NICHOLAS A. MARS Carroll County Attorney 15 Street - PO. Box 2'46 (.?arrollton, Kentucky 41008-0240 Fax: (502) 7024 -. i horn. (30-) 732 7009 April 30, 2015 Hon. Shawna Virgin Kincer Of?ce of Special Prosecutions Also via facsimile: 5 02?5 73-1 63 7 1024 Capital Center Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 RE: Attorney General Department of Special Investigations Commonwealth AdantHori'ne ~Carroll District Court Case 15-M-129 Commonwealth Adam I?lorinc- Carroll District Case (pending) Allegations regarding the Carrollton Police Department misconduct Dear Ms. Kincer: Please accept this as my request to have a special prosecutor appointed regarding the Attorney General?s Department of Special Investigations ongoing investigation into allegations of misconduct and other criminal violations of Chief Mike Wilhoite and Of?cer Ron Dickow of the Carrollton Police Department. This investigation is in regard to Carroll County Detention Center inmate and the Defendant in the above styled cases, Adam Horine. I am also requesting that a special prosecutor be appointed regarding Carroll District Court Case No. as well as for pending felony Escape in the Second Degree charges against Adam Horine. My conflict as County Attorney is due to the fact that Of?cer Dickow advised my legal assistant on Monday evening, April 27, Chief Wilhoite advised him to remove the inmate from the jail and take him to the Louisville Bus Terminal and purchase a one-way ticket for Mr. Horine to Florida. Officer Dickow did so at 4:00 am, April 23, 2015. This was the ?rst that my of?ce or the presiding Judge Elizabeth Chandler, knew that the Defendant had not been transported to Eastern State Hospital by the Carrollton Police Department. ?And was in fact,at- large. This was in direct violation of two (2) Court Orders issued on April 22, 2015, by Judge Chandler, that the Defendant be evaluated and transported to Eastern State Hospital for a 72 hour hold on 21 Mental Inquest Warrant (see docket Order attached). The Defendant?s evaluation was Shawna Virgin Kincer Office of Special Prosecutions Page 2 of 2 completed at the Carroll County Detention Center by North Key (attached) at approximately 5:30 p.111. on April 22, 2015, and an Examination and Transport Order signed by the Judge was attached to the Evaluation (Form 1 attached hereto). Upon receiving this information I contacted the Attorney General?s Department of Criminal Investigations and requested an investigation into this matter. Please also be advised that both Carroll District Judges, Elizabeth Chandler and Thomas Funk have recused themselves. The Special Judge? Karen Thomas, has issued an Order Appointing Special Judge and set the matter for a status hearing on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at 12:00 noon. I have attached a copy of said Order. Thank you for your assistance. Should you require anything further, please feel free to contact me. Respectfully, CARROLL COUNTY ATTORNEY Nicholas A. Marsh Enclosures: cc: Kevin Calhoon, Investigator