Cincinnati- A local prosecutor, charged with indecency, is now waiting for Hamilton’s Law Director to decide his future. Surveillance cameras recorded Scott Blauvelt walking naked around the Government Services Building twice last week after hours. A former sheriff from Indiana tells Local 12, Blauvelt was also found nude following a car crash last year. The city’s Law Director must decide if Blauvelt should be punished. Local 12 Reporter Larry Davis spoke with Blauvelt’s attorney and shares the latest from the Butler County Hamilton Journal newsroom.
Following Wednesday morning’s pre-disciplinary hearing, Michael Gmoser told reporters he is not at all happy with the media’s portrayal of his client. He says Scott Blauvelt’s behavior can be traced to medication he had been taking prior to last year’s crash and last weeks incidents.
The hearing for Scott Blauvelt lasted less than a half hour in the city wing of the Government Services Building where the city prosecutor was found walking in the nude on both wings of the building last Wednesday and Thursday night. It’s there a Butler County Court Services Deputy spotted Blauvelt on security monitors. Reporters had been told the hearing would be held in the City Law Director’s office. It turns out, it was held in another city office. Blauvelt entered and exited the building out of view of tv cameras.
Since there was no mention of Blauvelt being nude in last year’s accident report, Law Director Hillary Stevenson felt there was nothing to pursue. Now Blauvelt’s attorney says his client was taking medication before both incidents. Blauvelt will know soon whether he will be punished for walking in the nude in the building where he works.
Hillary Stevenson, City of Hamilton Director: “I’m going to take some time. I don’t know if it will be all five days, there is quite a bit of information for me to review and go through.”
Michael Gmoser, Blauvelt’s Attorney: “It’s totally out of character for Scott Blauvelt and caused by a reaction to medication, the same medication he had before the 2005 crash the medication he was taking shortly before the incidents in this case.” Gmoser says when you connect the dots as a psychiatrist did during Wednesday’s hearing, he says you’ll find Blauvelt’s conduct is totally out of character and caused by a reaction to that medication. Law Director Stevenson says she has five days now to review all the information in the case . Blauvelt could receive no punishment, a suspension or be terminated. He remains on administrative leave.