Statom: Assault was an “attention getter”

Is Will Statom really saying that his assault on a reporter was a premeditated effort to draw attention to his disagreement with the timing of a meeting of the Delaware County Election Board? Statom says that the meeting, publicized by the Star Press in advance, hadn’t complied with the notice requirements of the public access laws. Statom is one of the Republican members in the Delaware County voter registration office.

“It (the attack on Werner) wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t promoted it,” Statom said. “When you promote illegal activities, there’s ramifications.”

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“I was wrong in what I did, but at some point there’s got to be an attention-getter,” said Statom, also the secretary of the Delaware County Republican Central Committee.

Any criminal defense attorneys out there who can tell me whether this makes it easier or harder to defend Statom’s case and/or get him a better plea?

Statom went on to punch Barry Welsh, Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, in the face. Statom says that was “an accident.” Whoopsie.