A rape charge has been dropped against a Fort Wayne man accused in the assault of his ex-girlfriend earlier this year.

Chad A. Reuille, 31, of the 7100 block of Antebellum Drive, originally faced charges of rape, criminal deviate conduct, burglary, battery, intimidation and invasion of privacy, according to Allen Superior Court documents, but through a deal only pleaded guilty to residential entry and battery Thursday. On July 21, Reuille allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend's home around 3 a.m. and went into her bedroom, where she was sleeping with her 3-year-old daughter, according to the probable-cause affidavit. He then woke her up and held a large kitchen knife to her arm and her neck and told her he was going to kill her. He then raped her multiple times, the affidavit said.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 17.

A 38-year-old Fort Wayne woman is in critical condition after a two-vehicle crash early this morning at Lewis Street and Anthony Boulevard. Fort Wayne Police were told that the two vehicles, a Cadillac and a Ford SUV, were possibly chasing each other when the crash occurred around 4:25 a.m. The unidentified woman was reportedly a passenger in one of the vehicles and was found unconscious when police arrived. No other injuries were reported in the crash, and it remains under investigation.

An employee reported Albright's Meats and Deli on Calhoun Street was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday by two men who took money from the cash register. The two men, reportedly in their early 20s, pointed a handgun at the employee and told her to “pop the register,” according to a Fort Wayne Police report. After handing over money, she was retrieving more when she accidentally hit a key on the register that made a loud tone and the men ran out of the store.

Fort Wayne Police responded to Northcrest Elementary on Thursday after reports that teachers and a student had been battered by a student.

According to a police report, the student was in class when another student laughed at him so he walked over to him and choked him. When the teacher tried to escort the boy out of the room, he began tearing posters off the walls and hitting another teacher with the poster. The boy then later began throwing desks and chairs, and threw his body into two staff members. The boy was restrained, the report said, but after he calmed down they let him go, and he threw a chair, which hit a teacher. The student was arrested for strangulation and disorderly conduct, according to the report.

A revised ordinance designed to control sexually oriented businesses is expected to be introduced at Tuesday's New Haven City Council meeting. Mayor Terry McDonald, who unsuccessfully attempted to regulate adult businesses seven years ago, introduced an ordinance in July that was not passed, and the revisions are intended to reflect new court decisions and to address concerns about protecting legitimate massage operations, he said. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in City Hall, 815 Lincoln Highway E.

Fort Wayne street department leaf crews were to continue collecting today in the north. Crews were scheduled to pick up in the central part of the city this week but a large amount of leaves fell recently, causing crews to get behind. Next week will be a catch-up week with crews perhaps starting into the central region. For where crews will be, see cityoffortwayne.org/leaves2009.

Old U.S. 24 between Gustin Road and Indiana 101 will be closed 8 a.m. Monday-4 p.m. Wednesday for bridge repair.

More H1N1 vaccines will be offered Monday and Wednesday at Carew Medical Park.

The times will be 4-6:30 a.m. Monday and 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday.

The injectable vaccine is the only type of vaccine being offered now, and the only eligible recipients are pregnant women; people who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months; children and young people ages 6 months to 24 years old; adults ages 25 through 64 with chronic health conditions; and health care workers and emergency medical services personnel.

The seasonal flu vaccine for children 6 months to 18 years will also be offered.

Ivy Tech–Northeast announced a new online resource for students interested in Ivy Tech's College for Working Adults. This online informational session can be viewed 24/7.

The session covers details about the program – what it is, how it works, and its benefits for busy students.

The online session can be found at www.ivytech.edu/fortwayne/cwa.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Marion Superior Court Judge Robert Altice sentenced 31-year-old Desmond Turner on Friday after finding Turner guilty of seven counts of murder and other charges last month in a bench trial. Turner was sentenced to 88 additional years for the other charges.

Altice heard from the victims' family and asked Turner if he had anything to say. Turner said he is innocent and that he knows “how Christ felt when he died for our sins.”

Turner agreed to a bench trial so prosecutors would drop the death penalty. His attorney has said he plans to appeal the conviction.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University officials are looking for long-term ways to save money.

Budgets are already set for this fiscal year and the next. But Purdue says it could be $70 million short over the next biennium if state appropriations stay flat and there is no tuition increase.

Executive vice president for business and finance Al Diaz says Purdue has already cut positions and withheld pay increases. Now the school is starting to plan for long-term ways to operate in a slumping economy and could make some changes soon.

Diaz said the school will review programs, compensation and other issues over the next five months.

TERRE HAUTE — A Terre Haute church upset some residents with a message on its outdoor sign that mentioned Allah.

The sign outside the Bible Baptist Church was recently posted with the message, “Jesus died and rose and lives for you. What did Allah do.”

Saagarika Coleman says she was “horrified” when she saw the sign on her way to school. She says the message seems like an unchristian challenge to Muslims.

Pastor Bob Parker said the sign wasn't meant to be derogatory toward Islam. He says its message simply meant that “the founder of Christianity still lives.”

The church changed the sign this week. Parker says the message changes weekly, and that he wasn't concerned about negative reactions to the sign.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Christian activists went to Purdue University to hand out about 2,000 copies of Charles Darwin's “Origin of Species,” with a 50-page introduction intended to debunk his theory of evolution. Thursday's giveaway was part of a nationwide effort by minister Ray Comfort and actor Kirk Cameron to distribute more than 100,000 copies of the book on university campuses.

Comfort's introduction contends Darwin was racist and Adolf Hitler took the theory of evolution to its “logical conclusions.” The National Center for Science Education has started a campaign calling the introduction “bad science, bad history and bad theology.”