{"id":143640,"date":"2021-06-09T22:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143640"},"modified":"2021-06-09T22:47:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:47:57","slug":"prosecutor-names-new-victims-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/06\/09\/prosecutor-names-new-victims-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor names new victims advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/April-Ellerbrock-headshot-6-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143641\" width=\"150\" height=\"243\"\/><figcaption>April Ellerbrock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Prosecutor\u2019s Office announces the addition of April Ellerbrock as the new county crime victims advocate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellerbrock will be providing services to victims of crimes prosecuted by the Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Van Wert County. She will be a liaison between victims, the courts, and law enforcement, providing support both during and after the criminal process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to ensuring that crime victims are aware of their rights, as an advocate, she will provide case information, a court escort, appropriate referrals, and information specific to a criminal case, including post-conviction information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellerbrock is available to answer any questions or concerns and will try to lessen any negative impact that crime and the criminal&nbsp;justice process have on families and individuals. She can be contacted by calling 419.238.1166 or by email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:aellerbrock@vanwertcounty.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aellerbrock@vanwertcounty.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information The Van Wert County Prosecutor\u2019s Office announces the addition of April Ellerbrock as the new county crime victims advocate.&nbsp; Ellerbrock will be providing services to victims of crimes prosecuted by the Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Van Wert County. She will be a liaison between victims, the courts, and law enforcement, providing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 11:58:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}