Pre-Meditated Verdicts

I sometimes question why they even hold court in Dearborn/Ohio County. I guess people like James Humphrey and Aaron Negangard feel like they have some obligation to go through the motions to give the appearance that they are abiding by the rules. They have a tendency to reverse engineer the legal system; they determine the verdict before trial, and then work backwards and gather information during legal proceedings that help to rationalize their decisions. I want to reinforce that I’m not offering an opinion on the heinous nature of Andrew Conley’s crimes, but what people won't read about the Andrew Conley trial is that it was nearly impossible for the Court to determine the mental/psychological state of Andrew Conley because Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard appoint psychologists like Dr. Edward J Connor to participate in criminal and civil proceedings. Judge Humphrey and Prosecutor Negangard have a history of ex parte communications with Dr. Connor and they share ex parte evidence in an attempt to get desired verdicts. If people try to question the relationship between Humphrey, Negangard, and Connor, they are punished in Court and are harassed by law enforcement. Judge Humphrey protects Dr. Connor from releasing records that would incriminate Dr. Connor in unethical and illegal conduct. Prosecutor Negangard abuses his authority and initiates investigations against people who question the unethical/illegal behavior of Dr. Connor, in an attempt to intimidate and harass. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard turns his head when Dr. Ed Connor engages in interstate mail and wire fraud, and then threatens to prosecute those who speak out about the situation. I'm not here to argue whether Andrew Conley is less guilty or innocent, I'm just letting people know that Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard use professionals like Dr. Edward J Connor to get the results that they want. They are pretty good at it too. Humphrey knows how to word judgments that hinder the appellate process. Negangard sends out mass emails to county officials to try to try to rationalize illegal investigations.

I'm not a lawyer or a judge and I don't profess to know whether Andrew Conley's verdict is appropriate; I'm just raising the issue of what happens when Humphrey and Negangard pre-determine verdicts in everyday life? What happens if one of Negangard's drinking buddies hits you with their car. Are you going to have a fair chance at trial? I'm sure there are a few of you who are reading this that feel that the prosecutor's office "overlooked" important aspects of your complaints. I'm sure there are probably a few "acquaintances" of Negangard's whom have benefitted from this "overlooking". What happens if you question why Judge Humphrey's appointed expert isn't licensed by the state of Indiana and gives conflicting testimony? Judge Humphrey will punish you so he can appoint his unlicensed expert, who also doesn't tell the truth, the next time. Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard are the epitome of the cliché small town, “the night the lights went out in Georgia” crooked justice. “Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” -Albert Einstein. For more information or to contact me, go to www.danhelpskids.com. If Judge Humphrey, Prosecutor Negangard, or Dr. Edward Connor finds this to be slanderous, feel free to sue me or arrest me. My name is Dan Brewington.

Letter to County Officials; Re: Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard knows that a court appointed expert in a murder trial is a fraud.

The following is a copy of an email that I sent to Dearborn County Officials. I sent the email to all the officials who were copied to Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard's email, which informed county officials that I was still under investigation by Dearborn County law enforcement. I have been under investigation for my internet writings for nearly a year. This is merely an attempt by Prosecutor Aaron Negangard to protect Dr. Edward J Connor as Dr. Connor is regularly appointed by Judge James D. Humphrey in both civil and criminal cases. Dr. Connor is currently a court appointed "expert" in the murder trial of Andrew Conley of Rising Sun, Indiana. Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard serve both Dearborn and Ohio counties in Indiana. Dr. Connor claimed he had difficulties communicating with me because I suffered from "severe" ADHD, yet somehow Dr. Connor is qualified to evaluate someone who claimed that the Showtime series "Dexter", motivated Conley to take the life of another human being. If anyone would like documentation that support any of my writings, please feel free to contact me or visit www.DanHelpsKids.com.

Dear Dearborn County Officials

In case there is any doubt about the unethical/illegal behavior of Judge Humphrey and Dr. Edward J Connor, the following is Dr. Edward J. Connor’s “professional opinion” of how my “conduct” negatively impacts my children. The following is from the transcripts of the May 27, 2009 hearing. Dr. Connor did not have any facts to support his “concerns” about me because Dr. Connor didn’t have any concerns about my parenting. He was concerned that I would continue to tell people that Dr. Connor conducts himself in an unethical and illegal manner while working with courts. If Dr. Connor was concerned about my Ritalin prescription, he should have requested the information during the custody evaluation. "Burden of Proof" is not Dr. Connor showing up on the day of the final hearing and stating that I need to present more evidence to prove my worthiness as a parent when he has no evidence to suggest otherwise. Judge Humphrey made two little girls fatherless because Dr. Connor claimed that I don’t get my way in the future, I may try to “coach” or “influence” my daughters. Judge James D. Humphrey is a child abuser who is worse than 95% of the criminals that he puts in jail. Aaron Negangard and Mike Kreinhop are aware of this abuse but they do nothing because Dr. Connor is regularly appointed by Judge Humphrey, as he was in the Andrew Conley case. Protecting Dr. Edward J. Connor is more important to Aaron Negangard then protecting children. A copy of this email can be found on www.danbrewington.blogspot.com. Thank you for your time and I hope that you will help put pressure on Prosecutor Aaron Negangard to put a stop to child abusers like Judge James D. Humphrey and Dr. Edward J. Connor. Thank you for your time.

Judge Humphrey: Doctor [Connor], a question. What -- given what you’ve just related concerning behaviors of Mr. Brewington, how does this reflect on his ability to parent and safety of the children being with him?

Dr. Connor: Again, the firearms issue concerns me, if that is accurate, and I don’t know if he takes his medication on a regular basis. I don’t know if he’s at the proper dose and things like this. This is information that would have to be determined. My concern is that if he -- it might not be necessary, the physical safety, but the psychological well-being of the children if he were to attempt to coach them in any way against the mother. If he doesn’t get what he wants in this way, my concern is that he’ll start to work on the children, try to coach them or influence them in some way to get what he wants. I would be more concerned about that.

Judge Humphrey: And can you describe for me what you have seen that leads you to this conclusion?

Dr. Connor: His manipulativeness, his tendency to not see things objectively for another’s perspective. Pretty much, if he doesn’t get what he wants, then he’ll go to many different extents or means to try to get his way, such as I said, all of the information that he puts up on the internet. He’s threatened -- I feel like he’s threatened the courts, I feel like he’s made threats to me. He’s made very negative comments about myself publicly. There’s a lot of manipulation on his behalf that I think would pre-dispose him, then, to trying to manipulate the children, as well, if he does not get what he wants.

[Prosecutor Negangard’s original email below]

From: anegangard@dearbornohioprosecutor.com [mailto:anegangard@dearbornohioprosecutor.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 4:46 PM
To: Dan Brewington; wewbank@dearborncounty.in.gov; jdgaylaw@hotmail.com; dc_ema@embarqmail.com; dc_wr@embarqmail.com; bmessmore@dearborncounty.org; bullrich@embarqmail.com; maynardlb@embarqmail.com; liz.morris210@gmail.com; dlansing1967@yahoo.com; tcheek2@embarqmail.com; preferredenginer@aol.com; jhughes@dearborncounty.in.gov; torschell@dearborncounty.in.gov; recorderoffice@dearborncounty.org; Joe Kisor
Subject: Re: Potential loss of federal and state funding

To all county officials:
Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office. I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. I assure you his efforts will not succeed. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. He is also incorrect regarding his request. He clearly asked for records pertaining to his investigation that are not to be disclosed under Indiana law. If any of you need any further information regarding this matter. Please do hesitate to contact me.
Aaron

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Corruption in the Dearborn County Courts and Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office

This is information that I sent out to government officials, media outlets, etc... regarding corruption in the Dearborn County Courts and the Dearborn County Prosecutor's Office. By no means am I questioning the heinous nature of Conley's crime; I'm just questioning why Judge James D. Humphrey and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard continue to allow Dr. Edward J. Connor to participate in legal proceedings, especially murder trials, while knowing that Dr. Connor often engages in ex parte communications with judges, files erroneous documents with the court and gives false courtroom testimony. Please contact me if you want a PDF of the letter and attachments and I will forward them to you.

To whom it may concern,

Andrew Conley is the 18 year old male who pleaded guilty, in an Ohio County, Indiana courtroom, to killing his 10 year old brother. Reports in the news state that the prosecutors were stunned by Andrew Conley’s admission of guilt as they were expecting Conley to plead guilty by insanity. A report on Cincinnati.com stated that Dearborn/Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard claimed that he was “surprised by Conley’s change from a plea of guilty by insanity.” Negangard should not have been surprised because Negangard was aware that one of the experts appointed by Judge James D. Humphrey, Dr. Edward J Connor, has a record of engaging in ex parte communications with judges, giving false statements to courts and law enforcement, and interfering with legal hearings. This is the same Dr. Edward J. Connor that was a topic of conversation on Eric Deters’ radio show that aired on August 4, 2010, on Cincinnati’s 700 WLW. Eric Deters talked about how Dr. Connor misled clients and judges and talked about how Dr. Connor asked women perverted questions about sexual role playing and shaving pubic hair. (The 8/4/10 podcast of Eric Deters’ show can be heard on WLW’s website.)

I am a 36 year old male who has not seen his children since August 19, 2009 because of the actions of Dr. Edward J Connor, of Erlanger, Kentucky, and Judge James D. Humphrey. In January 2007, my wife filed for divorce and in the summer of 2007, Dr. Edward J Connor performed a child custody evaluation for the court. Dr. Connor release his findings on August 29, 2007 and recommended that my wife be given custody of the children and that I continue to exercise parenting time with my 1 and 3 year old daughters three days a week and equal weekends. Dr. Connor made no mention of parental deficiencies in the evaluation and the evaluation report made statements like the following:

“Dan completed the Child History Questionnaire for both children. He seemed to have a good awareness of the children’s overall development milestones and attainments and also a good awareness of the children’s interests, desires and individual differences. He also showed a good awareness of various parenting strategies and techniques. In general, there are no significant deficits noted in Dan’s overall understanding of the children.”

Dr. Connor’s evaluation also stated:

“[Dan Brewington] also appeared nurturing such as when [18 month old daughter] accidentally hit her head on something and Dan kissed her head and asked if she was okay.”

Dr. Connor made the following recommendations:

“We again believe that [Wife] should be the primary residential parent and that the children should have time with their father during the times that their mother works. If Dan can arrange his schedule accordingly, then we believe that this would be a benefit to the children.”

“Currently, Dan has the children every Wednesday, Friday during the day and overnight and every third Monday during the day and overnight and equal weekend time. This schedule is reportedly based on the days that [Wife] works. Dan currently returns [daughters] to [Wife] at 8:00pm on the Sundays of his weekend time. Therefore, if our calculations are correct, [Wife] generally cares for the children four days a week. We see no reason why this schedule should not remain intact at this time.”

“We strongly believe that the children need to have adequate time with their father to maintain the bond that they have with him.”

Judge James D. Humphrey, who serves as Circuit Court Judge for both Dearborn and Ohio Counties in Indiana, was the second judge in my case. My divorce originated in Ripley County, Indiana but Ripley Circuit Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself because of the ex parte communication and evidence he received from Dr. Connor. The ex parte communications began on February 21, 2008, when Dr. Connor contacted Judge Taul to inform Judge Taul that Dr. Connor’s child custody evaluation contained “numerous errors and oversights.” Upon hearing that Dr. Connor told the Court that he released a report involving the welfare of my children that contained “numerous errors and oversights”, I requested a copy of the case file from Dr. Connor’s custody evaluation report per Indiana and Kentucky law and Dr. Connor’s contract, Provisions to Serve as an Impartial Expert in a Custody Evaluation. When I requested Dr. Connor’s case file, on March 11, 2008, Dr. Connor stated the following:

“We cannot release a copy of the case to you without [Wife’s] consent, as it contains confidential information about her as well as the children in addition to yourself.”

After sending a letter to Dr. Connor informing him that I was representing myself and that his contract stated that the parties were entitled to the case file, on March 26, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote:

“A letter was sent to Judge Taul today requesting his response as soon as possible. If I receive verification from the Court of your pro-se status, I would be happy to release the chart records to you. However, given the large amount of documentation and extra staff time required for copying, I cannot guarantee that the records will be ready for you in advance or our 3/31/08 appointment.”

On March 27, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote:

“Our correspondence with Judge Taul indicates that you have a right to the ‘evaluation’ at this time. As such, we do not interpret this as you having a right to the entire file but, but simply the ‘evaluation’ report.”

There were no protective orders prohibiting Dr. Connor from releasing his case file per Dr. Connor’s contract and Judge Taul could not have ruled on a matter outside the presence of the parties. Despite Dr. Connor’s evaluation report having no mention of any concerns that I may harass or harm the children or their mother, on April 1, 2008, Dr. Connor wrote a letter to Judge Taul stating:

On 3/31/08, Mr. Brewington, also stated that he wants a copy of the case file. Based on your letter dated 3/26/08 stating that Mr. Brewington is entitled to the evaluation only, we will not be releasing the case file to him. Furthermore, I am concerned as to Mr. Brewington’s intentions regarding this case file considering that it holds not only his confidential information, but also [Wife’s].”

On April 16, 2008, Dr. Connor told Judge Taul that he was not going to give me a copy of the case file because I was representing myself. Dr. Connor wrote:

“Mr. Brewington is correct in stating that our contract indicates we would provide the file to the representing attorney; however, given the circumstances, we believe that a Court order is necessary to release the file to Mr. Brewington, given that he is representing himself pro se.”

On August 4, 2008, Dr. Connor changed his story and claimed that there were laws that prevented him from releasing the file. Dr. Connor’s letter dated August 4, 2008, which was copied to Judge Taul, stated:

“Without [Wife’s] consent or a Court order from Judge Taul, I am prohibited from releasing the confidential information contained within the file per state and HIPAA laws and regulations. Please refer to the attached copy of the Provisions to Serve as an Impartial Expert in a Custody Evaluation, which you signed on 6/18/07.”

During a hearing on June 13, 2008 on my motion to release Dr. Connor’s case file, Judge Taul stated:

“…the Order to the Doctor to release was to release that which he was obligated to do under Kentucky law. [sic]”

Dr. Connor was not licensed to practice psychology in the state of Indiana so Judge Taul claimed that he issued an order to Dr. Connor to follow Kentucky laws regarding the release of information. Of course there was never any such order filed because it would require Indiana lawyers to know Kentucky law if they wanted to represent their clients in Indiana. During the June 13, 2008 hearing, I discovered that Dr. Connor entered into a separate agreement for individual psychological services to make it harder for me to obtain the case file from the custody evaluation. When I requested a copy of Dr. Connor’s Office Policy Statement bearing my signature, Dr. Connor did not respond until nearly a month and a half later. In Dr. Connor’s September 9, 2008 letter [attached hereto], which was also copied to Judge Taul, Dr. Connor wrote:

“With regard to the Office Policy Statement, we do not have a signed Office Policy Statement for you on file. It appears you were not provided with this document when you initially came to our office, which was an oversight on the part of our office staff. Nevertheless, the Office Policy Statement is simply an adjunct document to the Court order in which you and [Wife] agreed to participate fully in a custody evaluation to be conducted at this office.”

The following day (September 10, 2008), Dr. Connor attacked me in a letter [attached hereto] to Judge Taul stating:

“With this letter, I am expressing my concerns about regarding Mr. Daniel Brewington’s blatant disregard for the Court’s ruling in the above captioned case. As recently as 9/8/08, Mr. Brewington continues to send letters to me requesting that I release the case file to him, including [Wife’s] raw test data, despite the Court’s rulings that he be provided only with the evaluation report.”

“I have patiently and repeatedly responded to Mr. Brewington’s concerns to this point; however, it is clear that he disregards any information that does not serve his agenda. It is very perplexing that he is unable to understand or accept the basic premise of confidentiality that protects Ms. Brewington’s records from being released without her consent or a Court order. I have repeatedly explained this to him in our correspondence, but he continues to claim I have not given him a valid reason for withholding the file.”

“As a custody evaluator per an Agreed Order and thereby an extension of the Court, I believe Mr. Brewington’s behavior shows a blatant disrespect for the Court.” [Note: In a letter to Dr. Connor dated 9/16/08, Judge Taul told Dr. Connor that he would have to “respectfully disagree with [Dr. Connor’s] contention that as a custody evaluator [Dr. Connor] is an ‘extension of the Court’.” On December 5, 2008, Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself from the case because of the ex parte communication between Judge Taul and Dr. Connor.]

First it is important to note that none of the above letters appear on the Court record. After Dr. Connor claimed that his Office Policy Statement, which I was not provided with, was an “adjunct document” to the court order and after Dr. Connor attacked me for not understanding “the basic premise of confidentiality” and disregarding “any information that does not serve [my] agenda”, Dr. Connor gave the following court testimony regarding the Office Policy Statement during my cross examination of Dr. Connor on May 27, 2009 [Copies of Dr. Connor’s below testimony attached hereto. The transcripts of my full cross-examination of Dr. Connor can be found on www.danhelpskids.com]:

Dr. Connor (A): [Participants in custody evaluations] normally sign that document that you signed, yes.

Dan (Q): The Office Policy Statement?

Dr. Connor (A): That, I believe, is a document that was inaccurately or incorrectly given to [Wife].

Judge James D. Humphrey terminated my ability to see my 3 and 5 year old daughters on August 18, 2009. During the course of the 2 ½ year divorce, I cared for my girls every Wednesday, Friday, and ever third Monday from 6:25 AM until 8 AM the following day and I cared for my daughters half of the weekends in a year. During the course of my marriage and divorce, there were no allegations of abuse, neglect, drug or alcohol abuse, adultery, domestic violence, etc… There were no investigations performed by law enforcement or social services. At no point did Dr. Connor, the Court, my daughters’ mother, or anyone else attempt to modify or restrict my parenting time during the course of the 2 ½ year divorce. Despite the fact that no one mentioned terminating my parenting time, Judge Humphrey terminated my parenting time with my 3 and 5 year old daughters 2 ½ months after the final hearing of the divorce. Without warning, my little girls were stripped of a father that they had never gone more than four days without seeing. What was Judge Humphrey’s main concern in terminating two little girls’ ability to have a daddy? In the final decree Judge Humphrey wrote:

“The Court is most concerned about Husband’s irrational behavior and attacks on Dr. Connor. Frankly it appears that these attacks have been an attempt at revenge for taking a position regarding custody contrary to Husband.”

Judge Humphrey wasn’t concerned about my children. He was concerned about Dr. Edward J. Connor. Dr. Connor claimed that there Court ruled that I was not entitled to Dr. Connor’s case file yet Dr. Connor continued to claim that he could release the file if he received the mother’s consent. If there was truly a Court order prohibiting me from obtaining a copy of Dr. Connor’s case file, Dr. Connor wouldn’t be able to release the file even with the mother’s consent without permission from the Court. When I determined that the Court was not going to protect my children from Dr. Connor’s false statements and fraudulent conduct, in September of 2008 I created a website and began warning people about Dr. Connor and the family courts in Southeastern Indiana. I never wrote anything harassing about my ex-wife or any information damaging to my children. My ex-wife even filed a petition for a protective order requesting Judge Humphrey to force me to take down my internet content because she claimed it was harmful to her and the children. Judge Humphrey had to deny it because the web material did not deal with her or my children, it dealt with the conduct of Dr. Connor, Judge Taul and Judge Humphrey. Since Judge Humphrey could not force me to take down my internet content regarding the illegal conduct of his expert, Dr. Edward J. Connor, Judge Humphrey punished me for exercising my First Amendment Rights to free speech by taking away my children because Judge Humphrey was “most concerned” about the welfare of Dr. Connor.

I still haven’t seen my two little girls since August 19, 2009. Judge Humphrey wrote in the final decree:

“[Dan Brewington] shall not be entitled to visitation until he undergoes a mental health evaluation with a Mental Health Care Provider approved by the Court. The purpose of this evaluation is to determine if he is a possible danger to the children, Wife, and/or himself. Further, Husband shall follow all recommendations made by the Mental Health Care Provider.”

Despite having a flawless parenting record throughout the life of my children and no mention of “possible danger” in the evaluation performed by Dr. Edward J Connor, Judge Humphrey denied my children of a father while forcing me to undergo further evaluations to determine if I “may” be a danger to anyone in the future. I haven’t been able to present an evaluation to the Court because Judge Humphrey stated that the mental health professional must be first approved by the Court. Judge Humphrey claimed that he did not have jurisdiction of the matter because the case was being appealed. When I retained a lawyer, Judge Humphrey determined that he did have jurisdiction of the case and on March 17, 2010, Judge Humphrey set a hearing to approve a psychiatrist for June 13, 2010. Just five days before the June 13^th hearing, Judge Humphrey recused himself claiming that there was a pending investigation of me that pertained to Judge Humphrey.

Neither I nor my ex-wife lived in Dearborn County. The case landed in Dearborn County because Ripley Circuit Court Judge Carl H. Taul recused himself because he engaged in several ex parte communications with Dr. Edward J. Connor. On October 8, 2009, I received a voicemail from Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit Detective Mike Kreinhop stating the following:

“Mr. Brewington my name is Mike Kreinhop. I’m a detective assigned to the Special Crimes Unit located in Dearborn County, Indiana. And uh, I was calling to see if I could meet with you sometime, uh, concerning um… a complaint that’s been made against you con… on some writings that you have um… made, and uh… I wanted to get your side of the story if you will. And the best way to reach me is on my cell phone that number’s 812-221-0797. Again, that’s area code 812-221-0797. If I’m not available, please leave your name and number that I can reach you or the time I can call you back, and uh… see if you would be available to meet with me. Thank you very much. Bye.”

The Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit is a special task force, headed by Prosecutor Aaron Negangard that was created to help fight drugs, violent crimes, etc… When I returned Mr. Kreinhop’s call, he informed me that he wanted me to meet with him in Dearborn County but Detective Kreinhop refused to tell me who filed the complaint or what the alleged complaint was about. Detective Kreinhop would only tell me that it involved my writings. Considering that neither I, my ex-wife, nor Dr. Edward J. Connor, lived in Dearborn County, the only person falling under the jurisdiction of the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit was Judge Humphrey. When I had a lawyer try to contact Detective Kreinhop, Detective Kreinhop did not respond to my lawyers calls for two weeks and then refused to tell my lawyer what the investigation was about and refused to meet with my lawyer unless I was present. My lawyer told Detective Kreinhop that I would not be speaking with him if the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit was not willing to give an explanation as to why they wanted to question me in Dearborn County. Despite knowing that my lawyer said that I was not going to speak with them, on November 2, 2009, Prosecutor Negangard had Detective Kreinhop drive from Dearborn County, Indiana to my mother’s house in Norwood, Ohio to speak to me. Detective Kreinhop did not inform the Norwood Police Department of his trip. Detective Kreinhop claimed that he was just there to “verify” what my lawyer said about me not agreeing to meet with Detective Kreinhop in Dearborn County. Detective Kreinhop stayed for over three hours. Near the end of the conversation, I told Detective Kreinhop to tell Prosecutor Negangard to file charges against me if Prosecutor Negangard felt that I broke any laws and I told Detective Kreinhop that any trial would include a jury and I would be calling Dr. Connor and Judge Humphrey as my first witnesses. That was the last I heard about the alleged investigation until Judge Humphrey recused himself.

After Judge Humphrey recused himself, I sent a public records request to Prosecutor Aaron Negangard asking him for the information regarding the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit’s investigation of my writings. In a letter dated July 7, 2010, Prosecutor Negangard denied my records request stating, “Pursuant to Indiana Law, Investigatory records are confidential and are not to be disclosed.” Upon review of the law, not only did I find that Prosecutor Negangard’s statements were false, Indiana law states that all investigatory records (except for those containing medical information, social security numbers, etc…) are subject to release at the discretion of the agency. I sent a response to Mr. Negangard’s denial and copied to other elected officials in Dearborn County to make them aware of Mr. Negangard’s false statements and to let them know that it could negatively impact future state and federal funding for law enforcement. On Monday, July 12, 2010, Prosecutor Negangard copied me to the following email to Dearborn County Officials:

To all county officials:

Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office. [sic] I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. [sic] I assure you his efforts will not succeed. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. He is also incorrect regarding his request. He clearly asked for records pertaining to his investigation that are not to be disclosed under Indiana law. If any of you need any further information regarding this matter. Please do hesitate to contact me. [sic]
Aaron

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry

Prosecutor Negangard accuses me of trying to undermine the Dearborn County criminal justice system with my writings. The irony of the situation is that Dr. Connor claimed that my writings were confusing and difficult to follow. Dr. Connor also claimed that my writings were “similar to those of individuals who have committed horrendous crimes against their families.” People like Dr. Edward J. Connor, Judge James D. Humphrey, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard have put a tremendous amount of effort into trying to convince people that I present a risk or danger to society despite the fact that I have absolutely no history of violent and/or criminally menacing behavior. Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard are very familiar with the court system and know that they can take criminal and/or civil action against me if they feel that I have done something wrong. They aren’t protecting the public from me; Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard are protecting themselves from me. They figured out that they could not bully or trick me into doing something illegal so they could tell people that they were right about me. Unfortunately for my two little girls, Dr. Connor, Judge Humphrey, and Prosecutor Negangard feel that protecting their own self interest is more important than my daughters having a father in their lives.

I am not professing to claim that I know whether or not Andrew Conley is sane and I can’t even begin to comprehend what the Conley family has endured. I do find it troubling that a “professional” like Dr. Edward J. Connor is continually appointed by Judge Humphrey. Dr. Connor testified that he had extreme difficulties communicating with me because I had ADHD, yet Judge Humphrey appoints Dr. Connor to evaluate someone who claimed that a TV show motivated them to murder another human being. What is even more troubling are the lengths that Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard will go to protect the criminal conduct of the Court’s expert. How can any justice be served when the first priority of the Court and the Prosecution is to protect the reputation of the Court appointed expert? How can justice be served when Dr. Connor has established a pattern of communicating with judges like Judge Carl H. Taul and Judge James D. Humphrey outside the presence of the parties to the trial? Judge Humphrey punished my children by taking away their father because their dad wrote about Dr. Connor’s misconduct. Rather than appoint another professional to evaluate Andrew Conley, Judge Humphrey went with his go to guy, Dr. Edward J. Connor. Judge Humphrey and Prosecutor Negangard are aware that Dr. Connor doesn’t tell the truth. They know that there isn’t a legitimate reason to investigate me. Dearborn County Law Enforcement has been investigating “my writings” for nearly a year. They haven’t even contacted the law enforcement agencies of the last two places that I have resided. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard and Dearborn County Law Enforcement are conducting a perpetual investigation of me because if the investigation is concluded, it is likely that they will have to tell me who filed the complaint. If Dr. Connor made the complaint, then Prosecutor Aaron Negangard will have to explain why he is wasting county resources on a yearlong investigation of a matter that is out of his jurisdiction. If Judge Humphrey made the complaint and initiated the “secret” investigation, Judge Humphrey will have to answer to why he continued to preside over my case and obstruct my ability to get back to my children. Regardless of who made the complaint, Judge James D. Humphrey, Dr. Edward J. Connor, and Prosecutor Aaron Negangard have demonstrated how they are willing to sacrifice the ideals and principles of the United States legal system to keep a lid on internal misconduct. While Lady Justice stands blindfolded with a scale in her hand, Judge Humphrey, Dr. Connor, and Prosecutor Negangard tip the scale when they feel that no one is watching.

I am sending a copy of this letter to different people to make people aware of the abuse of power and the lack of justice in South Eastern Indiana. While there is no doubt that Andrew Conley committed this unthinkable act, Dearborn County casts the same group of characters in legal matters where everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty. In Aaron Negangard’s letter to the county officials he stated:

“If [Dan Brewington] has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent.”

While Prosecutor Negangard was preoccupied in trying to convince people that I presented a threat to the Dearborn County Criminal Justice System, he forgot to mention that I have to be charged with something before Prosecutor Negangard can even speculate about convicting me. It’s that kind of preoccupation with self-preservation that treads on the rights of citizens in the courts. Hopefully this letter will help bring blind justice to the Dearborn and Ohio County Courts. For more information, go to www.danhelpskids.com and www.danbrewington.blogspot.com. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you,

Dan Brewington

dan@danhelpskids.com

Response to Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard's Unethical Attack of Dan Brewington

This is a copy of my response to Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard's recent attack on me because I questioned his interpretation of the Indiana laws governing the release of public records.

Dearborn County Prosecutor

Aaron Negangard

Courthouse Offices

215 W. High St.

Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025

Dearborn County Attorney

Jack Gay
755 N. State Street
P. O. Box 552
North Vernon, IN 47265

July 14, 2010

Re: Unethical Conduct of Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard

Dear Public Officials:

On July 12, 2010, I sent a letter via fax, email, and U.S. mail, to different government officials concerning my public record request, which was denied by Dearborn County (IN) Prosecutor Aaron Negangard. In a letter dated July 6, 2010, I requested copies of the records pertaining to the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit investigation of my internet writings, which began in October of 2009[1]. On or about June 9, 2010[2], my family court lawyer informed me that Judge James D. Humphrey recused himself from my custody case, claiming that there was an investigation pertaining to Judge Humphrey and me. As Judge Humphrey refused to release any details of the alleged investigation and made no mention of the alleged investigation in his order of recusal, I filed my request to determine if there was truly an investigation as it would be vital evidence in a future custody hearing. Mr. Negangard denied my request claiming that Indiana law prohibited the release of Investigatory records. My response dated July 12, 2010, challenged Mr. Negangard’s statements as Indiana Code and Indiana case law has established that all Investigatory records are subject to release at the discretion of the appropriate agency provided that they are not excepted under IC 5-14-3-4(a)[3]. Taking into consideration the suspect nature of the accumulative circumstances, I contacted other county officials to inform them that if Mr. Negangard conducted himself in an unethical and/or illegal manner as the head of the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit, the county may be in jeopardy of losing state and/or federal grants that fund the Unit. At approximately 10:43:36 AM, I emailed my July 12, 2010 response to Mr. Negangard’s denial to several Dearborn/Ohio County officials. At approximately 4:46 PM that same day, Mr. Negangard sent the following email to the same officials and copied me to the email as well (copy of email attached hereto):

To all county officials:
Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office. I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. I assure you his efforts will not succeed. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. He is also incorrect regarding his request. He clearly asked for records pertaining to his investigation that are not to be disclosed under Indiana law. If any of you need any further information regarding this matter. Please do hesitate to contact me.
Aaron

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

There are many disturbing aspects about Mr. Negangard’s email. The most obvious is the fact that he sent the email from his Verizon Wireless Blackberry which suggests that he may have been too emotionally impatient to wait to get to a computer. Emotion seems to be a driving force in writing this email as Mr. Negangard felt that it was necessary to not only offer a quick response, but to attack me for questioning his interpretation of laws pertaining to the release of public records. Mr. Negangard is correct in stating that I may not be entitled to records relating to pending investigations. I incorrectly assumed that Mr. Negangard’s “secret” investigation of my internet writings would not take over nine months to decide if a crime had been committed. Mr. Negangard’s emotionally charged email attacking me raises several concerns.

1. How could an investigation of a person’s writings span nine months or longer? At the time of the “alleged” investigation, I probably had 30,000 to 40,000 written words on the internet. I informed Detective Kreinhop at the time that all of the written material was on the internet. I instructed Detective Kreinhop to tell Prosecutor Negangard to file charges if he felt that my writings violated any criminal statutes. No charges were ever filed. It wasn’t until Mr. Negangard’s July 12, 2010 email that I had written confirmation that the investigation was still pending.

2. What is the relevance of mentioning Judge James D. Humphrey in Aaron Negangard’s July 12^th email? The fact that Judge Humphrey recused himself from my case raises some very serious issues. A large part of my internet material involves Judge Humphrey and his actions in terminating my parenting time with my three and five year old children. Despite the fact that I cared for the children nearly half of the time during the course of their lives without any allegations of abuse or neglect, Judge Humphrey ripped the children from their father because I publicized the conduct of Judge Humphrey’s expert, Dr. Edward J Connor[4]. In his August 18, 2009 orders, Judge Humphrey wrote, “The Court is most concerned about husband’s irrational behavior and attacks on Dr. Connor.” When Dr. Connor and the Court refused to provide me access to Dr. Connor’s case file from Dr. Connor’s custody evaluation in accordance with Dr. Connor’s contract and IC 31-17-2-12, I began writing about the situation. As my actions were neither criminal nor in violation of any court order, Judge Humphrey terminated my ability to see my three and five year old children in an apparent retaliation for speaking out about Dr. Connor’s unethical conduct. When I continued to speak publically about the situation following Judge Humphrey’s orders, I became the subject of a secret investigation by Aaron Negangard and the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit.

3. Why and how does Judge Humphrey know about the details of the investigation of me when Mr. Negangard claims that I am not privy to the information? Mr. Negangard stated in his email that Judge Humphrey had to recuse himself from my case. How did Judge Humphrey come to the conclusion that presiding over my case conflicted with the investigation of my writings? Did Negangard tell Judge Humphrey? Why is Judge Humphrey entitled to the information while Mr. Negangard claims that there are laws that prohibit him from releasing the information to me? If Negangard claims that it was necessary to interview Humphrey for the investigation, what event prompted the sudden necessity to interview Humphrey approximately nine months after the alleged investigation began? I find it hard to believe that Negangard waited nine months to interview Humphrey when Humphrey had been one of the main topics of my writings. The most pressing issue is the fact that Aaron Negangard apparently discusses the nature of ongoing investigations with, at least, one judge in Dearborn County. How can anyone be guaranteed that they will have a fair trial when Negangard has demonstrated that he shares information with judges regarding secret investigations even before any charges have been filed? It is frightening to even try to speculate about the civil rights atrocities that may have been committed in Dearborn County if this isn’t the first time that Aaron Negangard has had ex parte communications with a judge, regarding an ongoing “secret” investigation, BEFORE the filing of charges and the commencement of a trial.

4. “Once he was advised of this by Judge James Humphrey who had to recuse himself from his case only recently he has attacked me or my office.” –Prosecutor Negangard. In an attempt to decipher Mr. Negangard’s message, which was sent from his Blackberry, I assume Mr. Negangard is suggesting that I took some form of retaliatory measures against Mr. Negangard and/or his office only after Judge Humphrey’s recusal on June 9, 2010. As an elected official, Negangard is well aware of the everyday public scrutiny that comes with the job. As a lawyer, he knows the term “attack” is used in the course of everyday courtroom procedure[5]. Mr. Negangard “attacks” the credibility of witnesses and suspects during the course of his everyday job of trying to prosecute people but somehow suggests that a non-attorney “attacking” his credibility outside the protections of the courts is somehow unfair. I began questioning the conduct of Mr. Negangard and the Special Crimes Unit in November 2009. I have written and posted thousands of words questioning why Aaron Negangard ordered an investigation of my written material, which is void of any criminal misconduct and is protected by the First Amendment. Mr. Negangard is well aware of the legal recourse that he, Dr. Connor, and Judge Humphrey have as they are free to take civil action against me for defamation, slander, libel, etc… if they feel I have unfairly judged them. Rather than take civil action against these alleged “attacks”, Mr. Negangard felt the need to inform the officials of Dearborn County that I am the subject of a perpetual investigation, while Negangard refuses to tell me who made the complaint or any details to the nature of the alleged investigation. I do know that as long as Negangard claims the investigation is still pending, he will not have to release the information in the Investigatory file.

5. “I take this an effort to get me not to do my job of prosecuting those who violate the law. I assure you his efforts will not succeed.” –Prosecutor Aaron Negangard. Need I remind people that Aaron Negangard is a lawyer and the Dearborn County Prosecutor who surely understands the concept of burden of proof in a court of law? Other than me testifying that my intentions in submitting a public records request and questioning Mr. Negangard’s interpretation of law were an attempt to subliminally disable the Prosecutor’s ability to protect the public, Mr. Negangard should have no reason to offer wild speculations as to my “true intentions” of trying obtain information regarding the nature of the ongoing investigation of my writings. Negangard is either delusional or he is trying to instill some sort of fear in the public that I have the ability to undermine the criminal justice system in Dearborn County. Mr. Negangard’s baseless speculation suggests that he is using his position and stature as Dearborn County Prosecutor to somehow diminish the issues that I raised about the secretive nature of the investigation of my writings that criticized Judge Humphrey and Dr. Edward J. Connor. Mr. Negangard’s letter is similar to an ex parte letter that Dr. Edward J. Connor sent to Ripley Circuit Court Judge Carl H. Taul in September 2008. After determining that Dr. Connor was less than truthful in his reasoning as to why he would not provide me with a copy of the case file from his child custody evaluation (go to www.danhelpskids.com for examples of Dr. Connor’s unethical conduct), I sent a letter to Dr. Connor stating, “The game is over Dr. Connor and the Court has ordered that the ‘delivery to counsel representing a party is the same as delivery to the party personally’ so your argument has no factual or legal basis.” Dr. Connor had claimed that he did not have to provide me with a copy of the case file because I was not represented by an attorney. In an apparent attempt of self preservation, Dr. Connor sent an ex parte letter to Judge Taul stating, “[Dan Brewington’s] statement in his letter dated 9/5/08 that ‘the game is over Dr. Connor' appears rather threatening and implies that I and/or the Court do not take this matter seriously, which is certainly not the case.” Judge Taul later recused himself due to the ex parte communications with Dr. Connor. Rather than accept responsibilities for his actions, Dr. Connor tried to portray me as a dangerous and irrational person by “manipulating” the truth. Like Dr. Connor, Aaron Negangard offers wild speculations in an attempt to harm my credibility and to “smokescreen” the obvious intentions of my requests.

6. Please be advised that Dan Brewington is currently under investigation by the Dearborn County Sheriff's department. –Prosecutor Aaron Negangard. It was my understanding the investigation of my internet writings was spearheaded by Prosecutor Aaron Negangard and the Dearborn County Special Crimes Unit. It is also my understanding that the two entities are somewhat separate when it comes to federal funding, public election laws, etc… Now it appears that David Lusby and the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department is in charge of the investigation only further distributing the potential liabilities for damages in the case that Prosecutor Aaron Negangard and/or some of the people close to the investigation have participated in any form of unethical and/or illegal conduct. If Sheriff Lusby has always headed the investigation, then it calls into question why Detective Kreinhop told me that Aaron Negangard was in charge of the investigation.

7. If he has violated the law then I will make every effort to prosecute him. However I will point out that this matter is still under investigation and until such time he is convicted he is presumed innocent. –Prosecutor Aaron Negangard. Fortunately, Aaron Negangard was gracious enough to remind people that I am innocent until convicted. Unfortunately, he forgot that he is supposed to charge me with a crime before he can speculate about a conviction. Negangard's "McCarthy-istic" paranoia and approach to monitoring my internet writings is not going to turn up any criminal misconduct. If Negangard truly felt that I posed some kind of threat to Dearborn County, why hasn’t he sought any indictments for my “alleged” criminal behavior? If Negangard found that my writings did not violate any laws at the time of the alleged complaint, it would be unethical and/or possibly illegal to conduct an open ended investigation so he can “stalk” the internet in the hopes that he might catch me doing something illegal. It appears that Mr. Negangard has resorted to tactics similar to those of former U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy; if all else fails, accuse your opponent of being a “Commie” and try to convince the public that your opponent presents a real danger to their safety. I obviously am not, nor have I ever been a member of the communist party, and I present no danger to the citizens of Dearborn County. More importantly, I am not an “opponent” of Mr. Negangard, but for some reason he continues to treat me like one. Many people who are close to me are very concerned about Mr. Negangard’s potential to abuse the law to cause me further harm. I recently filed a complaint against Mr. Negangard with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and later submitted a request for the records pertaining to the investigation that Mr. Negangard initiated against me. When I challenged Prosecutor Negangard’s interpretation of the laws governing the release of public records, he lashed out and guaranteed that he “will make every effort to prosecute [me].” Rather than keeping his threats “in house” with Dearborn County officials, he copied me to the email as if it were some kind of a warning shot.

The thing that needs to be established here is that I have never been charged, arrested, or convicted of any violent, threatening, or menacing behavior. I have never been held in contempt of court. I have never been sued for slander, libel, defamation, etc… This alleged investigation isn’t about racketeering, money laundering, drug trafficking, etc… it’s just an attempt to harass someone for exercising their First Amendment Rights. The only thing I am guilty of is challenging a court system to protect my young daughters’ ability to grow up spending equal time with divorced parents. When I began to question the family court system, suddenly people in the “system” tried to portray me as being irrational or dangerous, just as Aaron Negangard has tried to do. If my writings are causing Aaron Negangard severe emotional and psychological trauma, chances are he probably did something wrong. There is no evidence of me being “potentially dangerous” to my children or their mother. It was Dr. Connor who first claimed that I may be “dangerous” when I presented to the Court and to the public that Dr. Connor did not tell the truth in matters involving children and the court system. During the course of a two and a half year divorce, no one accused me of being a bad father. I’ve had lawyers accuse me of intimidating them. Judge Humphrey claimed that I tried to intimidate him and his staff. An appellate lawyer argued that I was not an aggressive litigator but I was just using the system to drive up legal costs. I spent a year and a half trying to obtain evidence that I was entitled to. I requested a copy of Dr. Connor’s custody evaluation case file on March 6, 2008 and I still don’t have it. Dr. Connor’s contract said I was entitled to it. IC 31-17-2-12 says I am entitled to it. Dr. Connor claimed he wouldn’t give it to me because I was not a lawyer. Judge Taul stated that the order to release was for Dr. Connor “to release that which he is required to do under Kentucky law” when obviously there is no such order on record. Judge Taul recused himself for engaging in ex parte communications with Dr. Connor. Judge Humphrey was angered by the fact that I publicized Dr. Connor’s unethical conduct. During the final hearing of my divorce, no one mentioned terminating my parenting time with my children. Two and a half months after the final hearing, during which I cared for my children nearly half of the time as I had done throughout the course of a two and a half year divorce, Judge Humphrey terminated my parenting time with my three and five year old daughters. There are no words to describe the horrific nature of Judge Humphrey’s evil and vindictive decision. I’m sure that Judge Humphrey felt that I would resort to some kind of violent or threatening behavior like most parents probably would if they had their children stripped from them for no reason, just so he could rationalize his decision. Unfortunately for Judge Humphrey, I owed it to my daughters and myself to remain calm and steadfast in dealing with the situation. When I began to exercise my First Amendment Right to free speech, Aaron Negangard began investigating me. Now Negangard is claiming that I am irrational and he is attacking my credibility. I am the same person that Dr. Connor claimed to have difficulties communicating with because I had “severe ADHD” and Dr. Connor testified that he found my writings confusing and difficult to follow. Dr. Connor claimed that joint custody was not an option because of my communication deficiencies that were attributed to ADHD. Now, Aaron Negangard is accusing the ADHD kid, who Dr. Connor claimed to have difficulties with speaking and writing, of trying to undermine the entire Dearborn County Criminal Justice System by intertwining some sort of psychological warfare into my writings. The common denominator in the equation is that these officials continue to grow more enraged with the realization that I am a law abiding citizen that isn’t going to be baited into doing something illegal by disgruntled “professionals” associated with the court system. The irony of the situation is that it appears that these “professionals” continue to do things to try to bait me into resorting to illegal activity, yet they continue to become more enraged when I rise above their antics and publicize their actions. Then they claim that I am the dangerous one.

A person should not have to live life with the understanding that there is the potential that they can be unlawfully arrested for speaking out against the Dearborn County Prosecutor’s Office. Unfortunately, I cannot control the actions of less than scrupulous public officials but I can continue to warn people about the travesties that occur in Dearborn County. Mr. Negangard likes to portray me as a villain for “attacking” him and his office but Mr. Negangard has failed to mention that many of my writings include an open “invitation” to Mr. Negangard to file charges against me if he believes that I have done something wrong. Mr. Negangard has yet to file any charges but continues to “conduct” an open ended investigation in the hopes that I will do something wrong, because if he fails to charge me with anything, he’ll have to answer to the voters and other county officials as to why he continues to waste financial resources on investigating my internet writings. If he closes the investigation, he will probably have to give me access to the Investigatory file. Aaron Negangard knows that my ability to see my children is hindered by the fact that I am unable to demonstrate to the family court why I am being investigated. Aaron Negangard doesn’t care about my children. Neither do Dr. Connor, Judge Taul, and Judge Humphrey. It seems like these people believe that keeping my children fatherless is a small price to pay for keeping the lid on whatever they are trying to conceal from the public. I can guarantee that Mr. Negangard’s shallow threats of prosecution are not going to deter me from speaking publicly about the Dearborn County Court/Justice System.

I invite people to visit www.danhelpskids.com and www.danbrewington.blogspot.com to review letters and court documents that support my statements. Everything I do is well within the boundaries of the law. Unfortunately, Dearborn County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard actively condemns freedom of speech when it questions government accountability. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. If any government official believes the above conduct to be a “color of law” violation, then I would expect them to contact the appropriate offices of the Office of the Indiana Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,



Daniel Brewington

cc: Sheriff David Lusby

Dearborn County Commissioners

Mike Kreinhop

Dearborn Circuit Court

Mayor Bill Cunningham

Sheriff Thomas Grills

The Dearborn County Register

State Senator Johnny Nugent

State Rep. Bob Bischoff

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar

Ryan Ray, Esq

IN Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission

Indiana ACLU

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[1] On October 8, 2009, Special Crimes Unit Detective Mike Kreinhop left me a voice mail stating “I was calling to see if I could meet with you sometime, uh, concerning um… a complaint that’s been made against you con… on some writings that you have um… made, and uh… I wanted to get your side of the story if you will.” After Detective Kreinhop refused to tell me who filed the complaint and the nature of the alleged investigation, I told Detective Kreinhop that the writings were self explanatory and I would not be meeting with him if he was not going to tell me why I was needed for questioning.

[2] Judge Humphrey recused himself less than a week before a custody hearing that would move me closer to being able to see my children. On August 18, 2009, Judge Humphrey terminated all of my parenting time with my three and five year old daughters despite there being no evidence of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, drug or alcohol addiction, etc… For more information on the actions of Judge James D. Humphrey go to www.danhelpskids.com.

[3] Examples of public records excepted under IC 5-14-3-4(a) are medical records; records containing trade secrets; social security numbers; a photograph, a video recording, or an audio recording of an autopsy, etc…

[4] Dr. Edward J. Connor Psy D, operates out of Erlanger, Kentucky and often serves as a court appointed expert in both civil and criminal trials. Dr. Connor is currently serving as the court appointed mental health evaluator in the Andrew Conley murder trial. Judge James D. Humphrey appointed Dr. Connor to evaluate the defendant and Aaron Negangard is the prosecutor in the trial.

[5] i.e.: Rule 607 of the Indiana Rules of Evidence state, “The credibility of a witness may be attacked by any party, including the party calling the witness.”