Indiana News Roundup

Man pleads in Bloomington rape, film maker looking to get documentary of the 1977 U of E team tragedy distributed and it’s easier now to roll back an odometer

 

An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to breaking into an apartment shared by Indiana University students and raping one of them while holding a gun to her head. Michael W.L. Deweese pleaded guilty to 15 counts Wednesday. It’s not clear how much prison time Deweese faces under a plea agreement with Monroe County prosecutors.

When a man broke into his garage–a Bloomington man took the law into his own hands. Kyle Kaericher says the intruder was holding a flashlight, that he initially thought was a gun. The man tried to get away and the two started to fight. As he placed handcuffs on the man, the police arrived. Although they don’t recommend them, Bloomington Police say citizen’s arrests are legal, but only if you perform one to stop a felony or a misdemeanor that constitutes a breach of peace.

A man who spent two years making a documentary about the 1977 plane crash that killed all members of the University of Evansville men’s basketball team is looking to get the film widely distributed.

Joe Atkinson tells the Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/1mvy9H2 ) he wants the film “From the Ashes” to get as wide an audience as possible, whether it ends up on TV or a theatrical run. The documentary had been submitted to six film festivals

Atkinson conducted interviews and gathered documents, photographs and news coverage. He reached out to all surviving family members of the 29 people killed. While some chose not to reflect on the pain, Atkinson was pleased with the overall response. He says many people he talked with wanted their sons’ stories told.

 

Do you really know how many miles your car has? Carfax says more than 12,000 cars in the state have had their odometers rolled back. In the old days, car thieves would crack open the odometer and roll it back by hand or replace the odometer cluster altogether. Chris Basso, spokesperson for Carfax says with digital odometers, it’s much easier for criminals to hack into the car’s computer, using a port under the steering wheel. There’s little to no evidence the car has been tampered with.