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Finance adviser’s theft nets 11 years BY KATHRYN BASSETT kbassett@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — With his own finances in tatters, bills to pay, mounting credit card debt and an expensive lifestyle, a DeKalb County investment adviser stole more than a half-million dollars from clients who were friends, family members and business associates, a DeKalb County court heard Monday.
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Now Jeffrey Jarrett, 36, of the 2600 block of C.R.. 56, Auburn, is going to prison for 11 years for his crimes, Judge Monte Brown ordered. Jarrett was taken into custody immediately after his sentencing hearing in DeKalb Superior Court II. His wife broke down in tears and rested her head on a railing separating the public gallery from the rest of the courtroom.
Jarrett had pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of more than $100,000, a Class C felony, and two counts of theft, a Class D felony, as part of a plea Jarrett agreement. In the separate charges, Jarrett admitted to thefts
of $10,000, $65,000, $100,000 and $170,000. Three other charges of theft, a Class C felony; forgery, a Class C felony; and theft, a Class D felony, were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Brown sentenced Jarrett to six years in prison, with four years to serve and two years suspended, on each of the Class C felonies and two years in prison, with 1 SEE THEFT, PAGE A6
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Angola mayor heads cities, towns group INDIANAPOLIS — Angola Mayor Dick Hickman will be sworn in today as president of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. IACT is currently having its annual convention. IACT is a coalition of municipal officials seeking to improve effective government through education, training and Hickman leadership. “My job will be doing more to represent town and cities’ concerns,” he said. Hickman said he’s been involved with the IACT since he became Angola mayor 2001 at the suggestion of Angola Clerk-Treasurer Deb Twitchell. In his acceptance speech, Hickman said he plans to talk about on focusing more on facing cities and towns. “We will talk about initiatives such as a change to” tax increment financing, he said, “It’s one of our few economic development tools. “I’ll talk about trust of local government. We’ll be talking about trying certain revenues, like food and beverage taxes have to get approved by the state and then locally.”
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DeKalb High School’s Baron Brigade marching band delivers a winning performance at a contest Saturday night. A rainstorm forced the
competition to move indoors to the gymnasium at Greenfield Central High School in Greenfield.
DeKalb band collects third win GREENFIELD — DeKalb High School’s marching band made it three-for-three Saturday night with a winning performance in a contest at Greenfield Central High School. The Baron Brigade band has won the Class B trophy in every competition it has entered this season — Sept. 7 at Bluffton, Sept. 21 at East Noble High School in Kendallville and Saturday night at Greenfield. In the contest at Greenfield Central, DeKalb won category awards for best music, best visual effect and best general effect. The Baron Brigade earned the highest score in the show. “The kids had a really, really great performance,” said DeKalb’s director, Terry Fisher. The competition took place inside the host school’s gymnasium because a downpour began around 6:30 p.m., just as the contest was about to start. “None of our kids have had to do an indoor” show, Fisher said. “They did a great job of adapting on the fly and still putting on a good show.” IndianaMarching.com reported the Class B scores from Saturday’s contest as DeKalb 79.65, New Palestine 75.9, Pendleton Heights 71.1 and Indianapolis Cathedral 63.9. The Baron Brigade will
Eastside band takes fourth in rain FORT WAYNE — Eastside’s Marching Pride Band placed fourth at the Homestead Fall Festival of Bands Saturday. Adams Central placed first among Class D bands, winning the special award for general effect, and tying with Pioneer for best music. Second-place Henryville won the best visual effect award. Bluffton placed third, followed by Eastside, Pioneer and Southwestern (Hanover). “Saturday was quite the monsoon to march in,” Eastside director Damon Newell said. “It rained hard on us from the minute we pulled up to Homestead to the minute we left the field. “I was very proud of my kids and their mental toughness in perform in two competitions this coming Saturday. At 7:27 p.m., the band will march in the new Indiana State School Music Association Invitational contest at Homestead High School. DeKalb’s band then will travel to Wayne High School to perform at 10:15 p.m. at Snider High School’s invitational contest.
the performance. We did march and play our full show, (but) because of the conditions at the time of our performance, we were unable to use any of our props, soundtrack narration or wireless mics for our soloists. “Not having those components did keep us from displaying our entire show’s message Saturday,” Newell said. “Outside of that, I was very proud of every one of my kids for toughing it out and giving their all.” Eastside returns to Homestead Saturday for the ISSMA open class exhibition, performing at 5:30 p.m. The Blazers will perform at the ISSMA regional at Lafayette Jefferson High School Oct. 19. at 11:13 a.m. The ISSMA Invitational replaces the former district contest that also took place at Homestead. This year, bands will be judged, but the results will have no influence on advancement toward the state finals. The first round of the state competition takes place in a regional round Oct. 19 at Lafayette Jefferson High School.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible national default loomed closer on Monday as the partial government shutdown lingered, rattling markets in the U.S. and overseas. A gridlocked Congress betrayed little or no urgency toward resolving either of the threats. Stocks got a case of the jitters on Wall Street, and halfway around the world China stressed the importance for the international economy of raising the U.S. debt limit. “Safeguarding the debt is of vital importance to the economy of the U.S. and the world,” Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. China holds $1.277 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds, second only to Japan. At home, the political rhetoric was unchanged — and generally uncompromising — while a new poll suggested Republicans are paying a heavier price than Democrats for the deadlock. President Barack Obama said the House should vote immediately on ending the partial closure of the federal establishment. He accused House Speaker John Boehner of refusing to permit the necessary legislation to come to the floor because he “doesn’t apparently want to see the … shutdown end at the moment, unless he’s able to extract concessions that don’t have anything to do with the budget.” Boehner, in rebuttal, called on Obama to agree to negotiations on changes in the nation’s health care overhaul and steps to curb deficits, the principal GOP demands for ending the shutdown and eliminating the threat of default. “Really, Mr. President. It’s time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk,” the Ohio Republican said.
Controversial bridge removal funding approved BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — The DeKalb County Council on Monday approved a hotly contested appropriation of $72,725 to pay for designing the removal of a historic bridge on C.R. 75 over the CSX railroad tracks. The county commissioners made the request after agreeing to a deal last month in which the railroad will pay for removal of the bridge, which is rusted and compromised. The design funding request was
denied by the council this summer, and another later was withdrawn by commissioners as they worked on the deal with the railroad. Monday, Councilman Robert Wilder accused the commissioners of failing to represent the entire community in pushing for the bridge removal, which would leave residents in that area driving some six miles on gravel roadways to the nearest bridge over the railroad. “With the current changes in commissioner districts, for
Tree in road is owner’s problem BY AARON ORGAN aorgan@kpcmedia.com
AUBURN — If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, it’s debatable if it makes a sound. But if a tree falls on a county roadway and causes damage, responsibility falls on the owner of the land where the tree grew and not the county.
The DeKalb County commissioners on Monday held a discussion with county highway superintendent Eric Patton on the number of ash trees that are dead and falling onto roadways around the county. Commissioner Don Grogg said a tree fell near where he was driving this weekend. SEE TREE, PAGE A6
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