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Eight year sentence in former auditor child porn case

She thought she was going to die. He told his mom it was a prank.

By Ellen Hine emhine@iu.edu | @ellenmhine

James Huffman, the former chief deputy auditor of Monroe County, was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for possession of child pornography, according to a Department of Justice press release. Huffman was indicted in September after the Bloomington Police Department discovered he and a 16-year-old male had shared nude pictures and videos across a social media platform. A search of Huffman’s home found a large collection of child pornography. Huffman served as Monroe County’s chief deputy auditor from 2017-18 and chief deputy treasurer from 2016-17. According to the release, the case was investigated by the FBI, Indiana State Police and BPD. Huffman was sentenced to 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Following his sentence, Huffman will be on supervised release for 10 years. He is also required to pay a $5,000 fine and register as a sex offender.

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A 13-year-old girl was practicing her violin last Friday in room 388 of the Music Annex Building when 17-year-old Dongwook Ko reportedly lured the girl to an upstairs room and attacked her with a knife before fleeing the scene. Ko is being tried as an adult.

Should he stand trial?

Ko lawyer to request competency evaluation in stabbing case

FOOTBALL

Scott now on Maxwell watch list

By Annie Aguiar aguiara@iu.edu | @annabelaguiar

After 17-year-old Dongwook Ko allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl away from practicing violin to an upstairs room where he strangled, slashed and stabbed her repeatedly before fleeing the scene, he called his mom. “I don’t know what I did,” Ko told his mother on the phone July 12. “I may have hurt her.” Ko appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery, kidnapping, confinement, battery and strangulation, wearing the same button-up shirt as in his mugshot. He is being tried as an adult. Ko’s lawyer Carl Salzmann said given Ko’s mental health, a psychiatric evaluation would be necessary to see if he’s fit to stand trial. He told Judge Darcie Fawcett he intends to file a formal request for a competency evaluation in the case tomorrow. Fawcett also signed a no contact order between Ko and the 13-year-old girl. The 13-year-old girl was a student at the Jacobs School of Music Summer String Academy, a program for children ages 5-18

By Dylan Wallace dswallac@iu.edu | @Dwall_1

IU sophomore running back Stevie Scott III was named to the Maxwell Award watch list, announced by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday afternoon. The award was named in honor of Robert W. "Tiny" Maxwell and has been given to America's College Player of the Year since 1937. Scott is one of 80 players on the watch list. The Syracuse, New York, native had a breakout freshman season when he became the 13th IU player to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a single season. His 1,137 yards rank 14th alltime in program history and currently stands as the true freshman record. Scott also holds true freshmen records with 228 attempts, 10 touchdowns and six 100-yard games. Among true freshmen running backs nationally, Scott ranked second in yardage, 100-yard games and attempts and third in rushing touchdowns. In the Big Ten, Scott finished fourth in attempts per game, tied-for-fourth in rushing touchdowns, fifth in rushing yardage and rushing yardage per game, eighth in all-purpose yardage, tied-for-eighth in total touchdowns and 10th in allpurpose yardage per game. The 6-foot-2-inch, 233-pound running back was named IU's Offensive Newcomer of the Year and also earned honorable mention All-Big Ten accolades and Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors twice. Semifinalists for the Maxwell Award will be announced Oct. 29, and three finalists will be unveiled Nov. 25. The winner of the award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Dec. 12. The formal presentations of these awards will be made at the Maxwell Football Club Awards Gala at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on March 13, 2020. Scott and the Hoosiers kick off the 2019 campaign against the Ball State Cardinals at noon Aug. 31 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

studying violin or cello. Ko is an acquaintance of hers who attended the program last summer, according to the Dongwook Ko probable cause affidavit. Ko is a Bloomington resident, while the girl is from Florida.

“I don’t know what I did. I may have hurt her.” Dongwook Ko, on the phone with his mother Jee Yeon Kim

The girl was practicing her violin last Friday in room 388 of the Music Annex Building when Ko entered the room and told her a teacher wanted to speak to her on the fourth floor. She told police he led her to a locker room before throwing her and pinning her against a locker with his arm and hand. When she started to scream and fight him off, he placed his hand over her mouth. She kicked him, and they fell to the floor, where the fight continued. Ko be-

gan to choke her before pressing a tactical folding knife against her throat, according to the affidavit. “Oh my God,” she told police she thought during the attack. “This can’t be happening to me.” She said he then got on top of her and began to slash and stab her with the knife. He cut her around 10 times, mostly superficial wounds to the girl’s limbs. Three larger injuries would require suturing at the hospital later, one on her right calf and two large cuts on her left hand — her violin hand. She kept screaming during the attack. She told police she was scared no one would come, and that it would be too late. She said she thought she was going to die. Then she heard footsteps. In his office down the hall from the locker room, IU employee Ronald Sebben heard the screams. At first, he thought it was String Academy students goofing around but decided to check out the sounds when he heard them again. He found the two and pulled Ko off of the girl. She broke away. SEE STABBING, PAGE 4

Cyclists ride to town after cross-country trip By Avery Williams avefwill@iu.edu | @ Avery_faye

Family, friends and even a firetruck welcomed home 46 deCycles riders at 4 p.m. Sunday from a 25 day-long trip from Arizona to Montana. The tanned cyclists looked exhausted but finished their journey strong as they rode to the Monroe County Courthouse for the welcome home gathering. Dr. Norm Houze spends around seven months planning the deCycles trip each year. The 2019 trip was Houze's 26th year participating. "It's a modern pilgrimage," Houze said. According to the deCycles's website, about half the group flew from Indiana to Tucson, Arizona, to begin the ride while the others were driven. The group began biking at the Saguaro National Park and traveled to the Grand Canyon. From there, the bikers rode to Salt Lake City and then Yellowstone National Park. They completed the journey at Montana's Great Falls and were

driven back to Bloomington. Once they arrived, they mounted their bikes again to ride to the courthouse with a firetruck escort. Half of this year's participants were inexperienced cyclists, Houze said. He said the riders began training for the crosscountry trip in April. Leela Breithaupt's son Noah Breithaupt was 2019's youngest deCycles rider. He turned 13 on the trip.

“It’s a modern pilgrimage.” Norm Houze, deCycles trip planner

Leela said Houze worked with different churches around the country months in advance to find housing for the group. The riders would sleep on church floors after long days of cycling. deCycles' riders stored sleeping and food items on a large van following their route. IU junior and Little 500 biker Brandon Soni had another name for the van: "The Wussy Wagon." The first time deCycles' rider said

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Rider Abby Dressman hugs her friend’s mother Christi Schimberg on July 14 in front of the Monroe County Courthouse. “The ride was really fun,” Dressman said.

he was proud he made it through the strenuous cycling without having to give up and ride in the van because his knee started to give out seven days into the trip. "We rode a 187 mile day with 9,000 feet of climbing," Soni said.

The group would ride from around 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Soni said. He rode his Trek Émonda Air through eight national parks on SEE CYCLISTS, PAGE 4


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