by Matt Hughes
J-E News Editor
Bruce Kuegel, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 6th Judicial Circuit representing Daviess County has been appointed as special prosecutor in the case against Jimmy Lane Frederick.
“It’s not unusual for a special prosecutor to be appointed,” said Kuegel. “It’s really left up to the elected officials to make a decision on conflict of interest. (County Attorney) Clint Prow reported that he had a conflict in this case.”
On August 8, 2013, the soccer fields at Dixon’s Bourland Park were damaged. Frederick’s wife, Mayor Linda Frederick reported that her husband was at the park with her approval to do tiling work. Some Dixon residents, however, believed that it was an intentional act of retribution aimed at a group of citizens who had opposed a proposed commission ordinance earlier in the week.
“An investigation of these complaints has revealed that Mr. Fredrick had the permission of the Dixon City Mayor, Linda Fredrick, to perform work on the fields,” said Prow.
When a group of residents saw Frederick return to the park on August 9, 2013, they headed to confront him.
“A number of citizens wanted him to cease until after the park board could meet,” said Sheriff Frankie Springfield, who responded to a call to the park. “David Frazier and Leslie Hill went on the field to confront him.”
Springfield said that a few minutes later Fredrick came to him and ask that the two be removed from the field so he could finish working.
“I advised him to stop what he was doing until after the park board met the following Monday,” the sheriff said.
At that point Sheriff Springfield said that David Frazier reported having been struck by Frederick’s tractor. Webster County EMS responded, treating Frazier for an ankle injury.
Frederick was arrest on assault charges for allegedly striking Frazier with his tractor, and housed at the Webster County jail briefly on Friday August 9, 2013.
Three days later he was rearrested for what Sheriff Springfield called a violation the terms of his bail.
Pre-trial for the case is scheduled to begin in November, with the actual court case to begin on December 2, 2013.
“I’ve done this before,” said Kuegel, who currently has a circuit court case in Webster County. “And I’ve had out of county prosecutors handle cases for me as well.”
He said that he has been appointed to handle the prosecution of the criminal case and anything else that arises from it.
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