The Munice Star-Press today, in a story headlined "Judicial campaign marked by secretly taped conversation," reports:
MUNCIE - Judicial candidate Jeffery Arnold is crying foul after the bailiff of his opponent, Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees, urged the victim in a long-dormant stalking case to go public with her complaints about Arnold, the deputy prosecutor in the case.The Star-Press story is lengthy and I found it rather hard-to-follow. A related story in same same paper today is titled "Other judicial campaigns have sparked disciplinary action." It begins:Steve Aul - a former sheriff who is now bailiff in Vorhees's court and a principal in her election campaign - contacted Christine Weans and asked to meet with her about a 2001 stalking charge filed against her then-husband, Harold Weans, who had already been charged with trying to choke Christine Weans.
MUNCIE - The attorney for the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications saw no violations in a recent politically-charged conversation between the bailiff for Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees and the victim in a stalking case formerly prosecuted by Vorhees' opponent, Jeff Arnold.Posted by Marcia Oddi at October 3, 2004 01:50 PMBut the commission has reprimanded parties in East Central Indiana judicial campaigns in recent years.