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WESTERN WAYNE SUPERINTENDENT PLEADS NOT GUILTY

(New Castle, IN)--An attorney for Western Wayne School Superintendent Kelly Plank appeared in a Henry County courtroom Tuesday afternoon to enter a plea of not guilty on Plank’s behalf.  Plank is accused of battering another female at the Elks in New Castle last month.  According to an affidavit, Plank had been drinking with friends and became upset after a woman spilled a drink on her boyfriend.  Plank had been bad-mouthing that man throughout the night.  The boyfriend’s mother then intervened and tried to calm Plank down.  Plank then grabbed the woman and swept her legs out from underneath her, causing that woman to fall and break both bones in her lower leg.  Plank now faces between one and six years in prison.  Plank’s attorney on Tuesday waived an initial hearing.