MONROE TRIAL JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY
SALINE CO.–The jury trial of Tim Monroe kicked off bright and early this morning with about 45 people showing up for jury duty. The courtroom is packed with potential jurors and there has initially been some posturing for seats.
Saline prosecutor Mike Henshaw...don't worry, be crappy
Of course it would probably help if prosecutor Mike Henshaw’s wife would go about her business in the courthouse and not take up a needed seat in the courtroom, and only for the sole purpose of staring burning holes in Monroe’s back.
There was a moment of tension at about 10:40 when the courtroom was cleared so the attorneys could take a few minutes to question Monroe’s dad, Larry, whom someone (we don’t know who) mistakenly thought was chatting with potential jurors, when actually, he was talking to Jack.
Henshaw was, incidentally, served with a subpoena to appear as a witness this morning by Monroe’s attorney, Paul Christenson. Christenson reported that Henshaw took the subpoena, didn’t say anything, and Christenson subsequently told him, “Good luck.”
However, Henshaw’s name wasn’t read when the witness list was presented to the potential jurors. There’s no telling what that was about. Christenson is indicating that he has every intention of calling the man as a witness, although in what capacity, he hasn’t said.
Henshaw’s assistant, Jason Olsen, has been the only one on the state’s side questioning potential jurors this morning. Henshaw hasn’t said anything. With them at the prosecution’s table is a young girl with a bad haircut/do, Kelly someone (the courtroom has very bad acoustics and her name came out of Olsen’s mouth unintelligible). She’s supposedly an ‘intern.’
Monroe is charged in this case with one count of delivery of a substance containing cocaine to an undercover agent, Justin Zurliene. Zurliene is on the witness list.
Paul Christenson, toting the forest of trees chopped down to document this case.
Monroe was popped in February of 2008 before Henshaw was a state’s attorney, incidentally, on three separate counts. He maintains that he is a victim of entrapment, and while he doesn’t deny that he sold a small amount of cocaine, he says he was targeted due to some bullshit enacted by a group of the elite in Saline/Harrisburg, who are alleged to be big cocaine fans themselves.
Interestingly, very few of these elite are on the witness list.
One witness on the list has thus far not been served a subpoena—Rodney Marcum—and Disclosure is hearing that he has been “sent off” to a safe location in Florida.
It’s unknown whether Marcum’s testimony will be key. A couple of weeks ago, he submitted a statement in which he indicated that he had never, never, ever been around cocaine before in his life except for that one time when Monroe had it, selling it to Z.
Monroe maintains that Z and his buddies (the other undercover cops) walked right past kilos of coke in Marcum’s truck on their way to bust Monroe.
So far, four jurors have been selected, with a fifth kind of left hanging. It’s highly unlikely that the entire jury will be selected today, but you never know.
More in the print version next week, but we will be giving regular updates, so check back often.
For anyone not familiar with the case, we urge you to pick up a copy of the current issue, on stands in Harrisburg at Stanley’s BBQ, Wild Things and Graf Ink Printing, and in Eldorado at College Drive Liquors. Graf Ink also has several back issues (going back to October) that explain a lot of the things leading up to the trial.
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Posted by Chris Beavers
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Well, now this is just another Saline county employee (Mrs. Henshit) that we are paying to sit on her ass instead of doing her job! What is up with this shit? Is she WANTING Tim and he rejected her or what? What is her fascination with him????
Who does she work for?Maybe someone should call her Boss and ask why she can set there and get paid for it by the Taxpayers. Maybe the County Board should know how the Taxpayers money is spent on women not doing their jobs.
Does anybody know how monroe met Zurliene? I don’t see Tim serving someone he doesn’t know.
Jury selected, evidence starts at 9am.
I read about some of this in the DR and found nothing about Henshaw being served. Wonder why? LOL!
I know this name Zurliene from somewhere but can’t think of where. I may know him from his work, watering hole or some other way, but it keeps me thinking.
There is a Zurliene that coaches basketball at Eldorado and, I think, is related the the supt of schools there.
Is there one that work under cover for the State Police? Maybe buying drugs or something?
Let it Snow…I take it you work with Mrs. Henshaw? Obviously you must since you know she was playing hooky from work today. Where do you get the notion that she WANTS Tim when her HUSBAND is prosecuting him…this makes no sense. You are babbling off random thoughts now.
Top Cat…call her boss and the county board and see what they say about it if you are so up in arms about it.
This is just ignorant…why can’t she come support her husband? How do we know she is on the clock. You guys don’t even know where she works…so how are you ready to alert the authorities? I mean obviously she couldn’t have taken a personal day or anything.
Maybe we should have some facts together before we post bullshit attacks against people. Just sayin’…
You are right Dwight Eisenhower.I we get to work on that information today .Thanks for the encouragement to go foward.
Well, come on Dwight…tell us EXACTLY what Mrs. Henshaw does at the courthouse. We’re waiting for the real deal.
It’s our understanding that she’s a victim’s advocate…you know, one of those created teat jobs that the county could do without in order to save money and not declare they’re broke at the end of every fiscal year? So sure, maybe she can be in the courtroom…except that there are no VICTIMS to ADVOCATE in this case. Unless you are calling ‘the people’ the victims, in which case it’s MR. Henshaw’s responsibility to represent them…that’s what HE’s paid the big bucks for, right?
But no, instead we have the missus acting as yet another ‘assistant,’ running notes to the bailiff to give to Henshaw, or toting documents to and from his office. So is she a paid assistant to the prosecutor, or does she have a more specific job to victims of crimes in the county?
We’re waiting, Dwight. Tell us all you know. And then, maybe, how you know it.
FYI, the victims’ advocate position is entirely funded through grants and recieves no money from the county board.
FYI, the victims’ advocate position is entirely funded through grants and recieves no money from the county board.
Good, thank you for helping with that.
And if more people understood that grants come ENTIRELY FROM OUR TAX MONEY REDISTRIBUTED BACK TO PEOPLE ON THESE TEAT JOBS, they’d be completely pissed off that again, today, she’s not in an office (paid for by taxpayers’ money) in the courthouse (paid for by taxpayers’ money) doing her job advocating for victims (also taxpayers)…instead she’s again in the courtroom glaring at people she doesn’t like, passing notes, and holding her seat by a piece of paper with a big ‘X’ on it.
We’re wondering if one of the perks she has is insurance or some other sort of benefits. Can you tell us that, Errata?
The victims’ advocate receives no insurance or other perks, although I’m sure she is covered by her husband’s state insurance.
And it should probably be noted that it is not intended to be a full-time position (nor is it paid as if it were), so I don’t find it too shocking that she doesn’t spend all of her time working in that capacity.
I think the point everyone is trying to make is that the “Victims Advocate” and about half of state jobs are a complete waste of money!
Just to let everyone know: the mofo known as Dwight Eisenhower and also at times Winston Churchill has been spam folder designated as of this morning. We also did IP trace and figured out who the hell it was. It wasn’t who we thought it was initially; but it was someone worse. We do allow differing opinions but we don’t allow the shitty way Dwight/Winston was handling them. If our detractors want to get on here and bait us into ongoing discussions that go nowhere, sorry, it’s not gonna happen. Go find another website to gripe about us; there are plenty. Nuff said.