VALPARAISO â A local judge cleared the way at the 11th hour Friday afternoon for a Chesterton High School wrestler to take part Saturday in the state wrestling tournament after a state education panel determined he was ineligible.
In keeping with a requirement of granting the temporary restraining order, Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer required the student, Josh Daniels or his father, Rick Daniels, to post a $2,500 bond to potentially cover legal costs depending on the outcome of the larger case.
Clymer also set a follow-up hearing for next Friday to hear the full case.
The TRO was sought by the Daniels family in response to a Thursday finding by a nine-member state case review panel that the younger Daniels was ineligible to compete Saturday because he transferred from Lake Central High School to Chesterton High School in violation of an Indiana High School Athletic Association rule prohibiting transfers for primarily athletic reasons.
Jan 29, 2021 / 10:35 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The state of Ohio couldn’t tell I-Team 8 how many people in Indiana are victims of unemployment fraud.
But after our story aired last week, we heard from several people. A spokesperson for the state of Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services told I-team 8 that of the 1.4 million claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, almost 800,000 have been flagged as fraudulent.
And the problem has crossed over the border and into the office of the Indiana Attorney General.
“In fact, I just got off the phone with one,” said David Swetman of the Indiana Attorney General’s Office. He says the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance money allocated by Congress has been a feeding frenzy for fraudsters.