Brookville Town Council member and his wife face charges Charles Campbell charged with felony

By John Estridge Brookville Town Council member Chuck Campbell was charged with felony Battery on a Public Safety Official (Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputy) and Resisting Arrest, while his wife was charged with Resisting Arrest. According to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Narrative, FCSD Deputy Dakota Huntsman responded to Riverfront Apartments in Brookville at 11:24 …

Brookville Town Council member arrested for Battery on a Public Safety Official and Resisting Arrest

By John Estridge Brookville Town Council member Charles E. “Chuck” Campbell Jr. was arrested for Felony Battery on a Public Safety Official and Resisting Arrest. Campbell, 62, Maple Grove Road, Brookville, was at Riverfront Apartments when he was arrested. The arrest came at 1:49 a.m., Tuesday, July 12. The arresting officer was Franklin County Sheriff’s …

On advice from attorneys, BTC members are no longer answering questions from taxpayers

By John Estridge Without publicly stating, having a vote or anything of that sort, the Brookville Town Council changed its public comment policy. On advice of council’s attorney firm for which the taxpayers are paying, Bose McKinney and Evans of Indianapolis, town council members will no longer answer any questions from the public, even when …

$2.2 million in town bonds to go on sale Pearl Harbor Day and public hearing scheduled for $1.84 million additional appropriation

By John Estridge Bonds to fund the purchase of the Brook Hill Golf Club and improvements, purchase of and remodeling of the Zimmer Building, $2.2 million in total, will go on sale Tuesday, Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day, according to a legal ad in this week’s Brookville newspaper. Actually it is not $2.2 million that …

EDITORIAL: Bose McKinney and Evans, cruel irony sort of seems like a weak words when describing this terrible situation for Brookville taxpayers

An EDITORIAL by John Estridge Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 2, during a special meeting and in less than two minutes three Brookville Town Council members voted to sign an engagement letter with Bose McKinney and Evans, an Indianapolis law firm, in the event felony charges against two council members are levied as a result of a …

Brookville taxpayers pledged to hire Indianapolis law firm for BTC due to ongoing ISP investigation

By John Estridge It took 1:54 for Brookville Town Council to hire the Indianapolis law firm Bose McKinney & Evans to represent the town, if needed, due to the ongoing Indiana State Police investigation into BTC President Curtis Ward and BTC Member Chuck Campbell. The state police opened an investigation concerning Conflict of Interest, a …