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Ex-Prosecutor Faces Discipline For Failing To Disclose False Testimony
Ex-Prosecutor Faces Discipline For Failing To Disclose False Testimony
Dave Stafford for www.theindianalawyer.com
A former Porter County deputy prosecutor and a member of the Valparaiso City Council faces sanctions from the Indiana Supreme Court for allegedly withholding from the defense that an alleged victim said he had been coached to lie and had recanted allegations of sexual abuse.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed William Riley to serve as a hearing officer in the discipline case against Trista Hudson. Hudson was fired in July by Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel for failing to reveal that one of two victims fabricated at least part of the accusations against Eric Knowles. Knowles was charged in 2013 with five counts of child molestation, and Hudson prosecuted a Class A felony count against him in 2016 in which the Disciplinary Commission charges “there was no credible evidence.â€
Knowles was acquitted last year after being held without bail for three years. After learning of Hudson’s alleged failure to disclose the false testimony to the defense, Porter Judge William Alexa said he would refer the matter to the Disciplinary Commission.
Hudson told the Munster Times after her firing “it was an inadvertent mistake not intended nor meant to be malicious†and said she had a strong ethical track record during her nearly 14 years with the prosecutor’s office.
“We will be answering the complaint in due course and defending against the commission’s allegations,†said Indianapolis attorney Don Lundberg, who’s representing Hudson in her disciplinary case. Lundberg declined to comment further and said Hudson’s comments will be limited to her formal responses to the commission.
The Disciplinary Commission filed a complaint May 17, alleging that Hudson put an alleged victim on the stand to testify after the child recanted the accusation against Knowles, his stepfather. The discipline complaint says the alleged victim told Hudson that his biological father had encouraged him to make up allegations of molestation.
The commission also accuses Hudson of making false statements in reply to its investigation, asserting Hudson’s contention that a colleague in the Porter County Prosecutor’s office agreed with her strategy for dealing with the witness’s recantation and allegations of coaching “is knowingly false.â€
Hudson is accused of multiple violations of rules of professional conduct for failing to timely disclose evidence tending to negate Knowles’ guilt and knowingly making a false statement of material fact in a response to the disciplinary commission.
Three Eagles Named Academic All-District IV
The University of Southern Indiana landed three student-athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field teams Thursday afternoon.
Senior Jessica Reeves (Midland, Michigan) and junior Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) were selected to the women’s squad, while senior Chase Broughton (Marengo, Indiana) was honored on the men’s side.
Reeves becomes an All-District IV honoree for the first time in her career after compiling a 3.64 GPA while pursuing a Masters in Occupational Therapy. Reeves was an All-American during the cross country season after a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships. She also broke the six-kilometer school record en route to earning Midwest Region Runner of the Year honors at the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships.
After being named first team All-District and third-team Academic All-America in 2016, the junior exercise science major repeats as an All-District IV honoree in 2017. A 3.82 GPA, as well as a fifth place finish at the NCAA II National Championships to earn All-America honors in the fall will put Roberts in the running for the Academic All-America Team once again. To go along with her four career All-America award, Roberts was the GLVC Runner of the year.
Pursuing a Masters in Sport Management, Broughton is the lone representative for the USI men with a 4.0 GPA. Broughton is being recognized with the honor for the first time in his career after earning an All-America nod with a 27th-place finish at the cross country NCAA II Championships and two more during indoor track & field in the 3,000-meters and as part of the distance medley relay team. He will look to add to his career total of four on Saturday in the 3,000-meter steeplechase after quailing Thursday with the 4th-fasted time in the preliminary heats.
All four student-athletes will advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration.
The NCAA II Outdoor Championships continue today and Saturday in Bradenton, Florida. Live results and video are available at GoUSIEagles.com.
AMERICAN TOURIST DOLLARS ARE FEEDING CASTRO’S HUMAN ZOO
Making Sense by Michael Reagan
Expedia is now booking hotels in Cuba.
American Airlines is flying American tourists from Miami to Havana.
For more than a year American-owned cruise lines have been hauling U.S. citizens by the thousands to the Castro Brothers’ beautiful socialist paradise 90 miles off the tip of Florida.
Thanks to President Obama’s decision to liberalize relations with Cuba in 2015, the island is now open to direct visits by American tourists.
I can’t believe how excited so many Americans are to get a chance to see some ’57 Chevies and Buicks and visit a country that has been wrecked and essentially frozen in time by a dictatorship since JFK was president.
I’d love to see Cuba too. Its people, culture and beaches are beautiful. Its pre-Fidel history and Spanish heritage are rich.
My wife is in the travel business, so I could go on a cruise to Havana for peanuts anytime I wanted.
But as long as Raul Castro and the other thugs in the Communist Party remain in power in Cuba, I promise I’ll never go there.
Half a century of Castros-style Communism turned Cuba into a backward, open-air gulag that American liberals unconditionally adored or made excuses for because everyone in the country got free education and free health care.
Meanwhile, it didn’t matter to most liberals that Cubans were also kept dirt poor and had no free speech, no free vote, no free press or access to the Internet, no freedom to start a business and no freedom to travel.
Since the Obama Administration’s liberalization efforts and the invasion of American tourists, things have not improved for the average Cuban.
Their country is still run by a socialist communist dictatorship and they’re still third-class citizens.
They still can’t go to the fine tourist hotels or pricy tourist shops. They can’t go to the tourist beaches. They sure can’t afford a new car or even a motorbike on their $25 a month, which is about the national average income.
To this day, Cuba’s oppressive government continues to treat 11 million human beings like animals in a rundown socialist zoo.
And if you go there as a tourist from New York or London, all you’re doing is putting hard currency into the coffers of Raul and the other zookeepers.
The Americans who cruise to Cuba with their dollars and debit cards don’t understand, or don’t care, that they are propping up a despotic government, and the liberal and conservative media aren’t making a stink about it.
You’d think the free Cuban community in Florida would be making a bigger deal out of American tourist money being used to keep their family members in a large cage called Cuba.
But they aren’t saying much, either.
As for me, I will never visit Cuba until its people are truly free. I hope it doesn’t take too long.
But until I can go to Havana, befriend an ordinary Cuban and be able to buy him a plane ticket so he can visit me in Southern California, I won’t spend a dime to help pay for the upkeep of the Castro Brothers’ human zoo.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
 Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Trent Nolan: Dealing in a schedule II controlled substance (Level 4 Felony)
Thomas Ray Muensterman: Domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury (Level 6 Felony)
Kyler Jameson Charles: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
For further information on the cases listed above, or any pending case, please contact Jess Powers via email at jpowers@vanderburghgov.org
Under Indiana law, all criminal defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.
SENTENCE CHART
| Level | Range |
| Murder | 45-65 Years |
| Level 1 Felony | 20-40 Years |
| Level 2 Felony | 10-30 Years |
| Level 3 Felony | 3-16 Years |
| Level 4 Felony | 2-12 Years |
| Level 5 Felony | 1-6 Years |
| Level 6 Felony | ½ – 2 ½ Years |
| Level A Misdemeanor | 0-1 Year |
| Level B Misdemeanor | 0-180 Days |
| Level C Misdemeanor | 0-60 Days |
Concepcion set to continue work with USA Volleyball
Aces coach to work in Colorado at the end of the summer
University of Evansville head volleyball coach Manolo Concepcion will continue his work with USA Volleyball this summer after assisting the program earlier in 2017.
Concepcion has been invited to be part of the coaching staff that will be training the USA Youth National A2 Team Invitational Program this summer. The camp will take place from July 26 through August 1 in Colorado Springs. Earlier this year, Concepcion was involved with USA Volleyball as an Evaluator and Court Coach at four of their tryouts. July’s camp will see him assisting in the training of the roster of players selected to represent the United States.
“I am honored to be invited for the National Team program,†Concepcion said. “Growing the game and long-term development with motor learning principles are two aspects that we feel strongly passionate about, so this will be a great opportunity to continue to learn and absorb from some of the best coaches in the nation, while training some of the best athletes as well.:
The USA National A2 Invitational Team Program is designed to give more of the country’s top athletes the opportunity to work with top High Performance coaches at a competitive event. Players who participate in the program train for 4 days as a group, training in all skills and focusing on position-specific areas each day.
On the fifth day, players are split into 16 tiered 8-player teams, in which they train for a full day under international rules and learn opponent scouting. The final two days of the program feature an international-style tournament culminating in a tournament championship on the final day. Besides the High Performance Pipeline Coaches who are also college coaches working the A2 Program, coaches from across the country are invited to watch the competition portion of the event this summer.