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January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012: The Warrick County Prosecutor’s Office announces that Damien Armstead, was convicted on his guilty plea to Robbery, a Class B felony, and sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for six years.
The crime occurred on May 2, 2011 when Armstead asked his victim to accompany him to Newburgh, Indiana. Once in Newburgh, Armstead pulled out a semi-automatic handgun, pointed it at the victim and demanded everything the victim had. The victim handed over $3,500.00, and 2 cellular telephones.
The case was investigated by Assistant Chief Darrel Healy of the Newburgh Police Department with assistance from the Evansville Police Department. Armstead was arrested on May 8, 2011, and remained in the custody of the Warrick County Sheriff until sentencing. The police recovered over $2,000.00 from Armstead at the time of the arrest.
First Deputy Prosecutor Daniel Miller represented the State of Indiana.
Sincerely,
JoAnn Jacob Krantz
Prosecuting Attorney
New Child Support Calculator is a Popular Feature on Indiana Courts Website
January 20, 2012
Revisions to Indiana’s Child Support Guidelines went into effect on January 1, 2010. The new calculator went online the afternoon of December 31, the site has been visited over 17,000 times and nearly 1,800 calculations have been saved.
The new child support calculator is designed specifically for parents and pro se litigants, with instructions and help information to guide them along the way. The new calculator has some technical advantages over the previous version. First, it’s cross-browser compatible, which means the growing number of Mac owners will have no trouble using the calculator in Safari or Firefox. The calculator is not, however, compatible with Internet Explorer (IE) version 6.0 or older. IE6 was released in 2001 and simply cannot support the technology the new calculator is based on. Second, the save feature no longer relies on “cookies,” which present a host of challenges, such as connecting the saved file to your local machine instead of saving the calculation on the web server. This meant that people using one computer could not save a calculation and retrieve it from another computer at a later date. The calculator’s new save feature provides the user with a transaction ID # that is added to the forms.
The save feature is meant to allow a user to return and edit information or reprint forms at a later date, but there are other potential uses for it. For example, a husband and wife seeking a divorce could cooperatively work on the same calculation and pass the transaction number by email. Or a litigant can start the calculation and send the transaction number to his attorney for completion. A judge could enter the transaction number at the bottom of forms filed by a pro selitigant and make necessary changes to the calculation without having to re-enter all the data.
This update prepared by Chief Deputy JoAnn Krantz based on information provided by the Indiana Judicial Technology Committee (JTAC)
Contact:
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
For the Second Judicial Circuit of Indiana
One County Square, Suite 180
Boonville, IN 47601
Telephone: 812-897-6199
Facsimile: 812-897-6198
childsupport@warrickprosecutor.org
Indiana’s Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Plan ~ 2010-2015
January 20, 2012
The Indiana Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council (SVPPC) served as the driving force behind Indiana’s 2010-2015 Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Plan. The SVPPC is a statewide advisory council comprised of members representing diverse disciplines and organizations, united by a shared desire to prevent sexual violence and its public health and social implications.
Our Vision: A state free of sexual violence achieved through respect between and equity among all people.
Our Mission: To engage the people of Indiana in the primary prevention of sexual violence using state and community-based strategies for societal change.
Key Recommendations and Strategic Priorities
- Goal #1: To facilitate stakeholder awareness of and participation in the implementation of the Indiana Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Plan.
- Outcome 1: By 2010, each Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council member will distribute the key recommendations of the state plan to existing and potential partners through available media, technology, and in-person outlets.
- Outcome 2: By 2011, the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council will create and distribute a state plan fact sheet targeted to each of the following groups of constituents to offer technical assistance on use of the state plan: public health, medical, policymakers, primary and secondary education, youth and family-serving organizations, faith and community-based organizations, businesses, colleges and universities, media and judicial/law enforcement.
- Outcome 3: By 2012, each of the abovementioned groups of constituents will hold at least one seat on the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council during the plan implementation phase.
- Goal #2: To build and strengthen capacity to prevent sexual violence in Indiana.
- Outcome 1: By November 2011, the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council will collaborate with experts to prepare a policy brief on the state of sexual violence laws and policies and economic impact in Indiana.
- Outcome 2: By 2013, Indiana will increase current funding levels dedicated to sexual violence primary prevention by 30%.
- Outcome 3: By 2013, at least one youth and family-serving organization with a statewide network will train local affiliates on implementation of a youth and parent/caregiver-specific sexual violence prevention/healthy relationships program.
- Outcome 4: By 2013, the state coalition, the Indiana State Department of Health, and the Indiana Department of Education will assess public school corporations’ current curriculums and policies targeting risk and protective factors for sexual violence.
- Outcome 5: By 2014, the abovementioned partners will research other states’ and communities’ collaboration with public school corporations to include sexual violence prevention/healthy relationships messages and activities in existing curriculums and programs and create a plan to advance inclusion in Indiana.
- Outcome 6: By 2015, the state coalition and the Indiana State Department of Health will complete a formal assessment of existing workplace sexual harassment and assault prevention approaches among mid-size Indiana employers (1000 or more
- employees) and market tools and recommendations for enhancing those approaches.
- Outcome 7: By 2015, 30% of Indiana colleges and universities will have engaged in sexual violence primary prevention programming that incorporates at least 4 of the following comprehensive programming approaches: male involvement, bystander intervention, social marketing, policy analysis, coalition-building, and data collection.
- Goal #3: To support communities in using evidence-informed strategies and programs for sexual violence prevention through technical assistance.
- Outcome 1: In January 2010 and annually thereafter, the state coalition will survey sexual violence primary prevention programs to identify the most important technical assistance needs.
- Outcome 2: By August 2011 and annually thereafter, the state coalition will provide three interactive regional training opportunities addressing the top primary prevention technical assistance needs identified through the prior year’s survey.
- Outcome 3: By 2013, the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council will develop and disseminate a comprehensive resource guide to communities to include evidence-informed curriculums, strategies targeting youth and families, and research-based evaluation tools for sexual violence primary prevention, as well as examples of local model programs.
- Goal #4: To enhance social norms that promote sexual violence primary prevention.
- Outcome 1: By 2011, all RPE partners will identify social norms among males in their target populations that contribute to sexual violence through formal and informal assessment.
- Outcome 2: By 2013, all RPE partners will develop a plan to engage males in their target populations to modify the identified social norms that contribute to sexual violence.
- Outcome 3: In 2013 and annually afterwards, all state and local RPE-funded partners will demonstrate inclusion of the following social norms change strategies into their sexual violence primary prevention initiatives: healthy relationships skill-building, bystander intervention, positive youth leadership development, and social marketing.
- Goal #5: To ensure the inclusion of priority populations in state and local sexual violence primary prevention efforts.
- Outcome 1: By November 2012, a quantitative and qualitative state assessment will be completed to identify disparately impacted populations not reached through mainstream sexual violence primary prevention efforts.
- Outcome 2: By November 2013, all RPE-funded projects will receive training and ongoing technical assistance in tailored sexual violence primary prevention strategies for at least one identified priority population.
- Outcome 3: By November 2014, leadership will be established and sexual violence prevention-focused infrastructure development will be initiated in at least three of the identified priority populations.
- Goal #6: To enhance sexual violence data collection, analysis, and sharing.
- Outcome 1: In October 2009, the Indiana State Department of Health will include a sexual violence module in the BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) to establish baseline sexual violence prevalence data in Indiana.
- Outcome 2: In 2010 and annually thereafter, the Indiana State Department of Health will continually monitor and use existing and/or emerging sexual violence prevalence data collection systems to maintain knowledge of prevalence.
- Outcome 3: By 2010, the Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Council will have determined how to collaborate with the Sexual Assault Trauma Registry Project to better analyze and share data related to sexual violence.
- Outcome 4: In 2011 and biannually thereafter, the Indiana State Department of Health will include a question in the YRBS (Youth Risk Behavioral Survey) to assess the exposure of Indiana youth to sexual violence prevention and healthy relationships programs.
For more information: Log onto http://www.in.gov/isdh/23820.htm or contact Abby Kelly-Smith (akelly-smith@isdh.IN.gov)
This update prepared by Chief Deputy JoAnn Krantz based on information provided by the Indiana State Department of Health
Contact:
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
For the Second Judicial Circuit of Indiana
One County Square, Suite 180
Boonville, IN 47601
Telephone: 812-897-6199
Facsimile: 812-897-6198
Warrick County Drunk Driving and Drug Court Graduation
January 19, 2012
I have known many of you for many years- some of you I did not know, but you all have been known to me by your first name of State of Indiana versus.
I have listened to you in court. I have seen your loved ones watching you brought before the court in shackles. You were doing drugs, stealing and lying to support the habit. Your children were being taken care of by others. You had no worries. But you were a menace to friends, family, and to people you didn’t even know. Your mothers and fathers and others that loved you tried to change you and they went to hell and back because of you.
Then there was that turning point in your life-
What was it? Was there no more faith? Was there no more bond money? Was it your attorney telling you about how many years you were facing?
Only you know what it was.
At that point you realized your life had to go in another direction.
What did this new direction look like?
It looked like Lisa (Lisa Seif, Director of the Program)
It looked like Mel (Mel Catlin, Case Manager)
It looked like Nels (Nels Walker, Compliance Officer)
It looked like the Judge (Honorable Keith A. Meier)
It looked like Zach (Zach Winsett, Participant Advocate)
And it even looked like me.
But even with all who believed in you. There is one common denominator among you – you had come to a place of acceptance.
That acceptance has made it possible for you to make the decision: to become and remain clean and sober. Each of you has made it through this program. With help, with family, with the strength of your own character each of you has done it. Each of you and all of you represent a great achievement. Go out in the world and be proud of yourself and what you’ve achieved.
Thank you for what you’ve done.
JoAnn Jacob Krantz
Warrick County Prosecutor
Press Release
November 30, 2011
Boonville, Indiana, November 30, 2011—The Warrick County Prosecutor’s Office announces that on November 29, 2011, Mark S. Birge entered a guilty plea in two (2) separate cases to Child Molesting. The Defendant is represented by Mark Phillips.
The State filed charges against Mark Birge on June 29, 2010 and September 29, 2010 after investigations were conducted by the Boonville Police Department. Two children had disclosed the molesting during interviews conducted at Holly’s House.
Trial Deputy Jennifer Greer is assigned the case. Prosecutor JoAnn Krantz commends Deputy Greer for her work on the cases.
The range of sentencing for the C Felonies is 4-16 years at the Indiana Department of Correction. The Defendant is set for Sentencing on January 12, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Robert R. Aylsworth.
Contact:
JoAnn Jacob Krantz, Prosecuting Attorney
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for the
Second Judicial Circuit of Indiana
One County Square, Suite 180
Boonville, Indiana 47601
Telephone: (812)897-6199
Fax: (812)897-6198
Email: criminaldivision@warrickprosecutor.org
