A list of county prosecutors (and many other public officials) is available in the Roster of State and Local Officials published by the State Board of Accounts. RE: http://www.in.gov/sboa/publications/roster/2004/ > > From: Theresa Berghoff <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/09/27 Mon PM 01:32:32 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] A sympathetic prosecutor---finally! > > I'm so happy to see Prosecutor Hamner's letter and attitude towards cemeteries. We need a list of prosecutors from all 92 counties. I wonder if he could give us that information. > Theresa > > Brad Manzenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sept. 14 I sent a letter to Johnson Co. Prosecutor Lance Hamner to get > some follow-up information on the case regarding the vandalism at Greenlawn > Cemetery last June. I also wrote about the importance of saving our > cemeteries and encouraged the fullest punishment allowed by law. The > following is the text of the letter I received from Mr. Hamner today. > ------------ > Dear Mr. Manzenberger, > > Thank you for your letter of September 14, 2004; I agree with every point of > it. Among other things, I have personally spent many hours on cemetery clean > up and repair projects as a Scoutmaster for Troop 256 here in Franklin. Many > of the boys' Eagle projects entailed days and days of backbreaking work to > repair what time and vandalism had done to these historical treasures. The > time is natural; the vandalism is a shame. > > I am a descendant of John Hamner, Revolutionary War veteran who is buried in > Hamner Cemetery in Amity, here in Johnson County. My father has served on > our cemetery's board for many years as did my grandfather before him. > Additionally, we have spent many hours here and about doing genealogy work. > In short, your letter could not have found a more receptive or sympathetic > "ear", so to speak. > > First, let me update you on what you have not seen in the newspaper. After > having been arrested in the cemetery vandalism case we caused Beezley's bail > to be revoked. He is in jail and has been for more than a month. He'll stay > there for the foreseeable future. > > Because the case is still pending, however, I cannot comment much more than > what I have told you and assure you that we will try to get even more > punishment for this defendant, eventually. Cemetery vandalism infuriates me > and always gets serious attention in our office. > > Thank you again for writing. > > Sincerely, > Lance D. Hamner > Prosecutor, 8th Judicial Circuit > Johnson County, Indiana > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Visit the INPCRP on the web at http://www.inpcrp.org > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > is the INPCRP State Coordinator. Feel free to contact him directly regarding questions or comments you may have about the INPCRP. > >

Thanks Larry. Hope to see you at Van Sickle this weekend. Theresa [email protected] wrote: A list of county prosecutors (and many other public officials) is available in the Roster of State and Local Officials published by the State Board of Accounts. RE: http://www.in.gov/sboa/publications/roster/2004/ > > From: Theresa Berghoff > Date: 2004/09/27 Mon PM 01:32:32 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] A sympathetic prosecutor---finally! > > I'm so happy to see Prosecutor Hamner's letter and attitude towards cemeteries. We need a list of prosecutors from all 92 counties. I wonder if he could give us that information. > Theresa > > Brad Manzenberger wrote: > On Sept. 14 I sent a letter to Johnson Co. Prosecutor Lance Hamner to get > some follow-up information on the case regarding the vandalism at Greenlawn > Cemetery last June. I also wrote about the importance of saving our > cemeteries and encouraged the fullest punishment allowed by law. The > following is the text of the letter I received from Mr. Hamner today. > ------------ > Dear Mr. Manzenberger, > > Thank you for your letter of September 14, 2004; I agree with every point of > it. Among other things, I have personally spent many hours on cemetery clean > up and repair projects as a Scoutmaster for Troop 256 here in Franklin. Many > of the boys' Eagle projects entailed days and days of backbreaking work to > repair what time and vandalism had done to these historical treasures. The > time is natural; the vandalism is a shame. > > I am a descendant of John Hamner, Revolutionary War veteran who is buried in > Hamner Cemetery in Amity, here in Johnson County. My father has served on > our cemetery's board for many years as did my grandfather before him. > Additionally, we have spent many hours here and about doing genealogy work. > In short, your letter could not have found a more receptive or sympathetic > "ear", so to speak. > > First, let me update you on what you have not seen in the newspaper. After > having been arrested in the cemetery vandalism case we caused Beezley's bail > to be revoked. He is in jail and has been for more than a month. He'll stay > there for the foreseeable future. > > Because the case is still pending, however, I cannot comment much more than > what I have told you and assure you that we will try to get even more > punishment for this defendant, eventually. Cemetery vandalism infuriates me > and always gets serious attention in our office. > > Thank you again for writing. > > Sincerely, > Lance D. Hamner > Prosecutor, 8th Judicial Circuit > Johnson County, Indiana > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Visit the INPCRP on the web at http://www.inpcrp.org > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > is the INPCRP State Coordinator. Feel free to contact him directly regarding questions or comments you may have about the INPCRP. > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > is the INPCRP State Coordinator. Feel free to contact him directly regarding questions or comments you may have about the INPCRP. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!