Sheriff's deputy charged with sexual battery, confinement
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN
Sep. 26, 2006 BRAZIL, Ind. - A Clay County sheriff's deputy was formally charged with three felony counts following a 14-hour standoff at his home with police officers who had come to arrest him.
A not guilty plea was entered for Jonathan Lambert, 34, during a hearing in Clay Circuit Court on Monday. He faces charges of criminal confinement, intimidation and sexual battery, all felonies that each carry possible sentences of six months to three years in prison.
He was being held Tuesday at the Parke County Jail in Rockville on a $25,000 cash bond.
The charges stem from an incident where Lambert is charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend so she would have sex with him. Lambert also is accused of forcing her to touch him and allegedly choking her, leaving red marks around her neck.
Authorities have yet to disclose the contents of the arrest warrant that had been issued for Lambert before the standoff at his home in the town of Cloverland, and all court documents connected to the case have been sealed.
Lambert's defense attorney, Joseph K. Etling of Terre Haute, said after the hearing that he did not believe Lambert violated the law, but that he would reserve further comment until prosecutors completed their investigation.
Lambert was also charged with domestic battery and criminal recklessness, both misdemeanors.
The standoff began about 10:30 a.m. Friday when state troopers and Clay County Sheriff's Department officials went to Lambert's home about along U.S. 40 about 10 miles east of Terre Haute to arrest him.
The Sheriff's Department had received a 911 call earlier that day about a domestic disturbance, Sheriff Mike Heaton said.
Lambert came out of his home around 2:15 p.m. carrying a long gun and fired a round into the ground before returning inside, state police said. About 20 minutes later, he came out again and fired a round from a handgun.
No shots were fired toward officers and no one was injured. About 12:20 a.m. Saturday, after talking to negotiators, Lambert walked out the back door and was arrested without incident.
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