It appears saving lives in Huntington County is now political? On Thursday, lifeguard Evan Welter pulled a kid from the Markle pool and CPR was administered by Evan and pool manager Steve “The Major” Ochs, saving the kid’s life. Steve “The Major” Ochs is a retired Marine officer and just happens to be running for Huntington County Sheriff. For the record, this is the third time the Major has saved a life; once while in the Marines he lists in his credentials and once relayed to us in a story told by Ft. Wayne City Councilman Mitch Harper on The Gary Snyder Show. The first law enforcement officers on the scene were an Indiana State Conservation officer, a Markle town marshal (Stoffel supporter) and Huntington County Sheriff’s detective Chris Newton. As you may know, Newton is Stoffel’s pick to be second-in-charge at the Huntington County Sheriff’s department if Stoffel is elected.
Now, if you read the Herald-Press(less)’s version of the story along with the release issued from the police, you would never know independent candidate for Huntington County Sheriff Steve “The Major” Ochs was even there. The Journal Gazette got it right! Wane.com got it right! Huntingtondaily.com got it right! Hell, we got it right! So how did the police and the Herald-Press(less) get it so wrong? How did Major Ochs get left out of the story and why?
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Small town politics and small town media work to enhance their favorites and work to detract from their enemies. I don't know who to fear more in Huntington: the police who mis-reported the facts due to political influence, or the Herald-Press (who followed standard procedures for the media these days) and printed the press release nearly verbatim. If I were a criminal defense attorney with a client in trouble with the Huntington Police community, I'd love to waive that press release in front of a jury and ask if anything that jurisdiction does is truthful.