LAWRENCE CO.—The deputy alleged to have injured the county prosecutor in a fit of pique last March has been arrested on charges in connection with that incident.
A warrant issued for Dennis York, 38, was issued in Lawrence County today, and that warrant was to have been served this evening.
Dennis York
Regular readers will recall that York was absent from some court appearances in which his presence was necessary in order to hold a preliminary hearing for some defendants, this occurring in late March 2013. When he finally showed up the next day, State’s Attorney Chris Quick asked York to come to his office and explain his absence, which caused considerable problems for the court proceedings. York, who has been noted to be one of the more explosive and violent officers in Lawrence, literally blew up at Quick and was screaming at him in the office. When Quick told York to leave until he calmed down, and began escorting him out of his office, York went to the door (which is a split construction, bottom/top closure) and while Quick’s hand was on the door, York yanked on the door and slammed it back, catching Quick’s hand in the jamb and creating injury.
This display prompted a call to authorities at both the county and state level, and in conferring with them, Quick took out an OP against York until it could be determined whether charges would be filed. However, because the special prosecutor handling conflicts in the county, Mike Vujovich, was VERY busy handling Lisa Wade’s untended caseload (over nearly the entire four-year span, 2008-12), a miscellaneous remedy case was only just filed in the matter appointing Vujovich to it, and accounted for the delay in filing.
Formal charges are two counts of Aggravated Battery, one count of Battery and one count of Disorderly Conduct.
When we learn more, we’ll post it…in the meantime, the current edition of Disclosure (February 2014) hits the stands in Lawrence tomorrow (Wednesday, January 29)…pick one up, or get it right here on your computer at the e-Edition!