Allen Prosecutor Giving Pass To Sex Offender?

Allen County Prosecuting Attorney Karen Richards gave a previously convicted SEX OFFENDER nearly a free pass to his LATEST SEX CRIMES as it appears today. David E. Meyer, of Fort Wayne, should consider himself the equivalent to the winner of the Powerball Lottery.

The News-Sentinel covered this story on Wednesday and one can tell by the writers own writing it is like, "What the heck is going on?" The article can be read at the following link:

http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070905/NEWS/709050378/0/FRONTPAGE

Meyer was accused that in the early hours of Saturday, July 14th he attacked a woman, held her against her will, sexually assaulted her, raped her, and threatened to kill her with a knife. In her statement to police she stated she feared for her life and based on the initial charges the average person could agree with such a belief.

When Meyer was arrested he fought with police and spit on the officers. This added resisting arrest and battery by bodily waste for spitting on an officer to his list of charges.

During the Prosecuting Attorney office review of the case the formal charges where changed to: two counts of criminal deviate conduct, a count of attempted rape, a felony count of battery, a count of criminal confinement and a count of being a repeat sexual offender. Plus the resisting law enforcement and battery to the officer charges.

For reasons only known to the insiders within the prosecutor's office they struck a deal that will have this CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER. The plea is limited to battery by bodily waste, a felony, as well as misdemeanor battery and resisting arrest. The prosecuting attorney owes the courts and the public a very clear and definitive answer to what happened resulting in the other charges being dismissed. The public deserves much more then a thirty second sound bite.

It seems even if there was a risk of not being able to convict Meyer on the numerous other felony charges the prosecutor should have pursued them nonetheless. Allowing a jury to decide if Meyer was guilty or not seems like the thing to have done.

Meyer is to appear in Allen Superior Count on Monday, September 24th for sentencing. The hope is the judge will grill the Prosecuting Attorney before accepting this plea deal. It is the last chance for the public to be protected from this monster.

UPDATE--- 11:55 PM Sept. 6

Meyer was released from Indiana Department of Corrections in November of 2006. Just some seven month prior to these crimes. He was on probation.

Meyer was in prison for Child Molesting charge out of Noble County, Indiana. He conviction earned him a 10 year sentence in 2003. He only served three of the ten years prior to his release.

Noble County may have issued a warrant for his arrest now for probation violation. It is unclear at this time if he has four years or seven years to serve on his Noble County conviction.