Six Vying For Sheriff Job
June 19, 2017 at 5:34 p.m.
By Dan [email protected]
The deadline to submit applications to the Republican Party was at 7 p.m. Sunday, and nobody made a last-minute entry into the race, meaning Republican leaders will choose between six candidates to fill the slot vacated by Aaron Rovenstine.
Republicans will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the old courthouse in Warsaw.
Interest in the caucus is expected to be strong, and officials are taking the rare step to warn the public of the possibility of a large crowd assembling to watch the event.
Republican Party Chairman Mike Ragan, in a press release issued shortly after midnight today, said fire officials will limit attendance to 120 people for safety precautions.
Priority seating will be given to candidates, precinct committee members, caucus workers directly involved in the caucus and the media. The remaining seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, Ragan said.
The list of candidates, and the order in which they will address the caucus, based on the order in which they filed applications, are:
• Jordan A. Foreman, a former Warsaw police detective.
• Joshua Spangle, a sergeant detective with the sheriff’s department.
• Louis W. “Bill” Brown, retired state police officer.
• W. Kelly Prater, assistant director of the county work release program.
• Kyle P. Dukes, a state police trooper.
• William “Rocky” Goshert, a former Kosciusko County sheriff who is serving as interim sheriff.
The vacancy for sheriff was created after Rovenstine was sentenced on one felony count of intimidation. He stepped down May 23.
The deadline to submit applications to the Republican Party was at 7 p.m. Sunday, and nobody made a last-minute entry into the race, meaning Republican leaders will choose between six candidates to fill the slot vacated by Aaron Rovenstine.
Republicans will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the old courthouse in Warsaw.
Interest in the caucus is expected to be strong, and officials are taking the rare step to warn the public of the possibility of a large crowd assembling to watch the event.
Republican Party Chairman Mike Ragan, in a press release issued shortly after midnight today, said fire officials will limit attendance to 120 people for safety precautions.
Priority seating will be given to candidates, precinct committee members, caucus workers directly involved in the caucus and the media. The remaining seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, Ragan said.
The list of candidates, and the order in which they will address the caucus, based on the order in which they filed applications, are:
• Jordan A. Foreman, a former Warsaw police detective.
• Joshua Spangle, a sergeant detective with the sheriff’s department.
• Louis W. “Bill” Brown, retired state police officer.
• W. Kelly Prater, assistant director of the county work release program.
• Kyle P. Dukes, a state police trooper.
• William “Rocky” Goshert, a former Kosciusko County sheriff who is serving as interim sheriff.
The vacancy for sheriff was created after Rovenstine was sentenced on one felony count of intimidation. He stepped down May 23.
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