Floyd County (The Tribune)
New Albany attorney suspended after sexual battery conviction
Anthony Wallingford can apply for reinstatement in April 2011
A former New Albany attorney has been formally suspended from practicing law, more than a year after he was convicted of class D felony sexual battery. He will not be eligible to apply for reinstatement until April of 2011.
Anthony J. Wallingford, 40, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in September of 2008 to one year at the Indiana Department of Correction. He served six months. The attorney, who had offices in Marengo and New Albany, had been charged in Harrison County Superior Court with touching a 16-year-old girl’s breasts with his hands and mouth in Elizabeth in April 2007.
Wallingford began serving his sentence in October of 2008, and in December, the Supreme Court ordered an interim suspension of his license to practice law.
Based on a conditional agreement between the parties, the Supreme Court ruled this month that Wallingford be suspended at least two years and that the sentence would take effect retroactively from the beginning of his prison sentence.
The decision states that he will not be eligible to seek reinstatement until after he finishes his probation. According to Harrison County’s probation office, he will not conclude probation until April 22, 2011.
Wallingford will not be granted automatic reinstatement, according to the court order. He must apply.
Justice Brent E. Dickson dissented, stating that he would reject the agreement because he believes the attorney’s felony conviction demonstrates his “unfitness to responsibly represent, advise and serve future clients.”
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Job opportunities decline in Louisville Metro
Louisville Metro’s total employment is at its lowest level since 1997, a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics study showed Wednesday.
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THE TRIBUNE BRIEFS: March 11, 2010
The Floyd County Extension Homemakers Scholarship Program deadline is March 15.
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Owner of dogs that attacked neighbor’s pet faces fine
A New Albany man has been charged with violating two city ordinances after his two pit bull mix dogs attacked a neighbor’s golden retriever and then ran into their home. Albert Cross, 40, of the 1900 block of Culbertson Avenue, was charged by New Albany-Floyd County Animal Control with harboring a dangerous animal and harboring an animal with no license.
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Man involved in standoff faces felony charge
A Sellersburg man faces one felony and two misdemeanor charges following a two-hour standoff with police Tuesday night.
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New Albany mayor comments on possible school closures
After meeting with New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. Superintendent Bruce Hibbard regarding the proposed budget reduction plan, New Albany Mayor Doug England released a statement Wednesday afternoon.
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Public hearing on sewer rate increase tonight
New Albany City Councilman Jack Messer plans on being all ears at tonight’s public hearing over a proposed sewer rate increase.
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Settlements reached in Floyd Co. Jail lawsuit
Settlements have been reached to pay 46 of 48 inmates named in a lawsuit against the Floyd County Jail, which alleges the jail staff failed to protect them from staph and MRSA infections, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs. The lawsuit, filed as Walker v. Floyd County in the U.S. District Court in February 2007, alleged that inmates were left to dress the infectious wounds of other inmates and that medical staff would routinely dismiss symptoms as “spider bites” and refused to enter cells to treat infected inmates.
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TRACKING GRADUATES:
A new tool will help Indiana high schools track the performance of their graduates in college, including figuring out which ones needed extra help in courses and which ones didn’t.
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THE TRIBUNE BRIEFS: March 10, 2010
The Board of Public Works and Safety will host the annual spring clean up at New Albany’s two municipally-owned cemeteries — Fairview and West Haven — March 15.
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Engineer: Daisy Lane can be finished this year
Unless there’s a substantial delay in right-of-way acquisition, the remaining phases of the Daisy Lane project should be finished this year, New Albany officials said Tuesday.
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