This is kind of old news, published on March 19, but I missed it. The Muncie Star Press had an article entitled: Rush County judge named to Saunders case. According to the article, the Henry County judges recused themselves because of their relationship with Representative Tom Saunders, father of Andrew Saunders, who is charged with leaving the scene of a hit & run accident that resulted in the death of Thomas Jackman. Rush Circuit Court Judge Barbara Arnold Harcourt will preside.
Other information I had not seen before was in the article.
Jackman, 56 and an avid walker, died Feb. 5 after he was struck by a vehicle while walking in front of the Marsh supermarket on South 14th Street in New Castle. Court reports indicate Jackman’s body was found 47 feet south of the point of impact. He was alive when another motorist noticed him next to the road. He died hours after the crash at an Indianapolis hospital.
Andrew Saunders was at the Elks Lodge in New Castle the evening of Feb. 4, and authorities have reviewed a videotape from the bar that allegedly shows him consuming 10 drinks during his almost-eight-hour stay at the bar. He also ate dinner at the lodge that night.
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