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(10/02/08 3:34am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Gen. Peter Pace, known for his time as the United States’ top military leader, as well as his support for the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gay soldiers, will be at IU today.Pace is this year’s IU Kelley School of Business “Poling Chair” recipient. The award is funded by a gift from Harold Poling that is meant to bring leaders from around the world to meet with students. This year’s choice is raising some eyebrows from student groups because of remarks Pace has made about the homosexual community.The Chicago Tribune quoted Pace in 2007 saying, “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts.”Pace is the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he was the military adviser to the president, the secretary of defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Web site.IU’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual Student Support Services assistant Carol Fischer, is worried that bringing a speaker like Pace to IU might give students the idea that it is OK for people to be homophobic.“General Pace is blatantly homophobic and seems to be proud of his bigotry,” said Fischer, a former Marine, in an e-mail. “At a time when many Fortune 500 companies are embracing GLBT employees, and at a time when the military is beginning to consider a repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ I find it disheartening the school would bring such a man to exemplify the qualities of leadership and patriotism.”Pace will give a lecture at 4 p.m. today in the IU Kelley School of Business. He will also speak in a few business classes. In addition, there will be a separate question-and-answer session with student leaders who are concerned about his personal views, said Dean of the IU Kelley School of Business Dan Smith in an e-mail. Pace will also speak with Clorox Co. CEO Donald Knauss at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the IU Auditorium.Smith said the school was aware of how Pace feels about homosexuality but said he is coming to speak about his leadership experience and not his own personal beliefs.“Dean Smith has said he doesn’t see General Pace’s presence (as an) endorsement of his personal beliefs,” said IU spokeswoman Susan Williams. “He is here because of the wide range of experience that he brings as his time as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.”Smith said he invited Pace to speak to students because he saw him speak a couple years ago and was impressed by his level of leadership.“General Pace’s public statements about his beliefs create a particularly valuable learning opportunity for students in that they may better understand how making one’s personal beliefs publicly known may affect a leader’s ability to lead,” Smith said.Office coordinator for GLBT Student Support Services Doug Bauder said he is not familiar with Pace’s background but is going to attend the question-and-answer session with student leaders and Pace. He said it will give people an opportunity to openly talk about this and about leadership.Smith said Pace is not the only controversial person to be named the recipient of the Poling Chair and to speak with students. Last year, CEO of Mattel toys Bob Eckert came to speak amidst the controversy of lead-contaminated products.
(10/02/08 2:21am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 41-year-old Bloomington resident was arrested Friday after police say they reviewed a video of him performing a sex act with a dog and an unconscious woman.Thomas L. Meador faces charges of bestiality, sexual battery and maintaining a common nuisance, according to Monroe County court records.The Bloomington Police Department arrested Meador after they got a tip about the video. The person who told BPD about the video had access to Meador’s computer while house sitting for him.BPD searched Meador’s home on the 300 block of East First Street and took two Doberman pinschers, computer hard drives, media storage devices and video equipment, according to a BPD press release.A 4- to 5-foot tall marijuana plant was found in Meador’s backyard, according to Monroe County court records.The police interviewed Meador on Friday and Meador told police that he and the woman in the video were intoxicated during an IU football game on Sept. 6.According to a probable cause aMeador also told police that the woman was unaware of the events that were occurring and did not consent to it. He said he has been fascinated with bestiality for four to five years.The woman in the video was also interviewed by BPD officers and said she was unaware that any of the events had occurred.Meador was charged with class D felonies on all three counts. Police released Meador after making bond on Saturday.The two dogs in the house were removed and are in the custody of Bloomington Animal Control.
(10/01/08 1:40am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A man exposed himself Monday afternoon in the lower area of Cascades Park, according to Bloomington Police Department reports.A 30-year-old female was in the park near the waterfall area when a man, who appeared to be about 30 to 35 years old, pulled down his gray running shorts and exposed his genitals, said BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from a police report.The man then began to masturbate in front of the female, according to the report.The female told officers she then left the park, located in the 2700 block of North Kinser Pike, and went to the Bloomington Police Department to report the incident at 2:55 p.m.No arrests have been made.Anyone with more information can contact BPD at 339-4111.
(09/29/08 2:35am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 24-year-old woman was arrested Sunday morning for child neglect after leaving her 10-month-old infant unattended while she argued with a male outside, according to Bloomington Police Department reports.BPD received a call from a neighbor at 4:11 a.m. Sunday about a female and male arguing in a parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1400 block of North Arlington Park Drive, Gladish said.When officer Dana Runnebohm arrived at the scene she spotted the female, Crystal Decker, walking toward the apartment. The male involved in the argument told the officer that “she left her baby alone.”The officer then asked Decker about the baby. Runnebohm said in the report that she suspected Decker was intoxicated based on the way she smelled.Decker told Runnebohm that her 10-month-old son was upstairs in the apartment alone.Decker told police that the argument occurred on the sidewalk and that she could still see the door to her apartment. Later she said that the argument occurred on a sidewalk between two apartment buildings, Gladish said. The neighbor who called the police with the complaint said the argument occurred in the parking lot, and it was unlikely that she could see the apartment door from there.Decker also told Runnebohm she had lost the key to her apartment and was unable to lock the door to her apartment.When officers checked on the unattended infant, he was sleeping and did not appear to be harmed.Decker faces a preliminary charge of child neglect, a class D felony.
(09/29/08 2:34am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 21-year-old man faces preliminary felony charges after he was arrested Thursday for firing off a firearm Tuesday.Jesus Russell was involved in an altercation Tuesday afternoon with two juveniles on the 13th block of West 13th Street, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Pam Gladish, reading from a police report. Police say the argument was about a series of altercations that took place on Sept. 13 that left a teen hospitalized.On Tuesday, Russell was arguing with two other juveniles and said he did not feel safe, Gladish said. Russell then fired a firearm toward the ground, according to the report.The two juveniles involved in the event told police that he fired the weapon toward them.Russell said he had gotten rid of the firearm but did not tell police where it was.The two juveniles did not report the incident to BPD until Thursday, which is when the arrest was made.
(09/29/08 2:33am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 21-year-old man faces preliminary felony charges after he was arrested Thursday for firing off a firearm Tuesday.Jesus Russell was involved in an altercation Tuesday afternoon with two juveniles on the 13th block of West 13th Street, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Pam Gladish, reading from a police report. Police say the argument was about a series of altercations that took place on Sept. 13 that left a teen hospitalized.On Tuesday, Russell was arguing with two other juveniles and said he did not feel safe, Gladish said. Russell then fired a firearm toward the ground, according to the report.The two juveniles involved in the event told police that he fired the weapon toward them.Russell said he had gotten rid of the firearm but did not tell police where it was.The two juveniles did not report the incident to BPD until Thursday, which is when the arrest was made.
(09/29/08 12:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Sophomore Ren Han did not celebrate this year’s Moon Festival like he typically does, but he isn’t complaining. “Usually it’s not a party, but because our family is not here, the Chinese society is one big family,” Han said. Han was one of the more than 500 attendees who spread across Dunn Meadow on Saturday afternoon celebrating the annual Moon Festival.The IU Chinese Student and Scholar Association, Asian Student Union, Hong Kong Students Association, Japanese Student Association and Korean Student Association were hosts to the festival. The Malaysia Student Association, Taiwanese Student Association and the Vietnamese Student Association rounded out the list of hosts. Han said his family’s celebration of the holiday is usually less elaborate and just a family dinner. The Moon Festival included interactive booths, games, calligraphic tattoos, fortune tellers, student performances and food that gave attendees a taste of the famous “moon cake.”Each booth had information about a certain country but had a different interactive element. Ting Wang, a graduate student, spent her Saturday afternoon trying to pick up as many marbles as possible with chopsticks at the Hong Kong Student Association booth. Although she did not exactly win the race of getting the most marbles into a bowl using chopsticks, her opponent let her win, and she had the choice of getting chopsticks or a small coin purse. Freshman Julie Zivich celebrated the Moon Festival for the first time this year. For her, the booths were the most memorable aspect of festival.“I like the displays. They teach you something about their history,” Zivich said. The Korean Student Association booth included a demonstration on how to play the drums. The booth also included students dressed in the traditional “hanbok” clothing, said KSA member and sophomore Eddie Kim. The night ended with student performances from KSA, JSA, CSSA and VSA. Some of the performers like JSA sang songs that went along with the holiday. Regardless of which aspect of the festival people liked best, IU Chinese Students and Scholar Association President Yan Jin hoped they got a taste of the different Asian countries students represent at IU. “I hope they can first have a lot of fun and learn about and see another aspect of IU,” Jin said.
(09/26/08 2:42am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Thanksgiving is less than two months away, but this Saturday the Moon Festival – a holiday with the similar values of family and food – will be celebrated by various Asian student organizations. Junior Yan Jin, the president of the Chinese Student and Scholar Association, said the Moon Festival is similar to Thanksgiving because it celebrates quality time with family and friends. The festival will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in Dunn Meadow. The festival will feature booths from the various student organizations, traditional games and cultural performances from student organizations such as the Japanese Student Association and the Korean Student Association. Free food from the Chow Bar will also be available at the festival.The Moon Festival would not be complete without the moon cake that is being provided from Tenth Street Market. “A moon cake is dessert,” Jin said. “I compare that to turkey because it is the must-eat food on the day of the Moon Festival.”For years the Asian Culture Center, along with other student organizations, has celebrated this holiday at IU because so many Asian students’ families celebrate it. Jin said the holiday is one of the most important holidays in China’s lunar calendar. The holiday is traditionally a Chinese holiday, but other countries also celebrate it in their own way. This year, eight different student organizations are co-hosting the event. Senior Brandon Tran, chairman of the Asian Student Union, wrote in an e-mail that by having all the organizations participate in the event, they want to show how diverse each Asian country is. The organizations hosting the event this year are the CSSA, Hong Kong Student Association, Japanese Student Association, Korean Student Association, Malaysian Student Association, Taiwanese Student Association, Vietnamese Student Association and ASU. Each organization represents a different culture. The different organizations will give students a perspective of how Asian countries celebrate the same holiday differently. Tran, who is of Vietnamese heritage, said he remembers celebrating the holiday when he was younger. “It’s a time to spend time with your family,” Tran said, “and I am sure it will bring me memories and make me miss home a bit.”
(09/26/08 12:49am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Martinsville man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he head-bumped and kicked a Bloomington officer.Jacob A. Springer, 24, was arrested on suspicion of battery of a police officer, public intoxication and criminal misconduct. BPD officers were called at 8:30 p.m. to the area of South Dunn Street and East Grimes Lane after they received a call about a possible assault occurring in a red truck between two males and a female, Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a Bloomington Police Department report. Officers Randy Gehlhausen and Cody Decker were able to locate a blue truck that had two males and a female in the car. The officers wrote in the report that Springer came out of the truck and said angrily he was having car trouble.Gehlhausen said in the report that Springer showed signs of being intoxicated. Officers asked him to undergo sobriety tests. Springer then said it was unconstitutional for officers to make him undergo sobriety tests, according to the report. He then called Gehlhausen an obscene name and were shaking his arm as if he were getting ready to hit the officer, Canada said.Gehlhausen arrested Springer with the help of Decker. Once in the vehicle, he began to kick and hit his head on the windows, according to the report.Officers pulled over to put Springer in a hobble restraint. In the process, Springer head-bumped and kicked Gehlhausen in the upper leg, according to the report.Officers were able to put Springer in the hobble restraint and put him back in the car. However, they said in the report that he continued to bang his head on the sides of the car. Police had to pull over for a second time and secure Springer in the restraint.Springer did eventually make it to jail but was later taken to the hospital to prevent him from hurting himself. Once he was released from the hospital, he was booked in jail for the charges. The two other people who were in the vehicle with Springer said they were just arguing prior to police arriving. Both were released at the scene.
(09/25/08 4:15am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In response to a public student suicide Wednesday, IU officials are urging students to seek counseling in times of grief or depression. Students can schedule an appointment with IU’s Counseling and Psychological Services at the Health Center, 600 N. Jordan Ave., said CAPS Director Nancy Stockton. CAPS also accepts walk-in appointments Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After hours, Stockton urged students to call their 24/7 hot line at 855-5711.Students should “look after each other” and look for hints that their friends or roommates are depressed, Stockton said. If someone is sad, isolated or continues to turn down requests to do certain activities, they might be in need of help, Stockton said. Other ways students can combat stress or depression is to participate in physical exercise and go to the CAPS Web site, www.healthcenter.indiana.edu/CAPS.html, and listen to stress management.The University might offer counseling services to students who saw the body of Donald Kidwell, found dead Wednesday afternoon near Eigenmann Hall.Several students who live in Eigenmann saw the body. Freshmen and Eigenmann residents Johnny Lorey and Drew Mangold saw the body early Wednesday afternoon. Mangold said he was smoking a cigarette outside of his dorm at about 2:30 p.m. when he noticed the police and students near the train tracks. He went to go see what was going on and saw Kidwell’s body. Mangold said he does not think he is traumatized by what he saw, but he said it was shocking to see the body. Mangold and Lorey both said they have not yet considered going to counseling. Dean of Students Dick McKaig said Residential Programs and Services is in contact with CAPS to determine if a group session is necessary for those students who witnessed the body. McKaig said the session could happen as early as Thursday if students request to have one.
(09/24/08 3:28am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Police say the west side branch of Monroe Bank was robbed Monday afternoon.At about 4 p.m. a male entered the bank, located at 4191 W. Third St., and presented a note to the bank teller demanding an undisclosed amount of money, said Bloomington Police Department Capt. Joe Qualters, reading from a police report.The suspect did not display any weapons while inside the bank, he said.The bank teller provided the undisclosed amount of money to the suspect, according to the report. Witnesses at the scene said they saw the suspect leaving on foot walking east. A witness on the scene told officers the suspect’s vehicle was a copper-colored station wagon. Monroe County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Nathan Peach was able to locate a vehicle that matched the witnesses’ descriptions in a trailer park in the South Curry Pike area. BPD is not certain there is any correlation between the location of the vehicle and the location of the suspect.BPD officers said they saw “articles of interest” in the vehicle. According to the report, BPD attained a search warrant and found items that appeared on the bank’s surveillance tape in the vehicle. BPD is still looking for the suspect. Anyone with information can contact BPD at 339-4477.
(09/24/08 3:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Beginning this year Monroe County Community School Corporation students will have to pay more to get involved in sports or extra curricular activities. Parents of high school students received letters dated Sept. 18 informing them of the new $20 fee that students are required to pay for each sport or activity they are involved in, said Teresa Grossi, president of the board of trustees. Instructions for paying a $20 activity/season fee will be sent to MCCSC students currently involved in a sport or extra curricular activity, according to the letter.The fee was approved on Sept. 16 by the Board of Trustees, as well as other changes to the transportation budget for this year. Changes to the transportation budget come as the MCCSC is forecasting a $150,000 deficit as soon as December if things are not altered in the transportation department.Four activity buses will be purchased with the activity fee money to cut down on the cost of transporting students outside of Bloomington for sporting or organizational events, Grossi said. “If a child cannot pay (the fee) we will be able to figure it out,” Grossi said. “Booster clubs are trying to help pay for students who can’t pay.”Grossi said the buses will be operated by coaches or sponsors of organizations to reduce not only fuel costs but the labor costs as well. She said big sports such as football will still use the traditional form of transportation because of the number of students who participate in it and the equipment that must be transported. Bloomington High School South Principal Mark Fletcher said the new way of transporting students is estimated to save the total transportation budget 25 to 40 percent. The idea of the activity buses came after both Fletcher and Bloomington High School in North Principal Jeff Henderson discussed it with other conference Indiana schools, Fletcher said. A sports/activity fee isn’t the only thing students and parents should expect from the new budget.Another change includes eliminating summer school beginning in the summer of 2009. “Summer school is not something that we wanted to (cut),” Fletcher said. “I think students will be able to make up classes. Right now we have 60 opportunities to receive credits.”Fletcher said only 40 credits are required for students to graduate from high school. Students will still make up credits to graduate on time by using a program called NovaNet during the school year, Fletcher said. Comptroller for MCCSC Tim Thrasher said other changes to the budget include changing the days when the elementary strings program will occur to cut down on the number of bus trips. The strings program is a music program that is not taught during the normal school day. Thrasher said although there are several changes, he does not think it will affect students severely. “Most changes the students won’t see themselves,” Thrasher said. “We are still providing services at the same level.”
(09/22/08 3:58am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Tension among students broke out during the tailgate of Saturday’s IU vs. Ball State University football game.At about 6:20 p.m. IU Police Department officers noticed a crowd on the southwest corner of 17th Street and Woodlawn Avenue beginning to throw beer and cups on one another, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said.Indiana State Excise Police Officer Travis Thickstun said in a press release that people threw more than 100 bottles, cups and other objects through the air. He also said a few fights began to break out.“Saturday’s tailgating crowd was the most out of control we have seen in several years,” Thickstun said in the press release.IUPD then called for backup to break up the crowd and told the people to go into the football stadium, Minger said.Thickstun said IUPD, the Bloomington Police Department and the Indiana State Police all went to the area to help prevent any further incidents from erupting on the scene.Both Minger and Thickstun said police broke up the crowd before the scene became dangerous.“Any time you have a significant amount of alcohol, inevitably you will have some type of problem,” Thickstun said.Minger said the crowd was not as bad as some tailgates he has experienced in his 35 years of working for IUPD.He said there were no reports of damage or of anyone needing medical assistance during this particular incident. Minger also said the crowd was “99 percent cooperative” with the officers. Overall, the Indiana State Excise Police issued 97 tickets while students were tailgating.Police distributed a large portion of the tickets, 78, to minors for possession or illegal consumption of alcoholic beverages. Tailgaters were also issued tickets for public intoxication, false identification, resisting law enforcement and aiding a minor to possess alcohol.At the football game, an IU student was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication at about 8:15 p.m., Minger said, reading from a police report.Police arrested Lucas Widdicombe after someone sitting near him said he had a cup, and “he had urinated in the cup and was going to throw it at Ball State fans.”The usher supervisor who found Widdicombe said the cup Widdicombe carried did smell like urine, according to the report.Widdicombe told police he had not urinated in the cup and had no intentions of pouring it on people. Widdicombe said someone had given him a cup of urine while he was in the restroom, and he decided to take it back to his seat to show his friends.
(09/22/08 1:40am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 20-year-old IU student was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly used a shotgun to shoot a mattress.Jacob Alexander faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.Officers Tracy Headley and Jeff Rodgers were responding to a complaint at 12:15 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Eastgate Lane when they heard three shotgun blasts, said Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.Officers secured the premises and called for backup, including the IU Police Department. A female voluntarily came out of the house where the gun shots were believed to have come from.The resident of the household, Alexander, was located and spoke with officers. About 10 people, including Alexander and the female that was first taken into custody, were inside of the household, according to the report.Officers said Alexander originally denied having anything to do with the gun shots.BPD officers found nine shotgun shells as well as two unused gun rounds in the backyard of Alexander’s home.Alexander told officers later that he had used the shotgun to shoot at a mattress that was in his backyard. No one was hurt in the incident.BPD Sgt. Mick Williams investigated the incident and searched the house. According to the report, he located the shotgun in a bedroom inside of the house as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
(09/22/08 1:38am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Bloomington man died early Friday after he was accidentally hit by a car that was driven by his girlfriend.Jerimy S. Whaley, 23, was seen in the area of 215 N. Johnson Ave., at about 3 a.m. lying next to a parked vehicle, according to a press release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.When deputies arrived, they discovered he was dead and appeared to have been hit by the vehicle parked next to him. The driver of the vehicle, Misty Williams, 23, was located at a nearby address.After further investigation, it was revealed that Whaley and Williams had been in a long-standing relationship and were living together, according to the press release.According to the press release, both of them had been out drinking and when they returned home, Whaley left the residence to take a walk. Williams told police she later became concerned and decided to drive around the neighborhood to look for him.After interviewing Williams, she admitted to being intoxicated at the time and that she had hit something lying in the roadway according to the press release. She said she was not aware it was Whaley until after the accident.Police say Williams is cooperating with the investigation and was booked in the Monroe County Jail on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, accident resulting in death and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death. Toxicology reports are pending.Williams was released from the Monroe County Jail on Friday after she paid her $500 bond.
(09/22/08 1:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Alex Rice is only 13 years old, but he already knows the Bloomington Police Department like the back of his hand.Dressed in a BPD polo and hat, Rice spent his Saturday morning looking at the different patrol cars officers use. He dreams of one day riding in the car as a police officer and not just as an attendee of BPD’s open house.The BPD open house kicked off at 9 a.m. Saturday at the BPD headquarters, 220 E. Third St. VIDEO: Open HousePolice Chief Mike Diekhoff said the open house was meant to make the police department appear less intimidating to the public.“My goal is to present the department to the public and be able to show the equipment,” Diekhoff said. “I think a lot of people are uncomfortable with officers. By having an open house we want to show people the types of things we can do.”The open house was part of the department’s 109th anniversary. It included a tour of the headquarters.Displays in the parking lot showcased information about police motorcycles, the dive team, the critical incidents team, bicycle officers, the crisis negotiations team and regular cop cars. There was also a mock car accident display.Sgt. Mick Williams headed the display of the critical incidents response teams. Weapons the team would use to combat emergency situations when a sniper is attacking or when a person is barricaded were on display for residents. The tour of all the different offices inside of the building began with a slideshow of BPD’s history.Sgt. Shane Rasche led the group tours of various rooms such as the interview rooms, holding cells, the dispatch center and also the drug investigation team.The tour offered a stop into a room where impaired drivers would be taken. Attendees were invited to try to pass a sobriety test while wearing the “drunk goggles.” Edward Friesel, 8, tried to complete the sobriety test while wearing the goggles.“It looks like I’m walking on the line,” Friesel said as he strayed away from the taped path.Although Dina Kellams is married to a BPD officer, she said she learned new things too. Kellams, a Lawrence County resident, said she had forgotten about BPD’s dive team. Kellams said the event helped kids realize that cops aren’t “intimidating.”
(09/19/08 7:57pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 20-year-old IU student was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly used a shotgun to shoot a mattress.Jacob Alexander faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Officers Tracy Headley and Jeff Rodgers were responding to a complaint at 12:15 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Eastgate Lane when they heard three shotgun blasts, according to Bloomington Police Department reports.Officers secured the premises and called for backup, including the IU Police Department. A female came out of the house voluntarily where the gun shots were believed to have come from.The resident of the household, Alexander, was located and spoke with officers. About 10 people, including Alexander and the female that was first taken into custody, were inside of the household.Officers said Alexander originally denied having anything to do with the gun shots.BPD officers found nine shot gun shells as well as two unused gun rounds in the backyard of Alexander’s home.Alexander told officers later that he had used the shotgun to shoot at a mattress that was in his backyard.BPD Sgt. Mick Williams investigated the incident and searched the house. He located the alleged shotgun in a bedroom inside of the house as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
(09/19/08 2:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bloomington police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after they say they found cocaine inside a popcorn box in his home.Donell K. Jackson, 22, faces preliminary charges of possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver and with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.Jackson was involved in an earlier police investigation, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada.Officer Brandon Lopossa was doing surveillance near Jackson’s home on the 1400 block of North Woodburn Avenue when Jackson was seen leaving his apartment heading toward a 17th Street liquor store, Canada said, reading from a police report. Around 5 p.m., officers took him into custody at the liquor store and found nine tan-colored tablets believed to be OxyContin.BPD detective Jarred Burns then got a search warrant for Jackson’s home where he found an off-white substance in a bag hidden inside a popcorn box, according to the report.Police say he also found money hidden inside a box of cereal.Jackson denied to officers being responsible for the money and off-white substance but did admit to owning the OxyContin, according to the report.
(09/19/08 2:46am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bloomington residents can have an inside look into the Bloomington Police Department this Saturday.The department’s open house will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the BPD headquarters located on 220 E. Third St. The open house is part of the department’s 109th anniversary, said Danny Lopez, communications director for the City of Bloomington.Events will give residents an opportunity to meet BPD officers, get an inside view of police vehicles and an explanation of all the different departments, Lopez said.The open house will also give residents an opportunity to put on “drunk goggles” that will give them an idea of the disorienting effects of being intoxicated. People can then participate in a sobriety test conducted by officers while having the “drunk goggles” on.Attendees will also gain new insight into the operations of how the dispatch procedures occur, Lopez said.“I think it’s important for the community, because at the end of the day it’s the community police force,” Lopez said.The open house is free and open to everyone in the community, according to a City of Bloomington press release.
(09/18/08 4:03am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU officials announced Wednesday that the University received a record number of donations from private sectors this past year, nearly quadrupling the previous record, set in 2005.IU received $408.6 million in private donations this year, a bulk of which came from organizations such as the Lilly Endowment and was an estate gift from the Jesse H. and Beulah C. Cox scholarship.In 2005, the University received a then-record $107.6 million in private donations.The money will be used for IU scholarships, the Riley Children’s Foundation and research grants, according to a University statement released Wednesday.The IU Foundation received $251.4 million, the Riley Children’s Foundation received $36.3 million and $120.9 million was given for research grants and non-governmental contracts, according to an IU press release. Nearly 40 percent of the money given to the IU Foundation will be used exclusively for scholarships. The rest will be used to build a studio for the IU Jacobs School of Music and for the IU School of Law to hire faculty members, said Barbara Coffman, executive director for strategic planning and communication for the IU Foundation. Some of the money from the foundation will be used for the Cox Scholars Program, which helps 300 students who excel academically but need financial support, said Gene Tempel, president of the IU Foundation.“We are very grateful for these gifts, which are enabling us to achieve our goals of excellence in teaching and research and to ensure that the doors to an IU education will always be open to the best and brightest students with a diversity of backgrounds, regardless of their economic circumstances,” IU President Michael McRobbie said in a the press release. The donations were collected from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, Coffman said.The money will not all be spent in one year, said IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre. The money is invested and the earnings are used for the actual distribution of scholarships, MacIntyre said. In addition, IU’s Matching the Promise program matches the percentages of earnings from the money invested. IU administration said the University has been nationally ranked in the top 20 for universities that raised the most total voluntary support for 16 of the past 18 years, according to the press release. Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Dick McKaig attributed the fundraising success to IU’s reputation. “(It’s) one of the factors of why students choose to enroll here,” McKaig said.MacIntyre added the money helps IU go from “average to excellent” by bringing in faculty members that have a lot of opportunities to offer students.