximately 348 grams in weight.

Other evidence seized included a firearm, cash, different types of prescription pills, drug paraphernalia, a marijuana plant and scales.

Joseph Ford of Salem was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to deal, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a legend drug, possession of paraphernalia and maintaining a common nuisance.

Also arrested were Lacey Smith and Joseph Smith, both from Salem and both were charged with visiting a common nuisance.

Deputies Tory Hildreth and Lucas Gray and Salem City Police Officer Chris Cauble assisted with the investigation.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

Lawrence County Inmate Roster – 2-16-18

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J A I L  M A N A G E M E N T
                                                      Arrest Report for Courts
                                                    02/15/2018  thru  02/16/2018
 
Book Date  Time      DOB      SSN            Charge         Charge          Sex  Arr Ag                  Bail       Bail Agency
                          Cause No.          Code(s)     Description(s)
 
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
02/15/2018 0205  07/06/1979 ***********                                       M BEDFORD PD                505.00
MILLER,COREY                               00000000054 TRESPASS             Court:                     Date/Time:           -0000
          Citizen? Yes      Birth Place Country: US      City: TERRE HAUTE      State: IN
          Class: MISDEMEANOR
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
02/15/2018 1145  10/20/1953 ***********                                       M ISP                         0.00
MARVIN,MARION           59D01-1603-CM-289  00000000210 HOLD FOR ANOTHER COU Court:                     Date/Time:           -0000
          Citizen? Yes      Birth Place Country: US      City: SELMA            State: AL
          Class:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
02/15/2018 1145  11/09/1994 ***********                                       F LCPD                   50,000.00
THORPE,TIFFANY          47D01-1802-F4-261  0BURGLARY-C BURGLARY - C FELONY  Court:                     Date/Time:           -0000
          Citizen? Yes      Birth Place Country: US      City: BLOOMINGTON      State: IN
          Class:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
02/15/2018 1730  11/11/1968 ***********                                       F BEDFORD PD                  0.00
FRYE,STACEY L           47D02-1705-CM-651  00000000201 PETITION TO REVOKE   Court:                     Date/Time:           -0000
          Citizen? Yes      Birth Place Country: US      City: WASHINGTON       State: IN

Washington County Inmate Roster – 2-16-18

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February 15

Washington County Sheriff’s Department

Jessica Dawn Parker, 33, Pekin

  • Visiting a Common Nuisance 

Teresa Diane Neely, 49, Pekin

  • Visiting a Common Nuisance 

Amy Leigh Boes, 32, Salem

  • Visiting a Common Nuisance
  • Resisting Law Enforcement

Tony Lee Boes, 55, Pekin

  • Possession of Meth
  • Possession of Paraphernalia
  • Maintaining a common nuisance
  • Possession of Marijuana, Hash Oil, Hashish or Salvia
  • Possession of Syringe
  • Dealing in Meth
  • Dealing in Cocaine or narcotic drug
  • Dealing in Marijuana, Hash Oil, Hashish or Salvia
  • Possession or use of legend drug or precursor
  • Possession or use of legend drug or precursor
  • Possession or use of legend drug or precursor
  • Possession of Cocaine or narcotic drug

Gary Lee Latham, 50, Pekin

  • Visiting a common nuisance 

Salem Police Department

Ronald D. Mullis, 68, Indianapolis

  • Public Intoxication

Washington County Inmate Roster – 2-15-18

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February 15

Indiana State Police

Jessica Lynn Calvin, 31, Salem

 

  • Possession or use of a legend drug or precursor
  • Failure to Appear

 

Jacob A. Charley, 27, Salem

  • Failure to Appear

Washington County Sheriff’s Department

Brandon Albertson, 18, Salem

  • Illegal consumption of alcoholic beverage by a minor
  • Public intoxication
  • Illegal possession of alcoholic beverage by a minor 

 

Washington County Inmate Roster – 2-15-18

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February 14

Washington County Sheriff’s Department

Christopher Lee Chalker, 46, Fredericksburg

  • Non Support of Dependent Child

Wade Robinson, 47, Campbellsburg

  • Possession of Meth
  • Dealing in Marijuana, hash oil, hashish or salvia
  • Neglect of a Dependent
  • Maintaining a Common Nuisance 
  • Possession of a controlled substance
  • Possession of a syringe
  • Possession of Paraphernalia
  • Dealing in Marijuana, hash oil, hashish or salvia – prior conviction.

February 15

Washington County Sheriff’s Department

Derek A. Deaton, 24, Salem

Serving Time

Donnelly-Supported Legislation to Protect Amateur Athletes from Sexual Abuse Signed Into Law

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Bipartisan legislation that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly helped introduce and pass in the Senate last fall to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse was signed into law today by President Trump. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act requires amateur athletics governing bodies to report sex-abuse allegations immediately to law enforcement or a child-welfare agency designated by the Justice Department.

Donnelly said, “I’m proud that this bipartisan legislation has been signed into law. I helped introduce this bill that will help prevent sexual abuse of amateur athletes, and requires prompt reporting of abuse to authorities. We have a responsibility to the survivors, to current and future athletes, and to their parents to ensure that these abuses never happen again. This law is a significant step in that direction.”

The bill amends the Ted Stevens Amateur and Olympic Sports Act, which governs amateur athletics governing bodies, to make it safe and easy for victims to report abuse and mandate oversight to ensure strong sexual-abuse prevention policies are implemented.

The bill also reforms the law that allows victims to sue sex-crime perpetrators by extending the statute of limitations because it’s often difficult for children to recognize that they have had crimes committed against them until much later on into adulthood.

The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act is supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), National Children’s Alliance, Rights4Girls, University of Utah Law Professor Paul Cassell, Child Sex Crime Victims’ Lawyer James Marsh, Crime Victims Expert Steve Twist, National Crime Victims Center, National Association of VOCA Administrators, Child USA, National Organization for Victim Assistance, ToPrevail, ChampionWomen, National Children Advocacy Center, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence and Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

The legislation also had the support of organizations within the Olympic movement, including the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the National Governing Body Council and the United States Center for Safe Sport.

 

Treating Opioid Addiction Responsibly

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By State Sen. Erin Houchin (R-Salem)

As our state faces an increasing drug epidemic that is nearing crisis levels, we must take action. We must combat drug abuse on all fronts, including prevention, treatment, and enforcement. However, we must do so responsibly.

There are a few different treatment options in Indiana, including methadone clinics and Office-Based Opioid Treatment facilities (OBOT). These facilities offer treatment to opioid addicts through medication that seeks to curb cravings and reduce withdrawal symptoms, and aid in the road to recovery. Methadone clinics receive Medicaid funding, and are closely regulated, both at the state and federal levels. They are also under a moratorium, with nineteen clinics currently operating.

Like methadone clinics, OBOTs also receive Medicaid funding. However, unlike methadone clinics, OBOTs are largely unregulated and able to proliferate widely in our communities, while using tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding. There are currently around 450 of these facilities in our state, and many are owned by out-of-state companies, without so much as an Indiana licensed physician on site. They distribute opioid replacement medication without even modest regulations, or a path to wean qualifying addicts off drugs completely.

OBOTs commonly use a drug called buprenorphine, which is known by the brand name Suboxone. While it offers hope for recovery to some, buprenorphine does not come without the risk for abuse. According to Indivior, the largest manufacturer of Suboxone, “buprenorphine can be abused in a manner similar to other opioids.” Unregulated distribution of these drugs is irresponsible, and it is dangerous. Suboxone film is highly and easily trafficked into our jails and prisons, and is also sold illicitly on our streets.

This session, I authored Senate Bill 398 with the goal of imposing modest regulations on OBOT facilities, similar to the guidelines methadone clinics must follow. While I want these patients, who are among our most vulnerable Hoosiers at their most vulnerable time, to get access to quality care, I don’t believe we can assure the public that is happening under the current framework. I have no doubt there are providers who are prescribing these treatment drugs responsibly, but I am equally sure there are bad actors. Carelessly throwing new drugs pushed by pharmaceutical companies at a drug problem without safeguards is a recipe for a new epidemic if we don’t take action.

SB 398 was amended by the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee into a summer study committee, but I will continue working with various stakeholders as the bill proceeds through the legislative process.

If you have any thoughts or questions on this bill or other issues, please contact me by email at Senator.Houchin@iga.in.gov or by phone at 800-382-9467.

Two Seymour Women Arrested On Drug Charges

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On February 13, 2018 Reserve Deputy Brent Terry conducted an enforcement stop on a black Ford Escape for an infraction violation after Deputy Terry observed the occupants switch driving positions.

While conducting the infraction violation stop Deputy Terry made contact with Delbert Allman (43) of Seymour and Crystal Howard (28) of Seymour.

Allman was unable to provide proof of insurance, which resulted in the vehicle being towed.

Howard

While conducting a vehicle inventory, Deputy Terry located syringes and drug paraphernalia, and Allman was subsequently arrested on these charges.

Howard was arrested for operating while never receiving a drivers license, a Class C Misdemeanor, Possession of a Schedule IV Controlled Substance, a Class A Misdemeanor, and Violation of the Legend Drug Act, a Class A Misdemeanor.

Howard was also arrested, and remanded on an additional charges, stemming from a two month investigation conducted by Detective Ben Rudolph and Deputy Jeff Walters of the Sheriff’s Office. Howard was arrested on 2 counts of Dealing Methamphetamine, a Level 5 Felony, and 1 count of Dealing Methamphetamine, a Level 3 Felony.

Davis Appointed to Youth Leadership Committee

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Sheriff Mike Carothers has announced that Reserve Deputy Scott Davis has been appointed to serve on the Indiana Sheriff’s Association Youth Leadership Camp Committee.  Davis was appointed to that committee by Indiana Sheriff’s Association President, Tim Troyer of Steuben County.

Davis has served as a camp counselor and instructor at the youth leadership camps since 1991.  Davis is the only reserve deputy in the state of Indiana to be appointed to the 26 person committee.

The camp program is designed to achieve three basic objectives. First, the sheriffs want to foster a stronger relationship between our state’s youth and the men and women who enforce the laws. Second, the sheriffs want to give children, who ordinarily would not have the opportunity, a chance for a summer camp experience. Third, to give youth a chance to build character and inspire leadership skills.

Sheriffs and deputies spend a great deal of time with the kids. Many of the deputies conduct demonstrations in the fields of boat and water safety, K-9 demonstrations, defensive tactics and leadership skills, just to mention a few.

As part of the program’s emphasis on youth development and good citizenship, guest lecturers, who provide informative programs on how our government works and why our laws exist, are enlisted to speak to the campers. Other programs are geared to teach the campers of drug and alcohol abuse. It is the sheriff’s goal to teach every child a healthy respect for our laws and our democratic process.

The sheriff’s association has two camps for youth to attend.  One in northern Indiana and one in southern Indiana.  Davis will attend the Indiana Sheriff’s Association’s Southern Youth Leadership Camp at Camp Waycross in Brown County July 9th – 11th.  Campers from Jackson County attend the camp at no cost to them.