Republicans Pick Deddens As New Dearborn-Ohio Prosecutor

By Mike Perleberg Lynn Deddens has been selected by a Republican caucus to serve as the next prosecuting attorney for Dearborn and Ohio counties. (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Deputy prosecutor Lynn Deddens has been selected as Dearborn and Ohio County’s next prosecuting attorney. A caucus of Republican party precinct committee persons elected Deddens on Wednesday evening. She will assume the office when current Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard departs to become the new chief deputy in the Indiana Attorney General’s Office in January. “I was very humbled by the amount of people in the commissioners room last night,” Deddens told Eagle County 99.3 Thursday. “I look forward to serving the people of Dearborn and Ohio counties.” Deddens, who has worked in the prosecutor’s office since 2003, She was the only candidate who filed to replace Negangard. She will officially step into her new role on January 6, the day Negangard’s resignation is effective. Re-election could be on her plate in two years, as she fills out the remainder of Negangard’s current four-year term. The Northern Kentucky University and Vaparaiso University School of Law graduate was inspired to become a prosecuting attorney while working with as a victim advocate under the counties’ first female prosecutor, Sally McLaughlin. “I saw the difference a prosecutor can make in victims’ lives. I’ve always loved helping people. I had the passion and interest, and made the decision to go to law school,” she shares. What philosophical changes might Deddens bring as the head of the prosecutor’s office? “I want to make elder abuse crimes a priority, along with drugs. We have a very large elder population in the county,” she said. She said that, like Negangard, she will work hard to protect citizens. Deddens is also the chairwoman of the Dearborn County Republican Party, a position she will finish serving in at the end of this year. Wednesday’s caucus was chaired by party vice chairman Jim Thatcher.