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A-2 Front Wednesday, Februar y 13, 2019 The Press-Dispatch yeah, it's that fast! net edition Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. DENIED Continued from page 1 the investigation. The infor- mation she brought forward in 2017 was not known to the state at the time the 2007 case was prosecuted, and constitutes different charg- es than what was included in the 2007 plea agreement: "Contrary to his (Rowe's) suggestion, the State did not agree to drop any and all charges 'relating to the alleged incestual relation- ship' between Rowe and (his daughter). It agreed to drop an incest charge alleging that, between the months of November 2006 and Febru- ary 2007, Rowe had sexual intercourse with (his daugh- ter). We reject Rowe's at- tempt to effectively expand the terms of the plea agree- ment. The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied his motion to dis- miss. Judgment affirmed." Based on the decision in this appeal, Mick Rowe is still facing trial for the new charges brought against him by his daughter: class A felony child molesting, and class A criminal devi- ant conduct resulting in se- rious bodily injury. SO I CA N K N OW T H I S F A R M W I LL H AV E A N A DVOC AT E F O R THE NEXT 100 YE A R S. What is 100 years of Indiana Farm Bureau? It's 100 seasons of bountiful harvests. It's 36,500 sunrises illuminating farmers already at work. It's four droughts, seven floods, 16 recessions and one Depression. And the strength and assistance to survive them all. It's a century of serving agriculture so agriculture can serve the world. We are advocates, advisers and experts. And, for another 100 years, we'll help farmers find their voice. 201 E MAIN ST., PETERSBURG SO I CA N K N OW T H I S F A R M W I LL H AV E A N A DVOC AT E F O R THE NEXT 100 YE A R S. SO I CA N K N OW T H I S F A R M W I LL H AV E A N A DVOC AT E F O R THE NEXT 100 YE A R S. On the Square in Downtown Jasper • (812) 482-6477 Mon.-Thu. 9-5:30; Fri. 9-7; Sat. 9-3 WINSLOW Continued from page 1 Lamb said, "We are hop- ing to have better luck this time around." Councilmen voted to use New Systems LLC to man- age their wastewater treat- ment. Councilman Brewster said this group will monitor Winslow's wastewater in- take and lagoons, and deter- mine what chemicals to use. He said the cost of it will be only about $ 300 a month more than what Winslow is paying in man hours and chemicals. He said they are typically just guessing on their chemical applications. This group will be precise and it will reduce Winslow's liability with the Indiana De- partment of Environmental Management. Councilmen did not men- tion it during the meeting, but Winslow Street Supervi- sor Dave Gayhart resigned. Tina Gayhart, who worked with the wastewater system, also resigned. Council president Popp said Steve Nelson had been named Gayhart's replace- ment as Street Supervisor. Councilmen accepted a bid of $ 92,719 from Hunt- er Paving to do their street paving. Winslow received a Cross Roads Communi- ty grant from the Indiana Department of Transporta- tion that pays 75 percent of the cost of paving a list of streets. Winslow's portion of that cost will be $23,179.75. Winslow had requested four bids, but only received two bids. The other bid was for $101,384 from Calcar. Councilmen voted to ac- cept the lowest of the two bids. Lamb read their already approved salary ordinance for 2019. It calls for council- men to receive $1,175.08, Clerk-Treasurer $27,494.27, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer $15.60/ hour, Town Mar- shal $ 31,755.78, Depu- ty Town Marshal $100 per shift, clerical town hall $10 an hour, Superintendent $13.52/hour, full-time labor- er $11.66, part-time $ 9.50. Contracted employees: Community Center Direc- tor room and board, animal control officer $400 month- ly, water distribution opera- tor $700 per month, waste- water operator $700 per month, wastewater testing $130 bi-weekly. In other business, Lamb said the town had received complaints about speeding on Union and Collins sts. She and the other council- men agreed to have Town Marshal Steve English de- cide if more speed limit signs and maybe another stop sign should be installed on the streets. Councilmen also said they wanted to re-establish the Planning Commission. They scheduled a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 4 in the Community Center meeting room. Lamb said anyone interested in being on the committee should at- tend and they would try to get started. The next town council meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, March 11. Accident extrication Area firemen and Sheriff Kent Johnson help lower Shawn Kendall down a ladder on a stretcher from the Pike County Highway truck he was driving when it overturned on Tuesday. Kendall was driving east on Highway 56, when a pickup truck driven by Joe Mullins slid across the centerline in front him, according to Indiana State Trooper Hunter Manning. By Andy Heuring A Stendal man was ar- rested this week on a Lev- el 2 felony of conspiracy to deal methamphetamine and corrupt business influence. Roy Shane King, 42, of Stendal, was arrested after several months of investiga- tion by area police that start- ed with a crazy chase scene. According to a probable cause affidavit, the inves- tigation started after Pike County Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger responded to a report of a vehicle in a ditch on the Winslow-Cato Road back on November 19, 2018. Deputy Seger found Joe Schaefer trying to help Bruce Phillips get his vehi- cle out of the ditch. Seger recognized Schaefer as be- ing wanted on a warrant and asked both men for their IDs. Schaefer fought with Deputy Seger and fled. Seger pursued Schaefer, who drove to Jesse Hildeb- rand's house in the White Oak area and ran inside. Schaefer again fought with Deputy Seger and fled. It eventually led to the arrest of Schaefer. Hildebrand was arrested four days later on charges of operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated and possession of meth. According to a proba- ble cause affidavit charg- ing King, Hildebrand, in an interview, admitted she was using meth regular- ly over the months preced- ing her arrest and she had been "pooling money" for purchases in urban centers such as Evansville and Lou- isville. Police then got a search warrant for her cellphone, which led them to other peo- ple in Pike County, including Roy Shane King. According to the affida- vit, Jamie Manning was in- terviewed and she told po- lice she had seen King deal meth to at least three oth- er people. The affidavit said King had been arrested on three separate occasions on charges of possession of meth, including: Septem- ber 21, 2018, November 26, 2018, and January 4, 2019. It states, each time they recov- ered digital scales. The affidavit also states that during an interview of Bruce Phillips, he told them he was a cousin to King and that King told Phillips he goes to Louisville with Carl Young to pickup "large amounts of heroin and meth- amphetamine." Phillips said he had never accompanied King to Louis- ville, but "on numerous oc- casions" had gone to Evans- ville, including Covert Av- enue, to purchase meth in wholesale quantities. In the affidavit, Phil- lips stated he had person- ally gone with King's girl- friend, Jamie Astrike, AK A Jamie Manning, to Kimmy Adelott's house to purchase from Adelott. However, Ja- mie would take his mon- ey and go inside and make the purchase. Phillips said he wasn't allowed to go into Kimmy's house because he told on people before. The affidavit said an anal- ysis of Hildebrand's phone showed evidence of her be- ing in a "continuous spi- ral of obtaining, using and distributing meth and oth- er drugs over the course of at least three months." It al- so showed she was in "illic- it communications" with 25 people suspected of being meth users and or traffick- ers, most of them residing in Pike County. Hildebrand, according to the affidavit, in an interview, told police she gave King about $200 to get her and Schaefer meth. She said she was supposed to get about five grams but only got about 1.5 grams, because King said he had to give a larger amount to Schafer. The affidavit listed some text messages taken from Hildebrand's phone. One on October 18 is from King and states "I got about 30 gggg's if ya want to put moon boots on." In another the next day, Hildebrand states she "can get rid of 1/2. I got their $50." The affidavit states "there is probable cause to believe that Roy Shane King . . . during the fall and winter months of 2018 and through early January 2019, did en- gage in unlawful associa- tion with a group enterprise with the knowing objective and purpose of procuring and distributing metham- phetamine in Pike County. . . to numerous persons in large amounts over numer- ous transactions." It also states there is prob- able cause to "believe . . . Roy Shane King, during the course of such enterprise did knowingly conspire and agree with numerous other persons to deliver metham- phetamine in amounts far in the excess of 10 grams." King was already in cus- tody in the Pike County Jail from earlier arrests when probable cause for the deal- ing charge was found. A Level 2 felony is punish- able by an advisory sentence of 17.5 years, with a range of 10 to 30 years. King arrested on felony methamphetamine charge

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