Barlyn's office was about to unseal a 43-count indictment against a politically connected sheriff, Deborah Trout, and two of her deputies when the state Attorney General's Office took over the case, concluded that the investigation was flawed and had the indictment dismissed, Barlyn's complaint alle
Former Hunterdon County Assistant Prosecutor Charles Ouslander asked in a letter to the legislative panel to investigate whether politics informed the decision by then-state Attorney General Paula Dow to drop a 43-count indictment in 2010 against the county sheriff, Deborah Trout, a Christie backer.