SEX IN THE CITY (PARK)
One of the 'Dirty Half-Dozen' was in jail for apparently violating
Work Release rules by having sex with ex-stripper at Linton City Park

POSTED AT 3:40 P.M. ON THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 2008
FREE PRESS EXCLUSIVE REPORT
By R. Michael Johnson
Free Press Editor
BLOOMFIELD – One of Greene County’s ‘Dirty Half Dozen’ – six inmates accused of sneaking through the ceiling at the Greene County Jail to engage in sexual activities while incarcerated – is preparing to plead guilty to an unrelated, yet interesting felony charge in Greene County Superior Court.
William ‘Nick’ Hutcherson Jr., 44, was one of six people charged with Class C felony escape charges as a result of the late-night sexcapades at the Greene County Jail.
He was in jail after having his work-release privileges revoked for assumedly engaging in inappropriate behavior at the Linton City Park.
When Hutcherson was placed on work-release, he was given a job by the City of Linton to work in its park.
But, he still had to follow all of the rules of the Community Corrections program – just as any other work-release prisoner.
According to court records, he is charged with a Class D felony charge of failure to return to lawful detention after being found in a locked building at the Linton park – with a local woman hiding in the closet.
According to a probable cause affidavit, on July 26, Hutcherson called his case worker to report that he would be late returning to the detention center because “his car would not start.” He was scheduled to be back at 4:30 p.m.
The case worker – Gregg Roudebush – tried several times to contact Hutcherson on his cell phone without any luck, so he drove to Linton in an attempt to find him.
At about 6:55 p.m., Roudebush arrived at the park and located Hutcherson’s vehicle parked next to the Roy Clark Building, along with a van belonging to former exotic dancer Tressie ‘Cricket’ Palmer.
After checking all of the doors on the building and finding them to be locked, Roudebush knocked on an overhead door.
“Gregg heard someone say they would be there in a minute,” the affidavit states. “William Nick Hutcherson Jr. answered the door and claimed he had been in the restroom."
Roudebush looked around the building and asked Hutcherson if there was anyone else inside. Hutcherson answered in the negative, saying that Palmer’s van had broken down and was “parked there all week.”
“And, upon opening a closet door, he found Tressie Palmer hiding behind tables and chairs being stored in the closet.”
Although Hutcherson had said he was stranded in Linton with an automobile that was inoperable, when Roudebush ordered him back to the community corrections detention center, the man “got in his car and drove to the Greene County Community Corrections Work Release Center located in Bloomfield.”
According to Lynn Winninger, who is in charge of the work release center, no one is sure exactly what was going on between Hutcherson and Palmer inside the Roy Clark Building.
However, Palmer has allegedly told sources close to the case that she and Hutcherson were engaged in sexual activities – not only at the Roy Clark Building, but other places in the county – during his stint in the work release program last summer.

GREENE COUNTY JAIL'S
'DIRTY HALF-DOZEN'
Six are charged after 'visiting' each other while in jail
POSTED AT 11:36 P.M. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008
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By R. Michael Johnson
Free Press Editor
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Bloomfield Free Press has chosen not to list the names of inmates who provided investigators information about the sexual encounters at the jail for their protection.
BLOOMFIELD – A design flaw in the Greene County Jail, coupled with a blind spot in the security camera system and some resourceful prisoners has landed six inmates in hot water.
The Bloomfield Free Press has exclusively learned that three female inmates and three male prisoners are charged with Class C felony escape after secretly going back and forth between cell blocks and having sex with each other.
Charged are Misty Moore, 21; Nicole Haldeman, 26; Kay C. Snyder, 27; William ‘Nick’ Hutcherson, no age listed; Jesse Ross, 38;  and Alex Rathburn, 17 – all from Greene County.
According to probable cause affidavits filed Friday afternoon in Greene County Circuit Court, an investigation into the ‘Dirty Half-Dozen’ began on Oct. 8 when jail officers conducted a shake-down in the cell blocks, looking for items of contraband.
“Letters found in (the female cell block) during this search indicated inmates housed in (both the females and male cell blocks) were getting through the ceiling area, and making contact with each other,” the affidavit by Detective George Dallaire states. “This contact appears to include sexual activity.”
According to Sheriff Terry Pierce, the inmates had somehow pried up metal security ceiling tiles in the corner of their cell blocks and a design flaw at the jail allowed them to cross into other areas of the jail.
Sheriff Terry Pierce shows where inmates were getting into the ceiling in one of the cellblocks at the Greene County Jail. The inmates were going across the ceilings into other cells to have sexual encounters with one another. (R.M. Johnson photo)
“Some of the walls in this facility were not constructed all the way to the roof,” Pierce said. “This allowed the inmates to cross from cellblock to cellblock once they got into the ceiling.”
Another flaw found in the jail is blind spots in the security camera system.
“They got into this corner, and they were completely off-camera,” Pierce said Friday evening, showing off a small area in the female cell block area near the pay telephone. “That gave them the time to work on the ceiling tiles without being noticed.”
And, it would be no small task to pry up the tiles or even move them slightly. Along with being made of steel and being enclosed in a metal grid, the tiles were held in place on top by strips of steel which clamp the tiles tightly in place.
“These ceiling tiles would not be easy to remove,” Dallaire noted in his affidavit.
Apparently, Haldeman and Moore had removed a shower drain cover and used it to pry up the ceiling tiles.
They then used an inverted laundry hamper to climb up into the ceiling.
The affidavit also stated that the inmates often used the laundry and food trays to pass notes – setting up their rendezvous.
Subsequent interviews with the ‘Dirty Half-Dozen,’ as well as other prisoners found that both the three female and three male inmates had gone between the cells a number of times – most of the time to have sex.
“Nick Hutcherson had gone over to the female block to see (a female inmate) and had sex with her in her bed,” one inmate told investigators.
Another female inmate told Dallaire, “the girls going through the ceiling to the male block had been upsetting to her, and she had even threatened to inform the jailers to try to get the girls to stop leaving (the cellblock).”
A male prisoner told investigators he saw Moore, Haldeman and Snyder all coming through the ceiling tiles “at least 15 times,” and the activity usually took place after midnight – an hour after inmates were locked down for the night.
If convicted, all of the ‘Dirty Half-Dozen’ could face up to eight years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.
Pierce said Friday evening that measures have already been taken to make the ceiling tiles more secure and close off the areas between the cellblocks.
He also said he is investigating the possibility of either upgrading or replacing the security camera system with one that does not have any gaps in camera coverage.
“If you want to know where the flaws in your jail are, just put prisoners in it,” Pierce said. “They will find each and every one.”