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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Ind. Courts - More on "Anderson attorney faces child porn charges"
Updating this ILB entry from March 11, 2010, Christina M/ Wright reports today in the Anderson Herald Bulletin:
ANDERSON — The Indiana commission that investigates misconduct by attorneys cannot confirm or deny whether it was investigating an Anderson lawyer who was arrested on child pornography charges, but said it was “aware of Mr. Hasler’s arrest.”“The reason for that (not commenting on any investigations) is that a lot of complaints against lawyers that we get have no merit,” said Seth Pruden, interim executive secretary of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. “All I can say is, we’re aware of Mr. Hasler’s arrest.”
Federal agents arrested Hasler, 50, on March 9, after the lawyer allegedly sent child pornography to an undercover agent. Authorities allegedly found files later on his work computer. Hasler faces two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
He is being held at a Community Corrections Center in Indianapolis until trial.
Pruden said the commission would only comment on any investigation into Hasler if one resulted in a “verified complaint for disciplinary action.” * * *
According to the documents, a forensic examiner “found numerous images and videos of child pornography stored in folders” on Hasler’s office external drive.
As for now, Hasler’s law license in valid; however, he has been remanded to the Community Corrections Center in Indianapolis until his trial.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 28, 2010 06:44 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts