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Friday, September 14, 2007
Ind. Courts - "Hammond lawyer arrested for intoxication in court"
Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Courier & Journal reports:
An attorney and long-standing political figure in Hammond was arrested Thursday morning in Lafayette after officials say he showed up drunk, with a flask of whiskey in his suit pocket, to a juvenile court hearing.Bailiff Chuck Molter said Peter Katic, 53, came to an 11 a.m. hearing in Tippecanoe Superior Court 3 -- Judge Loretta Rush's courtroom -- with bloodshot eyes, a flushed face and smelling of alcoholic beverages.
He consented to a portable breathalyzer test, which registered an alcohol content of 0.201 percent, Molter said. That's more than twice the legal limit to drive in Indiana.
Katic is a former judge of Hammond City Court. He also served as a District 12 state representative for Indiana in the late '70s and '80s, according to state Rep. Sheila Klinker. She said she was shocked to hear of her colleague's arrest.
"This is hard for me to believe. It's very difficult," said Klinker, D-Lafayette, who served in the General Assembly with Katic. "Peter was a mentor to so many new people at the Statehouse. He was in a leadership position -- showing others how to organize and categorize."
Katic, a Democrat, served three terms as a state representative, beginning in 1978. He was a Lake County deputy prosecutor when elected. Katic also was a Lake County commissioner in the '90s.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 14, 2007 07:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts