Lawrence Curtis Dent v. State of Indiana

── Lawrence Curtis Dent v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00285 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: August 19, 2024 Author: Judge Robert Altice County of Origin: Pike Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Mathias concur On July 31, 2022, A.L. took her cousins—fifteen-year-old D.W. and elevenyear-old R.W.—to a restaurant in Pike County. During the meal, the children told A.L. about several disturbing incidents of physical and emotional abuse that involved Dent, who was engaged to their mother, Tina Bartley. Both children lived with Bartley and Dent—who had been together for about five years—and they considered Dent their stepfather. R.W. related an incident to A.L. that occurred about a week earlier when he called Dent a “dude.” Appellant’s Appendix Vol.