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BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (WRTV) — A Jackson County grand jury last week indicted a 50-year-old Brownstown man of reckless homicide in the death of an infant attacked by a dog in 2025, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The 2-month-old girl’s mother also faces a criminal charge in a Jackson County court. Online court records on Monday evening did not …
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Drunk Man Walks Into Jail; And It Isn’t Otis In Mayberry It almost sounds like the set-up line to an old joke: A drunk man walks into jail to bail his buddy out. But is actually happened last Tuesday, April 7, according to Jackson County Sheriff Rick Meyer. Alejandro Asencio Alomar He was called to the jail lobby on the …
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Sheriff’s Department Hosting Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department will be hosting an annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, beginning at 11 a.m. in the field next to the Jackson County Jail on State Road 250. Over 8,000 eggs will be filled with prizes. Top prize in each age division is a new bicycle. …
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── Jackson County Sheriff (Jackson County) ── Annual compensation: $2,850 (2023) Source: Indiana Gateway for Local Government 100R Employee Compensation Report, 2023
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── Jackson County Budget (2023) ── Total county budget: $23.5M County population: 46,660 Per-capita spending: $505/resident Poverty: 5,605 residents (12%) Median household income: $70K General: $16.0M [68%] ($343/resident) County Commissioners: $4.6M → Employee Benefits $3.4M, Insurance $540K, Salaries and Wages $142K ⚠ $467K in unitemized 'Other' categories No Department: $2.5M → Salaries and Wages $13K ⚠ $2.5M in unitemized 'Other' …