Of all the words that can be used to describe Tara Wallace’s performance in office as Hardin County prosecutor, “competent” can in no way be found within the lexicon.
This past month has been a very bizarre one in Hardin, with a lot of Wallace’s mess coming to the surface like so many turds in the sewer lagoon…and like the lagoon, if left untended, can lead to some serious problems.
The subject in this next Read the Lead could be one of those problems; if you don’t fully understand the ramifications of it, we suggest you research the Fourth Amendment as it applies to unlawful detainment. And without further ado, here’s your next Read the Lead, “Jailed 90+ days with no charges; county liable for prosecutor”:
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Robert Trigg
HARDIN CO.— When Robert Trigg, 30, and his wife Deena Schuff, 26, were arrested in Rosiclare in July they had no idea the nightmare in the guise of state’s attorney Tara Wallace that was about to be unleashed on their lives.
Indiana court documents indicate that Trigg was wanted on an outstanding warrant for theft in that state.
Following a July 11 traffic stop in Rosiclare, both Trigg and his wife were taken into custody on charges of Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Vehicle when the plates on the 1991 Chevy Silverado they were driving came back stolen.
Both were booked into the county jail on that date and immediately Wallace began her little dance of betrayal.
Despite preliminary hearings (during which the threshold of evidence is very low as a rule), in which lawmen testified they had no proof that Schuff or Trigg knowingly had possession of a stolen vehicle, Wallace convinced Judge Paul Lamar the couple should be held for trial.
“We were co-defendants in the case,” Trigg told Disclosure. “Tara Wallace asked my wife to testify against me. She told my wife she would put me away for 14 years and dismiss all the charges against her.”
As with nearly every stunt Wallace has tried since being elected to office, this too backfired in her face…and she didn’t like it.
“My wife said she just laughed in the state’s attorney’s face and said, ‘I am not about to lie for you and put my husband in prison’,” Trigg said. “My wife said the state’s attorney’s face turned beet red and she said she would see the both of us in prison.”
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