The Starke Circuit Court has issued a standing order in the interest of judicial economy to identify certain felony crimes with the intent to establish a standard condition of bond for each, which would allow offenders to be released without judicial intervention. This would help alleviate some of the on going over crowding situation in the Starke County Jail and help expedite the process for the Sheriffs Office, Prosecutors Office and the Circuit Court.
The new bond amounts are shown below and and the charges to which they apply. Charges involving unusual, violent, resisting arrest, burglaries, and assault or battery type crimes would not be subject to the order and those bonds would be set by the presiding Judge. The complete standing order is set forth below.
BONDS
STANDING ORDER
The Judge of the Starke Circuit Court deems it necessary, and in the interest of judicial economy, to identify certain felony crimes, and to establish a standard condition of bond for each, which would not require judicial intervention.
If an individual is arrested in Starke County based upon probable cause that the individual has committed one of the following felony crimes, and transported and booked into the Starke County Jail, then the following bonds are ordered:
Possession of Marijuana – class D felony = $250.00 cash.
Possession of a Controlled Substance – class D felony = $250.00 cash.
Possession of Methamphetamine – class D felony = $500.00 cash.
Possession of Chemical Reagents or Precursors -class D felony= $500.00 cash.
Maintaining a Common Nuisance – class D felony = $250.00 cash.
Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated – Resident = $750.00 cash.
Non-resident = $7,500.00 surety.
Habitual Traffic Violator – class D felony = Own Recognizance.
Theft (under $200.00) – class D felony – Resident = $250.00 cash.
Non-resident = $2,500.00 surety.
Forgery – class C felony – Resident = $1,000.00 cash.
Non-resident = $10,000.00 surety.
10. Check Deception – class D felony – Resident = $1,000.00 cash.
Non-resident = $10,000 surety.
If there is probable cause to believe that the person committed more than one of the above crimes, then the bond for each crime shall be added to each other to arrive at the total bond.
If there is probable cause to believe that the person committed one of the above crimes and a crime that does not appear on the above list, then the judicial officer of the Starke Circuit Court shall set the bond.
If there is probable cause to believe that the person committed a crime that does not appear on this list then a judicial officer of the Starke Circuit Court shall set the bond.
Prior to the person being released from custody, he or she shall execute the Recognizance Bond Agreement, together with the Terms and Conditions of Recognizance Bond, which are attached hereto.
The person is ORDERED to appear in the Starke Circuit Court on the first Wednesday after the person’s release from the Starke County Jail, at 1:30 p.m.
A judicial officer of the Starke Circuit Court may issue an Order, at any time, that departs from the provisions of the Bonds Standing Order, the Recognizance Bond Agreement, and the Terms and Conditions of Recognizance Bond.
STARKE CIRCUIT COURT
