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(11/12/07 10:25pm)
An IU student was arrested Friday night after the Bloomington Police Department learned he allegedly got into a fight with another man.\nMichael Gorenstein, 21, faces preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury.\nBPD was dispatched to Kilroy’s Sports Bar, 319 N. Walnut St., on Nov. 1 in response to reports that a 34-year-old man had serious bodily injuries, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told officer Brad Seifers that he did not know why Gorenstein beat him up and that it was a unprovoked attack, Canada said. No one at the bar knew anything about the suspect, police said.\nThe victim was taken to the Bloomington Hospital to be treated for his injuries. He sustained a broken vertebrae, an injury to his nose and received between 17 to 22 stitches, Canada said.\nSeifers spoke to Kilroy’s management, who told him that they may have the attack on tape, Canada said. About a week later, Kilroy’s provided BPD with the video footage. After reviewing the tape, an unidentified person was able to identify the suspect as Gorenstein, Canada said.\nOfficers were able to confirm the suspect was Gorenstein through Gorenstein’s Facebook account.\nOfficers went to Gorenstein’s house and brought him into the police station for questioning. Gorenstein refused to answer any questions and was transported to the Monroe County Jail.
(11/12/07 5:04am)
An IU student was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning while on his way home to Scottsburg, Ind. \nDustin Jones, 24, a second-year optometry student, was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. Jones was driving south on State Road 446 when his car did not navigate a turn at the US 50 east junction, Lawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said.\nJones’ car drove through a gas station parking lot at the junction and hit a tree in a nearby field, Sherrill said.\nJones was killed instantly in the crash. He sustained major head injuries and multiple smaller injuries, Sherrill said. He did not perform \nan autopsy.\nAuthorities are uncertain if alcohol played a role in the crash.\nNobody else was in the car at the time of the accident. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department \nis investigating.
(11/12/07 3:57am)
The IU Student Media Board announced Friday that senior Carrie Ritchie will be the spring 2008 editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student. \n“I think (Ritchie) is an excellent candidate,” Interim Director of IU Student Media Nancy Comiskey said. “It’s hard to imagine someone who will be better.”\nThe board chosen to select the new editor-in-chief consists of 11 individuals, including representatives from the IDS, Arbutus Yearbook and the IU Student Association, as well as the dean of the IU School of Journalism and professional journalists. \nRitchie, one of the current managing editors at the IDS, ran for the position unopposed.\nDuring the interview, Ritchie said she hopes to open up public office hours to encourage people from different areas of the campus to come in and discuss their concerns about the newspaper. She said she would also like to open up guest columnist positions at the IDS to help different student and faculty groups voice their opinions.\nRitchie said one of her main goals for the spring semester is to introduce a weekly wrap-up video with news anchors.\nIUSA Vice President Joe DeJean asked Ritchie how she wants to get the average reader involved with the IDS. Ritchie, who acknowledged that everyone does not read the paper, said she wants to reach out to students next semester and hopefully think of a few creative ideas that will entice more readers. \n“I’m hoping that my expansions in the multimedia area will help students feel more involved,” she said at the \nselection interview.\nDeJean said Ritchie has strong goals, and he said he thinks she’ll do a good job providing a voice the student body. \n“I think it’s really important that the editor-in-chief is actively involved in collecting the student voice,” DeJean said. “She’s a really strong candidate and I think she has good ideas.”\nRitchie said she would also like to expand the Web site and to continue putting out great editorial content. \nShe said she is proud of what the IDS has produced so far this semester and wants to continue to improve. \n“I think (the IDS has) a lot of potential, and I’m looking for ways to improve,” Ritchie said in an interview. “If anybody has any suggestions, come in and chat and don’t hesitate to contact me.”\nComiskey, who was also on the selection committee, said even though Ritchie will face some challenges as editor-in-chief, her past experience in the field has prepared her for the position. \n“I think she has some really good ideas about expanding the Web and I’m really excited about that,” Comiskey said. “I’m really looking forward to working \nwith her.”
(11/11/07 10:23pm)
The IU law student who allegedly fired an assault rifle from his balcony on the west side of town last month was released from jail Wednesday night and is expected to receive alcohol treatment.\nJesse M. Sneed, 27, who was previously being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail, bonded out Wednesday night after the court lowered his bail to $10,000 surety bond, $1,000 cash. He is required to stay away from the IU School of Law and may not own or possess a firearm or consume alcohol, according to a court order issued by Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth Todd.\n Sneed is ordered to immediately submit to alcohol treatment at Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc., in St. Louis and to live with his grandmother in Cottage Hills, Ill., according to the court order. \nSneed cannot consume alcohol or associate with any person actively using alcohol or controlled substances, according to the court order. The order also mandates that he not go into, on or about the IU School of Law and he may not own, use or possess any firearm, destructive device or other dangerous weapon. Sneed must have his treatment provider submit reports of his progress weekly for the first three weeks and maintain weekly telephone contact with the Monroe County Probation Department.\nSneed was arrested Oct. 16 after the Bloomington Police Department received numerous 911 calls in reference to several gunshots fired at his apartment building.\nWhen officers arrived at the scene they found Sneed trying to leave in a red Chevrolet Cavalier, according to a police report. Officers arrested him at the scene and brought him to the police station for further questioning.\nAuthorities continued searching the scene to ensure there were no other suspects in the apartment. After concluding their search, officers found two assault rifles in Sneed’s attic, several shell casings on the ground and Sneed’s textbook with two bullet holes in it below his balcony. Whether Sneed was shooting at the textbook is unknown, but police are confident that the textbook belonged to Sneed.\nHe faces charges of criminal recklessness with a weapon.
(11/11/07 8:47pm)
An IU student died early Saturday morning from an automobile accident while he was on his way home.\nDustin Jones, a second-year optometry student, was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. Jones was driving south on Route 446, when his car went off the road at the US 50 east junction and hit a tree, Lawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said. Jones died instantly and had an open skull fracture, a broken left humorous bone and multiple lacerations to his body, Sherrill said. No autopsy was done.\nNobody else was in the car. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department is investigating the accident.
(11/09/07 1:47am)
The IU law student who allegedly fired an assault rifle from his balcony on the west side of town last month was released from jail Wednesday night and is expected to receive alcohol treatment.\nJesse M. Sneed, 27, who was previously being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail, bonded out Wednesday night after the court lowered his bail to $10,000 surety bond, $1,000 cash. He is required to stay away from the IU School of Law and may not own or possess a firearm or consume alcohol, according to a court order issued by Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth Todd.\n Sneed is ordered to immediately submit to alcohol treatment at Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc., in St. Louis and to live with his grandmother in Cottage Hills, Ill., according to the court order. \nSneed cannot consume alcohol or associate with any person actively using alcohol or controlled substances, according to the court order. The order also mandates that he not go into, on or about the IU School of Law and he may not own, use or possess any firearm, destructive device or other dangerous weapon. Sneed must have his treatment provider submit reports of his progress weekly for the first three weeks and maintain weekly telephone contact with the Monroe County Probation Department.\nSneed was arrested Oct. 16 after the Bloomington Police Department received numerous 911 calls in reference to several gunshots fired at his apartment building.\nWhen officers arrived at the scene they found Sneed trying to leave in a red Chevrolet Cavalier, according to a police report. Officers arrested him at the scene and brought him to the police station for further questioning.\nAuthorities continued searching the scene to ensure there were no other suspects in the apartment. After concluding their search, officers found two assault rifles in Sneed’s attic, several shell casings on the ground and Sneed’s textbook with two bullet holes in it below his balcony. Whether Sneed was shooting at the textbook is unknown, but police are confident that the textbook belonged to Sneed.\nHe faces charges of criminal recklessness with a weapon.
(11/08/07 10:01pm)
The Monroe County Pizza Department was burglarized Tuesday night after someone pried open the back door.\nThe Bloomington Police Department was dispatched to Monroe County Pizza Department, 3151 W. Third St., after employees noticed someone had broken in, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nAfter talking to employees, Officer George Connolly learned that the burglar gained entry to a small safe and took an unknown amount of money, Canada said. BPD currently has no suspects.\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call BPD at 339-4477.
(11/08/07 4:21am)
A 21-year-old woman told Bloomington Police Department officers Monday that she was raped Sunday night at a party. \nThe victim told officers that she was with friends when she went to a party with a couple of men, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nShe told officers that she remembers taking her shoes off at the party, having a couple of drinks and then waking up at her friend’s house on the other side of town, Canada said.\nThe victim said she realized she was raped after she found “unknown substances” on her body, Canada said. She went to the emergency room to get a rape kit test, Canada said.\nOfficer Stephanie Barnes is still investigating the case.
(11/07/07 11:40pm)
A 21-year-old woman told Bloomington Police Department officers Monday that she was raped Sunday night at a party. \nThe victim told officers that she was with friends when she went to a party with a couple of men, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nShe told officers that she remembers taking her shoes off at the party, having a couple of drinks and then waking up at her friend’s house on the other side of town, Canada said.\nThe victim said she realized she was raped after she found “unknown substances” on her body, Canada said. She went to the emergency room to get a rape kit test, Canada said.\nOfficer Stephanie Barnes is still investigating the case.
(11/05/07 4:20am)
An IU student is suing six former IU students and one current student, alleging that they assaulted him and made anti-Semitic comments toward him last year.\nIn a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County, Ill., senior Scott E. Gray is seeking $4 million in damages each from former students Ross M. Parker, James Teets, Dane Pinter, Brian Pennington, Patrick Vallely and Norm McOlsen III. Gray said he is filing a separate lawsuit today against IU-Purdue University Indianapolis student Grady Randall.\nAccording to the lawsuit, Gray filed for two counts of assault, battery and unlawful restraint, intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages against each of the defendants.\nGreg Moss, Parker’s attorney, and Bryan T. Butcher, Pennington’s attorney, both said that because the lawsuit was just served, they do not know how it’s going to play out.\n“The allegations are a complete fabrication,” Moss said. “I believe at the end when all is said and done, whatever the outcome will be, will be in favor of Mr. Parker.”\nButcher said the lawsuit is “mostly accusations” and “completely ridiculous.”\nGray is being represented by Bloomington attorney Geoff Grodner and Chicago attorney Enrico Mirabelli.\nTeets, Pinter, Vallely and McOlsen could not be reached by press time. Randall currently does not have an attorney and refused to comment on the situation.
(11/02/07 1:24am)
Two Bloomington residents were arrested Wednesday evening after officers found two children living in an unsafe environment in the residents’ home.\nSamantha Lindsay, 22, and Hubert Bray, 26, each face a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent.\nThe Bloomington Police Department investigated Lindsay, who is on probation, because officers suspected she was using drugs, said BPD Capt. Joe Qualters, reading from a police report. Lindsay’s probation officer, with the help of the BPD, did a sweep of her home and found two children.\nWhen officers arrived at her home on the 1600 block of North Willis Drive, they found Bray and two girls under two years of age in the residence. Officers noticed a gas leak in the kitchen, a large trash bag filled with copper wiring, trash debris, dirty diapers and an open outlet near a bathtub with water in it and sharp items on the floor, Qualters said.\nFurther inspection showed that the two children, Lindsay and Bray all had head lice. Both children were also found with cockroach bites and diaper rashes, Qualters said.\nChild Protective Services were called to the scene and ruled the residence unfit for children.\nBoth children were placed into foster care while Lindsay and Bray were taken into custody and transported to the Monroe County Jail.
(11/01/07 10:58pm)
The Bloomington Police Department will participate in a statewide Safe Family Travel traffic safety enforcement “blitz” right before the holiday season.\nThe campaign uses federal funding to put more officers on patrol to enforce Indiana’s impaired-driving and seat-belt laws, according to an Indiana Criminal Justice Institute press release. The blitz will begin Nov. 11 and end Nov. 24. The goal of the blitz is to ensure safety on Indiana highways during the heavy traffic of the holiday season, according to the press release.\n“Thanksgiving is one of the busiest times on Indiana highways, and we want to encourage all Hoosiers to make smart and safe decisions,” said BPD Sgt. Faron Lake in the press release. “If you buckle up and drive responsibly while traveling this holiday season, chances are, you’ll arrive alive.”\nIn 2006, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, 87 people died in alcohol-related crashes or in crashes where safety belts were not used, according to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Of those killed in alcohol-related crashes, nearly 50 percent were unrestrained, according to the press release.\nMike Cunegin, the executive director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, said in the press release that many communities throughout Indiana are safer as a result of the enforcement blitz. \n“Drivers should buckle up, obey posted speed limits and drive sober to prevent unnecessary fatalities and injuries that may otherwise occur on Indiana’s roads and highways,” Cunegin said in the press release.
(10/31/07 4:41am)
An IU student was arrested Monday evening in connection with the shooting that occurred this weekend at the Econo Lodge, which sent one man to the hospital.\nAntoine A. Sims, 21, a criminal justice major, faces preliminary charges of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. Sims is listed in the IU address book as an Residential Programs and Services employee but has not received a pay check since Aug. 31, a representative from RPS said. The representative could not verify whether Sims was still an employee.\nTwo other men, Ernest W. Holifield, 21, and Montez L. Sanders, 21, were arrested in connection with the shooting Sunday and each face preliminary charges of assisting a criminal.\nSims turned himself into the Bloomington Police Department late Monday night, said BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report. He was taken into the investigation room by Officer Matt Gilmore, who read him his rights and took him into custody.\nAt about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, BPD officers were dispatched to the parking lot of the Econo Lodge, located at 2601 N. Walnut St., after witnesses say they saw Sims fire several shots into the air, Capt. Joe Qualters said, reading from a police report.\nPolice said Sims also fired one shot at a silver Honda Accord before firing another shot into the crowd, striking a man. Sims left in a vehicle with Holifield and Sanders, Qualters said. The victim was taken to Bloomington Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, Qualters said.\nMonroe County Sheriff’s Department officers arrested Holifield and Sanders at a BP gas station, where the officers also found a handgun in a trash can.\nBPD Det. Marty Deckard is still investigating the case.
(10/30/07 8:55pm)
An IU student was arrested Monday evening in connection with the shooting that occurred this weekend at the Econo Lodge, which sent one man to the hospital.\nAntoine A. Sims, 21, a criminal justice major, faces preliminary charges of aggravated battery and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon. Sims is listed in the IU address book as an Residential Programs and Services employee but has not received a pay check since Aug. 31, a representative from RPS said. The representative could not verify whether Sims was still an employee.\nTwo other men, Ernest W. Holifield, 21, and Montez L. Sanders, 21, were arrested in connection with the shooting Sunday and each face preliminary charges of assisting a criminal.\nSims turned himself into the Bloomington Police Department late Monday night, said BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report. He was taken into the investigation room by Officer Matt Gilmore, who read him his rights and took him into custody.\nAt about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, BPD officers were dispatched to the parking lot of the Econo Lodge, located at 2601 N. Walnut St., after witnesses say they saw Sims fire several shots into the air, Capt. Joe Qualters said, reading from a police report.\nPolice said Sims also fired one shot at a silver Honda Accord before firing another shot into the crowd, striking a man. Sims left in a vehicle with Holifield and Sanders, Qualters said. The victim was taken to Bloomington Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, Qualters said.\nMonroe County Sheriff’s Department officers arrested Holifield and Sanders at a BP gas station, where the officers also found a handgun in a trash can.\nBPD Det. Marty Deckard is still investigating the case.
(10/30/07 5:11am)
Those who knew IU student James “Jimmy” Mack knew him as the guy that could always light up a room.\n“(Mack) got along with everyone,” said senior Deanna Elkins. “He was the life of the party.”\nMack, an IU School of Journalism student, died early Saturday morning in his hometown of Marion, Ind., after he was shot multiple times during an altercation with another man.\nElkins, who has known Mack since middle school, said although Mack kept quiet most of the time, he was funny and exciting and could make everybody laugh. \n“(Mack) was a real honest and caring person,” Elkins said. “He cared about everybody.”\nJunior Mike Hamaker knew Mack for more than half his life and said he will remember him for his outgoing personality.\n“Everybody liked him,” Hamaker said. “He was a fun-loving guy.”\nHamaker said the one thing most people are going to remember about Mack was his ability to turn a negative situation into something positive. Although Mack was a soft-spoken person, if he had something to say, he’d say it, \nHamaker said.\n“He didn’t say a lot, but when he did everybody would listen,” Hamaker said. “He was an opinionated person, but his opinions were always rational.”\nIndianapolis resident Stephanie Lynn Russell, a friend of Mack’s since the eighth grade, said Mack was a best friend, a great son and an amazing brother. Without Mack, she said, life is going to be hard.\n“He didn’t do anything to anyone except maintain his loyalty to his many friends,” Russell said. “He will truly be loved and missed forever.”\nProfessors at the School of Journalism said although Mack was quiet, he was intelligent and attentive.\n“You could tell he was thinking about things before he said them,” said assistant professor Lesa Hatley Major. “He was a good student.”\nRadhika Parameswaran, an associate professor at the School of Journalism, said she got close with Mack because she was concerned with the amount of absences he had in her Advertising Issues and Research class.\nWhen she learned Mack had not dropped the class, she pulled him into her office to talk to him. After the meeting, she said, Mack turned himself around in the class.\n“He spoke his mind,” Parameswaran said. “He was not afraid to be different.”\nShe said although they did not keep in touch after the semester ended, she can still visualize him in her office, talking to her about the course.\nDebbie Goh, Mack’s associate instructor for his Reporting, Writing and Editing II class, said Mack would sometimes speak his mind, but he was generally laid back.\n“When I read he had gotten into a verbal disagreement (that spurred the shooting), I didn’t know how it could have gotten so out of hand,” she said.\nMajor, who was his professor last spring, said Mack would talk in class if he had a strong opinion about something they were discussing. She said Mack was an intelligent student.\n“(His death is) such a tragic loss for the School of Journalism,” Major said.
(10/30/07 5:10am)
An IU School of Journalism student died early Saturday morning after he was shot in the chest at a restaurant in Marion, Ind.\nJames “Jimmy” Mack, 22, died at Marion General Hospital. Mack’s friend, Justin T. Riddle, 22, is in critical condition at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.\nThe suspect, Dennis Roberson, 33, was taken into custody and faces preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder.\nAccording to a Marion Police Department press release, at about 3 a.m. Saturday, Mack and Riddle were at the Icehouse Restaurant in Marion when they got into a verbal disagreement with Roberson.\nWitnesses indicate that Roberson drew a handgun and shot both victims several times. Mack was shot in the chest and legs while Riddle received wounds to the hand, arm, chest and abdomen. Roberson fled the scene on foot but was taken into custody a short time later, according to the \npress release.\nPolice have recovered the weapon they believe Roberson used in the shooting. There is no other evidence to suggest that any other person fired a weapon, according to the press release.\nThe Marion Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is still working on the case. \nRoberson is being held without bond at the Grant County Jail.
(10/29/07 4:44pm)
An IU School of Journalism student died early Saturday morning after he was shot in the chest at a restaurant in Marion, Ind.\nJames "Jimmy" Mack, 22, died at Marion General Hospital. Mack's friend, Justin T. Riddle, 22, is in critical condition at Parkview Hospital.\nThe suspect, Dennis Roberson, 33, was taken into custody and faces preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder.\nAccording to a Marion Police Department press release, at about 3 a.m. Saturday morning, Mack and Riddle were at the Icehouse Restaurant in Marion when they got into a verbal disagreement with Roberson.\nWitnesses indicate that Roberson drew a handgun and struck both the victims several times. Mack was shot in the chest and legs while Riddle received wounds to the hand, arm, chest and abdomen. Roberson fled the scene on foot but was taken into custody a short time later, according to the press release.\nPolice have recovered the weapon they believe was used in the shooting. There is no other evidence to suggest that any other person fired a weapon, according to the press release.\nRoberson is being held without bond at the Grant County Jail.
(10/29/07 2:39am)
An IU student was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly got into a fight in the Arboretum.\nWilliam T. French, 18, faces preliminary charges of battery, resisting law enforcement, public intoxication and illegal consumption.\nThe IU Police Department was dispatched to the Arboretum at about 2:20 a.m. Friday in response to a victim stating he had been assaulted by two white males, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report.\nIUPD Officer Brian Oliger arrived at the scene in his squad car, when the victim pointed to French and another suspect, who were both walking north toward 10th Street and Fee Lane, Minger said. When Oliger approached the two suspects, they began to run, according to the police report. Oliger chased and tackled French, who began to run west.\nOliger smelled alcohol on French, and noticed blood shot eyes and slurred speech, according to the police report. He tested above 0.20 in a blood alcohol test, Minger said.\nFrench told Oliger that he was walking with his friend when the victim began taunting him, Minger said. The victim told Oliger that one of the suspects was taunting him repeatedly. After the suspects continued with the threats, the victim was tackled and struck in the head, Minger said.\nThe victim sustained small cuts to his head and lip and received a swollen right eye. He was treated at the Bloomington Hospital, Minger said.\nOfficers were unable to locate the second suspect and are still investigating the case.
(10/29/07 2:15am)
During a two-day time span, Indiana State Excise Police officers issued 97 summonses and cited one Bloomington bar on mostly alcohol-related charges.\nThroughout the weekend, 34 minors were arrested on preliminary charges of illegal possession, consumption or transportation of alcoholic beverages, according to an Indiana State Excise Police press release. Another 28 minors were arrested on suspicion of possession of false identification. Six minors face preliminary charges of being in a tavern or liquor store, and five adults were arrested on suspicion of furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor.\nTwenty-four additional arrests were made for a variety of offenses, including false statement of age, possession of marijuana and false information, according to the press release.\n“Our officers are continuing to see an increase in arrests and tickets issued this academic year over the last year,” Officer Travis Thickstun said in the press release.\nThe Bluebird, located at 216 N. Walnut St., was issued a citation for selling alcoholic beverages to a minor and allowing a minor to loiter.\nTwo other establishments, Big Red Liquors, located at 1199 College Mall Rd., and the Village Pantry at 901 N. Indiana Ave., were issued warnings, according to the press release. Big Red Liquors was warned for allowing two minors to loiter, while the Village Pantry was issued a warning for selling alcoholic beverages to a minor, according to the press release.
(10/29/07 2:11am)
A Bloomington Police Department officer driving a motorcycle was struck by another vehicle Thursday afternoon while escorting the Dalai Lama’s motorcade.\nBPD Officer Dana Cole was struck at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on Sare Road when another vehicle attempted to make a U-turn, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nA 66-year-old woman was traveling north on Sare Road when traffic stopped. She told officers she thought there was an accident at the upcoming intersection and decided to make a U-turn, Canada said. While the woman was turning around, her car and Cole’s motorcycle collided.\nCole complained of pain to his leg and was treated at the scene. The woman was not cited for the accident, Canada said.