Jamey Noel remains in jail with $1.5 million bond after serving initial 60-day sentence

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- As of Saturday, former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel finished serving a 60-day sentence after the judge found him in contempt of court for having two firearms illegally.

Now, Noel remains in the Scott County Jail on a $1.5 million bond, set by Special Judge Larry Medlock after six new charges of theft and money laundering were brought against Noel last week.

"With all these luxuries and money that you've allegedly taken I'm thinking about $1.5 million dollars in bond ought to be appropriate, you should be able to post that with no problem, with everything that you have," Medlock said in court Tuesday.

Medlock made the call Tuesday to raise Jamey Noel's bond after six more charges were filed.

"I may be wrong but my responsibility is to the citizens of Clark County and the state of Indiana," Medlock said. "And I think it's what must be done in their best interest and restore their faith of the rule of law."

It will be harder for Noel to post bail this time, as someone else will likely have to post it.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita asked a judge to stop Noel and his family from selling assets such as cars, homes, jewelry, and clothing.

Noel now faces 31 felony counts including theft, fraud and tax evasion. An audit revealed that there was multiple business names used for Utica Township Volunteer fire and New Chapel Ems.

Which made it harder to track public funds.

"You still seem to think that the Utica Volunteer Fire Department's your personal piggy bank," Medlock said. "All the while, every day, individuals are trying to survive working paycheck to paycheck with their own money — that they've worked hard for — while you were out flaunting luxuries acquired allegedly at the expense of taxpayers."

Auditors said from 2019 to 2023 New Chapel EMS received about $3.8 million from Clark and Floyd county taxpayers.

Over that same time period Noel allegedly allowed about $4.4 million to be charged to the New Chapel EMS Amex.

"You had or did have an airplane, a train that was hidden, exotic motor vehicles, harem of women, at least 3 mansions," Medlock said.

His home on Old Taylor Bridge is his primary residence but documents said he also owns a home on Turnberry Drive near the Jeffersonville riverfront.

Auditors said he used the New Chapel credit card for $16,000 worth of new appliances there, along with thousands in other home repairs.

As for the for exotic and classic cars, police said those would be stored at a barn where car lifts were also allegedly fraudulently purchased.

Misty and Kasey Noel are facing multiple felony charges for theft and tax evasion. Kasey Noel was arrested in March on nine felony charges, including five counts of theft and four counts of tax evasion. Search warrants in the corruption case of Jamey Noel indicate his daughter charged more than $100,000 to the Utica Volunteer Fire Department and New Chapel EMS.

According to the detailed charges, Kasey Noel purchased clothing, tanning, cosmetics, manicure and pedicure services, food, tickets, trips, alcohol, utilities, vaping products, gas, Netflix and items from Amazon. The charges occurred between October 2018 and September 2023, totaling $108,660.59.

A jury trial for Jamey Noel is scheduled to begin in November.

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