DUBOIS CO. — A state law enforcement board has taken the next formal step in the decertification case against Dubois County Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter, tentatively scheduling lengthy evidentiary hearings for April.

Following a brief procedural meeting on Monday at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Plainfield, the case against Sheriff Kleinhelter is now on a timeline for review by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board’s (ILETB) decertification subcommittee. The full ILETB will ultimately decide whether to strip Kleinhelter of his police certification.

Sheriff Kleinhelter appeared at the meeting with his lawyer, Jim Voyles, while general counsel Raquel Ramirez represented the training board. The four-minute meeting, led by subcommittee chairman David Wantz, established the f

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