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David In Indy:
From The Indy Channel Website:
Snakes On A Bus; Man Charged
MUNCIE, Ind. -- A 21-year-old man who picked up a package of venomous baby timber rattlesnakes at the post office and took it home on a city bus faces charges, authorities said.
Dustin A. Draper faces preliminary counts of possession of an endangered species and transportation of a dangerous reptile without a permit. He was in jail Friday on $3,500 bond and did not have an attorney listed with the jail.
Postal inspectors told the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and county police about the shipment of rattlesnakes. Officials were waiting for Draper when he got off the bus near his apartment Thursday.
"He wants to be cool and have venomous snakes," said Sgt. Ed Rucker, a DNR conservation officer.
Anyone who handles dangerous or wild animals in Indiana must have a state permit, and possessing endangered species like timber rattlesnakes is illegal, Rucker said.
The DNR said Draper is a known buyer and broker of venomous snakes. He was arrested last November on charges that he tried to sell an undercover conservation officer an eastern diamondback rattlesnake. He was given a suspended 60-day jail term and fined $360 in Muncie City Court. Draper also faces similar charges from August for possession of an adult cobra.
Draper has been advised to get a state wild animal permit, according to court records, although he never applied for one.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
David In Indy:
News of the good, the bad, the sad and the stupid for November 3, 2007
From the WISH-TV Channel 8 website:
Governor Requests Federal Aid For Tornado Cleanup in Northern Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels has sought federal disaster assistance for recovery efforts from the tornado that hit the Nappanee area two weeks ago.
If President Bush approves the request, residents and businesses in northern Indiana's Elkhart, Marshall and Kosciusko counties could qualify for housing and unemployment assistance and disaster loans.
The governor's office says damage assessments from the Oct. 18 storm have found 51 homes destroyed, 137 with major damage and 201 with minor damage. A total of 107 businesses sustained damage, including three recreational vehicle plants that are among Nappanee's largest employers.
David In Indy:
From the WISH-TV Channel 8 website:
Pipe Bomb Found In Westside Home
INDIANAPOLIS - A west side man is facing charges after investigators found a live pipe bomb and other explosive materials inside this home at 38 Myron Avenue.
Police believe 34-year-old Tracy Trimble was under the influence of crack cocaine at the time of his arrest.
They tazed him when he refused to comply with officer's instructions. Trimble was also wanted on a warrant from Hancock County.
David In Indy:
From The WISH-TV Channel 8 website:
Group Honors Murder Victims With Drive-by Prayer Vigil
INDIANAPOLIS - Saturday, a group marched through the streets of Indianapolis in honor of some recent Indianapolis murder victims Their motto, "If Drive-By Guns can Kill, then Drive-By Prayers Can Heal."
The "Drive-By Prayer Vigil Network" does these vigils to give family members and friends hope. Hope that organizers say is sometimes lost.
"We declare life over death. We declare life over death," the group sang together.
And with those words the group stood together on the corner of Olive Street demanding their message be heard.
"We've risen up with a charge and a mandate to respond to the senseless killings, the murders in our city," Pastor Thomas Hill said.
One of those killings happened just down the block from where the group gathered. It was there that a homeless man lost his life last month.
"Dennis Wencke, age 56 years old, died on October the 4th 2007 a victim of a stab wound to the stomach," Pastor Hill said.
Olive Street was just one stop of many for the group today.
"We believe that just our very presences will change the hearts of man," group member Pamela Nicks said.
When people are hopeless they feel they have no reason to go on or they feel what's the use," Nicks said. "You have to give somebody hope."
The group says they will stop having the vigils once the senseless murders come to an end.
David In Indy:
From the WISH-TV Channel 8 website:
Pedestrian Struck and Killed During Police Chase
INDIANAPOLIS - An IMPD officer hit and killed a pedestrian during a chase Saturday morning.
Police say a suspected drunk driver ran a red light just before two Saturday. When an officer tried to pull the driver over, police say the driver took off.
Another officer joined in the chase, with his lights and sirens on, driving north on Moller Road.
But, when he got just past 34th Street, even though the light was green, a man stepped in front of the patrol car.
"In trying to avoid the subject, ended up turning 180 degrees southbound on Moller, before he was able to stop at that point," IMPD Sgt. Matthew Mount said.
The impact killed the pedestrian.
Officers eventually caught up with the suspected drunk driver, 23-year-old Noel Perea-Galan, after he crashed into a median.
Police arrested Perea-Galan. He faces numerous charges, including "felony fleeing causing death."
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