The Press-Dispatch
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A-10 Local Wednesday, December 27, 2017 The Press-Dispatch Monday Tuesday Wednesday ursday Friday 1 2 3 Dr. Finch Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Reid L. Richardson, PA-C 4 Dr. Gilson Dr. McCord L. Richardson, PA-C 5 Dr. Neahring 8 9 10 Dr. Chacko Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Reid 11 Dr. McCord Dr. Jani L. Lang, FNP-C 12 Dr. Neahring L. Richardson, PA-C Audibel Hearing Center 15 16 17 Dr. Finch Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Reid L. Richardson, PA-C 18 Dr. Gilson Dr. McCord L. Richardson, PA-C 19 Dr. Neahring 22 23 24 Dr. Chacko Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Reid 25 Dr. McCord L. Richardson, PA-C 26 Dr. Neahringg L. Richardson, PA-C Audibel Hearing Center 29 30 31 Dr. Finch Dr. Gurram Dr. Neahring Dr. Reid L. Richardson, PA-C E. 375 S., Winslow, dead when they went to his residence to do a proba- tion check. Pike Coun- ty Sheriff Chief Deputy Kent Johnson said, "due to the conditions at the scene, we decided to have the State Police do a death investigation. We believe it will be an accidental death, but we just want- ed to make sure we dot- ted all the 'i's' and crossed all the 't's." Trooper John Davis said he believed it will be determined that the death was from natu- ral causes. He said Harp- er was found in a corner in the living room behind an end table. "It just looked a little unusual where they found him," said Davis about why an investiga- tion was requested. • A documentary pro- duced by Petersburg res- ident Tim Helfen has been selected as one of more than 80 independent films that will be screened dur- ing the 14th Annual In- dy Film Fest, set for July 13-23 at the Indiana Mu- seum of Art in Indianap- olis. Helfen's 100 -minute documentary – "We are E.C.: The Untold Story of East Chicago Basketball" – focuses on high school hoops in the northwestern Indiana city, which has produced over 100 Divi- sion I players, 21 Indiana All-Stars, seven profes- sional basketball players and four boys' state cham- pionship teams. • The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that Bri- an Paquette's sentenc- ing was too harsh and or- dered him to be re-sen- tenced. Paquette plead- ed guilty to killing three people, including a preg- nant woman, when he was high on meth and fleeing State Police. He was driv- ing the wrong way on I- 69 and crashed head-on into two vehicle on Feb. 12, 2016. Stephanie Mol- linet and Autumn Kapper- man were in a Ford Focus that Paquette's Chevrolet Tahoe crashed into first. Both Mollinett and Kap- perman died of their in- juries. Kapperman was pregnant. According to court testimony, the back end of Paquette's Tahoe then went airborne and landed on the driver's side of a GMC Terrain driven by Jason Lowe, of Fish- ers. He was killed and his wife, Samantha, was se- riously injured. Pike Cir- cuit Court Judge Jeff Bi- esterveld sentenced Pa- quette to 50.5 years in prison. • Petersburg resident and longtime volunteer at PAWS Nola Gartin was honored for her tire- less work with The Gold- en Hoosier Award. The awards were presented in Indianapolis by Lt. Gov- ernor Suzanne Crouch and Yonda Snyder, direc- tor of the Indiana Family and Social Services Ad- ministration Division of Aging. Nominees have to be an Indiana resident, at least 65 years of age, and have been a volunteer in the community for the past three years. Gartin started working at PAWS in June 2001, when the organization was formed and the facility was built with a large donation left by Ray Jones. Her pas- sion for dogs has kept her committed to helping at the no-kill facility, which is an adoption agency for cats and dogs, located on Meridian Road just south of Petersburg. Gartin was nominated by Petersburg Mayor R.C. Klipsch. REVIEW Continued from page 9 JUNE 7, 2017 – Sharon Peach, of Petersburg, pushes her dog, Nena Cheyenne, on a walk to CVS on Saturday morning. Peach said Nena has bad allergies and loves to ride in the cart. She said her son, a long haul trucker, got Nena in Cheyenne as the owner was headed out the door on her way to take Nena to the pound. I-69 traffic stop leads to arrest of four people By Andy Heuring A traffic stop on I-69 led to the arrest of four peo- ple from Kentucky on drug charges, including one on meth charges. Pike County Sheriff's Sgt. Dallas Killian said he stopped a tan van after see- ing it run off the right side of I-69 and then run over the rumble strips. Sgt. Killian said he began pursuing the van, which was driving at nearly 80 mph before he stopped it. Sgt. Killian said the driv- er, Kayla M. Jones, 22, of Louisville, couldn't find her driver's license or her reg- istration. So he asked her to sit in his patrol car while he tried to obtain her identity. She said she was driving to Chicago and didn't know the names of the backseat pas- sengers. Pike County Deputy Sher- iff Buck Seger had K-9 offi- cer Bleck do an inspection of the vehicle. He indicated drug presence on the pas- senger side of the car. According to Sgt. Killian, a search of the vehicle found a small amount of marijua- na in a cigar wrapper. One of the passengers, Jayvon Fountain, of Owensboro, Ky., told police the marijua- na was his. Police later located anoth- er 1.5 grams of marijuana in the trunk of the vehicle in a pair of boots. Sgt. Killian said the truck was full of lug- gage and all the occupants, including a juvenile in the backseat, had luggage in the truck. All of them denied owning the boots or know- ing who owned the boots in which the marijuana was found. All of the adult passen- gers, Destiny G. Gibson, of Owensboro, Rodney J. Pratcher, also of Owens- boro, as well as Fountain and Jones, were taken into cus- tody on possession of mari- juana charges. The juvenile was released to his grand- parents. However, once all four had been transported to the jail, Gibson informed jailers she had hidden a pipe in a body cavity. A female jailer was called to do a body search and located the pipe. Sgt. Killian said Gibson told police it was a meth pipe. He said the residue in the pipe field tested positive for meth. Gibson, in addition to the marijuana charges, was also charged with pos- session of meth, less than five grams, a Level 6 felo- ny, and possession of para- phernalia.