The Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney is statutorily charged with the responsibility of representing the State of Indiana in all felony and misdemeanor criminal prosecutions resulting from crimes committed within Delaware County Indiana. In addition, the Prosecuting Attorney convenes and supervises Grand Jury proceedings, prosecutes traffic and other infraction violations of State law, conducts juvenile delinquency prosecutions, and represents the State in adult protective services cases. As the chief law enforcement official in the county, the Prosecutor educates and informs the public, including victims of crime, about the functions of the justice system and the rights of all citizens through speaking engagements and community involvement. Additionally, the Prosecutor shall provide local law enforcement with education and training and coordinate regional law enforcement resources with the goal of facilitating cooperation and collaboration.The Child Support Division is required by Federal law to pursue child support cases for AFDC/TANF or Medicaid recipients. All parents, whether they are receiving these public benefits or not, are eligible to receive services through our office. Services provided include: establishing paternity, establishing and enforcing support orders, establishing and enforcing medical support orders, locating absent parents, review and modification of support orders and collecting current and past due child support.
Education (degree/year/where)
B.S. 2000 Ball State University J.D. 2003 Indiana Universtiy School of Law Indianapolis
Occupation
Prosecuting Attorney
Experience and qualifications
Eric has spent his entire legal fighting crime in Delaware County and holding criminals accountable for their actions. From 2003 to 2012 Eric served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. From 2012 to 2018, Eric served as Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. IN 2018 Eric was elected to his first term as Delaware County’s 62nd Prosecuting Attorney. In 2022, Eric was elected to a second term as the elected Prosecuting Attorney. Eric is responsible for bringing criminal charges against suspects and prosecuting the criminal case in court. He supervises an office consisting of three divisions: Criminal, Family Support, and High Tech Crime Unit.
Community involvements
Member, City of Muncie Opioid Fund Advisory Committee, January 2026 to present. Member, American Legion Post 19, April 2022 to present. Member, Delaware County Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC), January 2022 to present. Member of Delaware County Communtiy Corrections Advisory Board, 2019 to present. President, Delaware County Communtiy Corrections Advisory Board, January 2020 to December 2022. President, Advisory Board for BSU Criminal Justice adn Criminology Department, October 2017 to present. Member, Delaware County Child Protection Team, January 2016 to present. Chairman, Delaware County Child Fatality Review Team, January 2017 to 2021. Member, Advisory Board Ball Memorial Hospice Program, 2009 to 2011.
Incumbent?
Yes
Previously sought/Held offices
None
A good prosecutor must seek justice by tempering zeal with human kindness, striking hard blows against violent crime when needed, holding people accountable for their actions, and maintaining safety as well as law and order in the community. I believe that I am that person. I am seeking this office because I am the most qualified, experienced, and dedicated person to serve our community as Prosecuting Attorney. I have spent the past 22 years of my life prosecuting violent crime and holding people accountable for their actions. I have a wealth of institutional knowledge that I use on a daily basis as your Prosecutor. I believe that I am uniquely qualified to be re-elected as Prosecuting Attorney.
As Prosecuting Attorney, I intend to continue to seek and attain justice in criminal investigations and cases. The US Supreme Court has said "in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done. As such, he is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the law, the twofold aim of which is that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer." Secondly, I intend to keep the community safe by holding criminals accountable for their actions. Without accountability there can be no justice. Finally, I intend to maintain law and order in our community. We are a nation built upon laws. If those laws are not enforced then our civilized society will quickly spiral into anarchy and chaos.
The decision to charge someone with is a crime is the sole decision of the Prosecuting Attorney. The charging decision must be based upon whether there is sufficient evidence to prove the allegations, what potential charges are appropriate given the facts, and what potential charges would best serve the interests of justice. In making a charging decision, the prosecutor should keep in mind the power he or she is exercising. The magnitude of the charging decision does not dictate that it be made timidly, but it does dictate that it should be made wisely with the exercise of sound professional judgment. The attainment of justice, the safety of the community, and maintaining law and order are the paramount concerns of the Prosecutor.
I have over 22 years of experience in practicing criminal law. I have experience in taking every type of case to trial: from a speeding ticket to murder. Although I stopped counting a long time ago, I have tried well over 100 felony jury trials throughout my career. My family law experience consists of representing the State of Indiana in collecting delinquent child support on behalf of children and their custodial parents here in Delaware County.
I know times can be tough. I know that it takes a lot of resources to raise a child. All of this is especially true, when there are multiple children and the custodial parent may have to work more than one job to make ends meet. There is a reason that the law requires non-custodial parents pay child support. It takes two people to make a child therefore two people must contribute to the upbringing of that child. My office can and will help a custodial parent establish paternity and establish a child support order. After that, we can and will make sure that the noncustodial parent consistently pays support pursuant to the court order. We have various tools in our tool belt to enforce the child support order.
