After reading the posts wondering what's going on with our buddy Jerry Napier,
I decided to email Sgt. Taylor to see if I could gather any info. He replied with this.
Bill,
On June 9th, 2008 Jerry Napier pled guilty to all six counts theft. As he was a first time offender, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, however, that was suspended. He was placed on home arrest for 120 days, and probation for the remainder of the term of his sentence time. He was ordered to pay restitution in full, and at that time when restitution was paid the class D felony (the lowest class felony in Indiana) are going to become Class A misdemeanors. Should he not pay restitution, or violate the terms of his probation, his crimes will stay a D Felony, and he’ll be placed in prison for the length of the sentence.
As soon as we get a notice from the Prosecutor’s Office, we can start releasing stuff that we know who it belongs to. We may have a problem with the actual “soldiers” as there are many of them, and I’m not up to snuff on who is who and from what series, etc. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.
I’ll periodically check with the evidence tech to see if any release order has come down from the prosecutor’s office.
Chris
Lieutenant Christopher Taylor
Richmond IN Police Department
Professional Standards Unit &
Digital Forensics Lab
Telephone 765-983-7372
Fax 765-983-7432
ctaylor@richmondindiana.gov