PTSD on trial, Iraq veteran gets treatment

Judge: Accused veteran treated for trauma
BY DOUGLAS WALKER • MUNCIE STAR PRESS • JANUARY 8, 2011

WINCHESTER, Ind. -- After nearly 15 months in custody, a Randolph County man who allegedly opened fire on sheriff's deputies has been released and placed on electronic home detention.


Court documents in the case of Andrew S. Ward, 27, reflect negotiations are under way on a plea agreement.

Delaware Circuit Court 1 Judge Marianne Vorhees -- appointed special judge in the Ward case -- said the Marine veteran of the Iraq War had completed an extensive treatment program for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Court records show Ward was transferred Oct. 27 from the Randolph County jail to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Battle Creek, and remained there until this week.

Vorhees on Tuesday signed the court order allowing Ward -- who had been held under a $500,000 bond -- to return to his home along Randolph County Road 600-S.

The rural Lynn man was ordered to "follow all treatment recommendations as to aftercare," not to possess guns, drugs or alcohol and to have no contact with his alleged victims.

Ward was arrested Oct. 9, 2009, after he allegedly fired four shotgun blasts at three Randolph County sheriff's deputies as they responded to a 911 call at his sister's house. The deputies were not wounded.
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Accused veteran treated for trauma