Stewart & Stewart Examines Allegations of Abuse at Pendleton Juvenile Correction Facility

Superintendent fired over state juvenile prison problems
Associated Press
February 24, 2006

State names `oversight' team to run Pendleton prison
Associated Press
February 23, 2006

Father Speaks Out About Abuse Against Son At Juvenile Facility
February 17, 2006
WRTV-TV

Pendleton Officer Charged with Battering Juvenile Inmate
February 17, 2006
WISH-TV

Juvenile center guard charged with injuring teen
February 17, 2006
Associated Press

Prison employee faces charges
February 17, 2006
WTHR-TV

Prosecutor: Video Shows Guard Injuring Teen
February 16, 2006
WRTV-TV

Pendleton guard charged with battery
February 16, 2006
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Local Tragedy Investigated by the Attorneys at Stewart & Stewart

Paramedic fired
March 23, 2006

Theresa Rinehart had her say. Then she lost her job.

The Greenfield Board of Works, after two days and 10 hours of testimony, fired the city paramedic late Wednesday. The vote was not unanimous: Sarah Wolf warned that the city was in a legal quagmire in terms of state statutes and job descriptions.

Greenfield paramedic fired by town board
March 22, 2006

GREENFIELD, Ind. - The Greenfield Board of Works voted two to one in favor of upholding a recommendation by the town's fire chief to terminate paramedic Theresa Rinehart's employment with the department.

Rinehart was placed on administrative leave after an infant died in her care in September. 11-month-old Raime Evanson choked on a piece of spaghetti.

Hearing continues on fate of medic
March 22, 2006

Greenfield paramedic Theresa Rinehart will likely know her fate after today's board of works hearing.

City board will decide Monday on paramedic
March 18, 2006

Indiana paramedic fights to keep job
February 6, 2006

GREENFIELD, Ind. - Theresa Rinehart says she should not have been put on administrative duty by the Greenfield Fire Department and plans to fight the city if her employment is terminated Monday.

"I have done nothing wrong," said Rinehart, who has been a full-time paramedic since 1998. "This has been devastating for me and my family."

This week Greenfield Fire Chief Lewis McQueen recommended that the city terminate Rinehart after the county's new medical director refused to allow her to provide any emergency medical services under his license.

Indiana chief seeks to fire paramedic
February 3, 2006

GREENFIELD, Ind. - Greenfield Fire Chief Lewis McQueen has recommended that paramedic Theresa Rinehart be fired after the county's new medical director banned her from providing emergency medical services.

In a letter to McQueen dated Tuesday, the medical director, Dr. John Jones, says Rinehart won't be allowed to practice as a paramedic under his license. The move continues a suspension first put in place last October by the previous medical director, Dr. William Rutherford. It essentially means she can't be a paramedic in Hancock County.

McQueen told Mayor Rodney Fleming on Wednesday that he would ask the city's board of works to fire Rinehart. City policy requires that all firefighters also function as paramedics. "We have no option other than to terminate her employment," the chief says in a letter to Fleming.

Rescuers Took 13 Minutes to Respond
January 26, 2006

When Audrey Evanson dialed 911 to report that her daughter, Ramie, was choking on a piece of food, it took 13 minutes for Greenfield Fire Department paramedics to arrive at the scene.

Medic's Suspension Linked to Death of Infant
January 13, 2006

A state investigation of a Greenfield paramedic centers on the death of a 10-month-old child who choked while eating, according to documents the Daily Reporter has obtained.

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