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Posey County Sheriff’s Office officials say an Evansville woman was arrested on theft and burglary charges Friday. According to a press release, deputies located broken glass and several items of value taken from Whackerz, a business specializing in golf simulations on Thursday. During the investigation, a Sheriff’s detective observed surveillance footage and saw a female breaking out a window to get into Whackerz. The female, later identified as Jessica Jeanette Guth, entered the business and stole a computer and several sets of golf clubs. Surveillance footage also showed Guth arriving in a black passenger car, which was later identified by make and model. On Friday, Posey County deputies were dispatched to an unnamed business across the street from Whackerz after the owner of the business told deputies his truck was broken into the night prior. After further investigation it was believed that the theft was related to the burglary at Whackerz. Posey County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on State Road 66 in Wadesville on a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle in the surveillance footage. They were able to locate in the trunk of the vehicle the stolen computer from Whackerz. While conducting the investigation, deputies went to a residence and located several sets of golf clubs that were identified as stolen from Whackerz. Guth was transported to the Posey County Sheriff’s Office where she was questioned by a detective and admitted to committing the burglary and theft. She was booked into the Posey County Jail and charged with Burglary, Theft, and Trespassing.
CenterPoint Energy announced Saturday afternoon that power has been restored to all customers who were impacted by the winter storm and can safely receive service. According to a press release, an expanded workforce of CenterPoint, contactor and mutual aid personnel worked around the clock since early Monday morning to repair damage and restore more than 61,000 customer outages caused by heavy ice accumulation, falling trees and limbs and broken poles and equipment. The company extends its gratitude to local elected officials, emergency management teams and first responders for their critical support during restoration efforts. While outages from Winter Storm Blair have been restored, crews are continuing to address a small number of outages caused by Friday’s snowy weather.
Poseyville Police are warning people about a recent scam that they say is showing up in several states. They say it’s called a “brushing” scam. Victims will get an unexpected gift or item they didn’t order. The gift will have the recipient’s address, but not include the sender’s information or be from a known retailer. When the recipient opens the package to see what it is and possibly who sent it, there is a QR code to scan to find out. Once the code is scanned, all the information from that phone will be sent to scammers. They receive all access to the phone, which can include personal and financial information. Police say the victim’s bank accounts are often drained. They say the gift can be kept or thrown away, but the QR code should not be scanned.
On Sunday in Men’s College Basketball…USI lost at Arkansas Little Rock, 78-58. Damoni Harrison led the Screaming Eagles with 17 points. USI has now lost 5-straight games and they are 6-10 on the season and 1-5 in the OVC.
20th ranked Purdue hammered Nebraska at home, 104-68. C.J. Cox led the Boilermakers with 23 points. Purdue runs their record to 13-4 and 5-1 in the Big 10.
In Women’s College Basketball from yesterday…Evansville fell at Indiana State, 90-74. UE has lost 5-straight games as they are now 4-11 overall and 0-4 in the MVC.
USI Women’s Basketball got beat at Arkansas Little Rock, 89-83 in overtime. The loss drops USI to 12-5 on the year and 4-2 in the OVC.
From the NBA on Sunday…the Indiana Pacers earned an impressive win in Cleveland over the Cavaliers, 108-93. Andrew Nembhard led Indiana with 19 points. The Pacers have now won 6-straight games to improve to 22-18 on the season. It was just Cleveland’s second loss in 22 home games this year. The Cavs are an NBA best 33-5. Indiana and Cleveland play again tomorrow night in Indianapolis.
Coming up tonight in local high school sports…Mt. Vernon Boys Basketball hits the road to play Forest Park. The JV game is at 5:30 PM and the Varsity game will follow around 7:00 PM. You can hear the Varsity game on 106.7 FM WMVI and online at poseycountyradio.com.
North Posey Girls Basketball is away this evening at Evansville Christian. The JV game begins at 5:30 PM and the Varsity game is slated for 7:00 PM. Catch the Varsity game on 98.9 FM WPIW and online at poseycountyradio.com.