Westfield Man, Girlfriend Released without Bail after Theft of $100K – Free to Go
A Westfield firefighter and his girlfriend are accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a medical device firm and now face theft and forgery charges.
Arrested were Steven C. Bauer and Mishelle Hoke. The duo’s scheme netted them nearly $127,950 according to the affidavit.
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Shortly after their arrest, the pair were released on their own recognizance and FREE TO GO under Indiana’s new pretrial release program in Hamilton County – a pilot program set to go into effect statewide January 1st 2020. The program utilizes a “pretrial risk assessment tool” (a computer program) which determined that the pair were not a flight risk and should not be subject to any accountable release – just a “promise” to appear.
This release is yet another example of the thousands of unaccountable pretrial releases of criminal defendants under the pilot program.
Indiana’s Pretrial Release Pilot Program – Set to Go Statewide Jan 1 2020
- ZERO Accountability
- ZERO Deterrent
- ZERO Supervision
- ZERO Concern for Victims of Crime
- ZERO Bail – just a “pinky promise” to return
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