Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28Washington County Attorney’s Office—2016 Annual Report 7 Criminal Division As a result of our concentration on cases that are complex, career, and violent offenses and an emphasis on negotiating more minor cases well in advance of the trial date, we have fewer cases calendared for jury trial. Fewer cases calendared for jury trial have allowed our prosecutors to better prepare for trial, allowed for better use of court resources, better served our victims in early case resolution, and better served our law enforcement constituency. Those cases that do reach the jury calendar are either tried to a jury or the defendant must enter a straight guilty plea with no agreement as to sentencing. We have radically increased our trials over the past several years in our efforts to bring a higher quality of justice to Washington County residents. In 2016 the criminal division were in trial seventy nine (79) days. The criminal division has also continued to provide extensive training to local police agencies and our sheriff’s office. After surveying law enforcement for their needs, we have long held quarterly police training. This typically involved a three hour day class and three hour evening class in order to make the training available to all shifts of police. The training has become very popular with law enforcement. We have provided seventy eight (78) hours of police training in 2016 to a total of over 1600 police officer attendees from all around the state. In addition to offering regularly scheduled law enforcement training, this office offers prosecutor training, both in-office and statewide. Prosecutors from our office have provided fifty three (53) hours of prosecutor training in 2016 to over 1200 prosecutors. These volunteer efforts in training with law enforcement, prosecutors, other county departments and the public will continue, as they can only benefit the criminal justice system in the long run. Attorneys Imran Ali Thomas Harmon Nick Hydukovich Jamie Kreuser Karin McCarthy Kevin Mueller Jessica Stott Tom Wedes Siv Yurichuk Victim/Witness Coordinators Deb Smith Christine VonDeLinde Linda Wikoff Kathy Woxland Program Coordinator Jerry Wallerich Supervisor Teri Kelly Paralegals Jean Mersch Aimee Schroeder Legal Assistants Allison Cossetta Kari Frandrup Caitlin Ohlrogge Pam Hughes Celina Postelli Brandi Tellijohn