Opioid story NI
INTRO: The latest anti-opioid effort is a coalition of business, health and local government groups. This from Network Indiana:
Pill Mill Doc
The man accused of running “pill mills” in Bloomington, Greenwood and Peru–has lost his license to practice medicine. The state’s Medical Licensing Board revoked the license of Dr. Tristan Stonger–who originally faced dozens of felony charges that he over-prescribed narcotics and demanded sex in return in some cases. He eventually got ten-and-a-half years of probation in exchange for a guilty plea to most of those charges. He still faces a lawsuit filed in Monroe County.
DCS Report / cost
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five reviews of the Indiana Department of Child Services cost more than $1.3 million but yielded no state action to address the troubled agency’s increasing caseloads.
The Journal Gazette reports that the existence of the studies conducted from 2013-2017 only became known when the Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group released its report last month. The studies analyzed training, organizational support and removing children from homes too quickly.
The reviews prompted Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma to say he was “disturbed” by the state’s inaction.
Democratic Rep. Greg Porter says $1.3 million is “a lot of money for some reports that yielded no real return.”
The agency’s long-festering problems attracted attention in December when DCS Director Mary Beth Bonaventura resigned, saying cost-saving attempts by Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration would “all but ensure children will die.”
INDIANAPOLIS — A man was captured on surveillance video sitting naked on a woman’s porch.
Emily said she wasn’t home early Tuesday morning but she got an alert on her phone from her doorbell security camera that there was motion on her front porch.
When she opened that video to check it out she saw a naked man she didn’t recognize sit down on her porch. What he did next is too graphic to detail.
“I was pretty disgusted,” said Emily. “And of course scared and really glad I wasn’t home at the time.”
Emily says she called the cops but by the time they arrived, the man was gone.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said they’ve identified the suspect, but no arrests have been made.
Emily and her neighbors just want the man off the street so he won’t do the same thing to someone else.
“If they know who he is they should just find him right now and get him,” said Emily. “I’m really glad that I had the doorbell because if he did it to someone who didn’t, or ended up doing it to someone else, that’s really scary.”
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is urging neighbors to be patient and let the investigation run its course.
They say it’s hard to prevent this type of crime but if you ever see something similar you should call 911 and not approach them. Police say people caught in the act could become aggressive.
If you have a camera, like Emily, save the video because it could be useful evidence for police to identify and capture the suspect.
Police also say neighbors should stay vigilant and watch out for each other and always report suspicious activity.