Washington Police Officers located and arrested a man wanted on charges of Burglary and Rape yesterday.
After an investigation by the Washington Police Department on Wednesday, a felony warrant for rape and burglary was issued for the suspect in the incident, 18 year old Alex Jorelus of Washington.
Thursday, WPD officers located Jorelus when they saw him riding as a passenger in a vehicle. Washington Police Officers were able to arrest Jorelus without incident.
Jorelus was booked into the Daviess County Security Center where he is currently being held on a $250,000 cash only bond.
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A Thursday morning two-car accident at the intersection of U.S. 231 and State Road 58 in northern Daviess County injured six people and saw both highway’s closed for a short time.
The Daviess County Sheriff’s Department says that 52 year old Lucinda Shirley of Bloomfield was east bound on State Road 58 when she ran the stop sign at the intersection and hit a Chevy Equinox being driven by 37 year old Angela Burkett of Martinsville, causing the Equinox to flip onto its top. Lindsey, Burkett, and four juvenile passengers in Burkett’s vehicle were all transported to IU Medical in Bloomington. Both vehicles were totaled in the accident.
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A dispute between two large corporations has cut television coverage for Hoosiers. Direct-TV, and U-verse which are owned by AT&T, and Nexstar, which owns or operates 120 television stations throughout the country have been in contract negotiations for several months. At 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Direct-TV and U-Verse pulled the plug on all Nexstar Stations, which includes area stations WTWO and WAMV in Terre Haute and WEHT and WTVW in Evansville. Other Indiana stations affected are WISH and WNDY in Indianapolis and WANW in Ft. Wayne. Both companies have issued statements blaming the other for the blackout. Nexstar says that that AT&T unilaterally removed the stations from their line-up.
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Indiana’s schools are already short of money, and teacher’s time is taken up preparing students for the Indiana’s state testing program. Now, Indiana schools are worried that they don’t have the time or money to implement all of the mental health training required by state law.
Teachers already must undergo regular training on suicide prevention, child abuse and neglect, human trafficking, bullying and CPR. This year the lawmakers in the General Assembly added a requirement for school employees to undergo seizure awareness training starting next summer. Many times the legislature adds these extra mandates without providing additional resources to pay for the newly mandated training, or without concern about the effects of teachers being out of the classroom for the training has on students.
School Administrators say it’s also a struggle to find the time to implement the programs.
State education officials say they’re aware of the challenges.
Indiana Department of Education spokesman Adam Baker calls it a “delicate balance” as there’s a need for teacher mental health support training as they work with students who have increasing social and emotional needs.
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Two new Indiana laws are taking aim at people who post intimate images from previous or current relationships on-line without consent.
One of the new laws that took effect July 1, makes posting “revenge porn” a misdemeanor for the first offense, and a felony for the second offense.
Lawmakers approved the measure after Republican Senator Aaron Freeman sponsored it for a third straight year. Freeman, a former prosecutor, and now a private attorney, says he has seen first hand cases of revenge port aimed solely at hurting or embarrassing a spouse of significant other. And Freeman say’s ‘This stuff needs to end”.
Indiana’s other new law permits civil lawsuits against someone accused of distributing nude or intimate images, and allows plaintiff’s to pursue monetary damages.
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Invasive black carp are getting close to Indiana waters, the Department of Natural Resources said on Thursday.
In June, DNR said two black carp were captured in the Ohio River about 10 miles downstream of the Indiana state line. Black carp are native to eastern Asia and were brought to the United States in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Since escaping captivity, black carp have been moving through the Mississippi River basin. They feed on mollusks and would threaten Indiana’s mussel population, DNR said. Many Indiana mussel species are already listed as being endangered or of special concern due to pollution and changes in habitat, according to DNR. DNR said it’s possible to catch black carp on traditional baits, but bowfishing anglers are more likely to encounter them. They look like grass carp.
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DNR said to follow the keep, cool, and call procedure if you catch suspected black carp:
- Keep the fish and make note of its location.
- Cool the fish on ice once you have killed it.
- Call the DNR at 1-866-663-9684 to report the fish.
- You may be eligible for a $100 bounty per black carp carcass, funded through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.