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STATE OF INDIANA
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State files: Request for Finding of Probable Cause and Finding of Probable Cause and Order of Court

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(If Checked): State Requests the Court order the Defendant to have NO CONTACT with the victim

as a condition of bond pursuant to 1.<;::. 35~33-8-3.2.

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STATE OF INDIANA ST. JOSEPH COUNTY

STATE OF INDIANA
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PETITION FOR FINDING OF PROBABLE

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The un.dersigned, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the 60th Judicial Circuit, State Indiana, has reviewed the attached verified police reports and/or Supplemental

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The State advises the Court that morc time is required to evalu~\te the case and determine whether a char~e should be filed and as]<sthe Court, pursuant to
recess the initial hearing for up to seventy-two (72) hours, excluding

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Sundays, and legal holidays: XXX (If Checked) State requests the Court order NO CONTACT with B. G.

as a condition of bond.

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STATE OF INDIANA
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) FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE AND ORDER OF COURT

The undersigned, Judge of the 81. Joseph Superior Court, FINDS that the State of Indiana has filed a Petition for Finding,of Probable Cause in the above-captjoned action, and thc Petition

and the verified police reports ~nd/or Supplemental Affidavit for Probable Cause attached thereto establishes probable cause to believe that on or between February

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above-named individual committed the offense(s) stated in the Petition and that the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney needs additional time to evaluate the case and determine what type of criminal charge(s), if any, should be filed. Accordingly, the above~named individual is County, Indiana, or in the amount of $

ORDERED held by the Sheriff of St. Joseph

other law enforcement agency, until such time as said individual posts a Bond

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thereof. The Clerk of the Cou . t and/or the Prosecuting Attorney shall forward a copy of this Order to the Sheriff of St. Joseph County, lndiana~ or other law enforcement agency, who shall be charged with execution of this Order of Commitment, and further hearing in this matter is contimted until the 21st day of February, 2014 at 1: 15 P.M., in the St. Joseph Superior Court, 1855 Courthouse,

122 South Lafayette Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana. XXX Defendant is to have NO CONTACT with: SOORDEREDTHIS {~DAYOF~. B. G. ,2014AT~A.~

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THOMAS J. SANDERSaffirms under the penalty for perjury and states: I am a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the 60th Judicial Circuit and make this affidavit after viewing verified South Bend Police Department and st. Joseph County Special Victims Unit report~. On February 15, 2014, Sara Cooper contacted the South Bend Police Department and reported that she tlad not seen her daughter Heather Gipperictl for several days. Ms. Cooper advised that she and Heather got into an argument the preceding weekend and Heather left to stay wittl a friend. Heather took her eight-month-old baby B. G. with her. Ms. Cooper stated that Heather contacted Ms. cooper on February 14 and said that she was going to stop by, but never showed up. Ms. Cooper stated that Heather is addicted to heroin. Police located Heather Gipperich on February 16, 2014 and brought her to the South Bend police Department. Detectives Jacky and Koski of the Special Victims Unit interviewed Heather. After being advised of her Miranda warnings, Ms. Gipperich advised that approximately! 5 days earlier she and a male named Timmy went to a residence in St. Joseph County, Indiana to buy and use heroin, whictl she did. Ms. Gipperich stated that she took her nine-month-old ctlild, B. G. with her to that

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residence. Ms. Gipperich stated that she became "high" from the herOin. While at the residence she allowed Amanda to take possession of 8. G.. Ms. Gipperich advised that she had first met Amanda;that night. Ms. Gipperich advised that since that night she had been in contact with Amanda on a daily basis, the last time being on February 15,
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Amanda was located by the Elkhart Police Department at her residence in Elkhart, IN. B. G. was with her and was subsequently turned over to the custody of the Indiana Department of Child Services. Except as noted, all of the above events occurred in St. Joseph County, Indiana. I affirm under the penalty fo~ perjury that the foregoing representations are true.

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