ANOTHER AWARD FOR BJ'S STEPHANIE WARSMITH

 

STEPHANIE WARSMITH (ABOVE) AND BELOW WITH VICTIMS GROUP CEO/PRESIDENT LEANNE GRAHAM

Victim Services Award latest honor for BJ’s Stephanie Warsmith

 

BJ reporter Stephanie Warsmith received the Rev. Dr. Robert A. Denton Outstanding Victim Services Award from the Summit County Victim Assistance Program for her supportive actives about crime victims and their needs.

The group’s president/CEO Leanne Graham praises Stephanie’s 25 years of work for 25 years at the BJ.

The award is named for after the founder of Victim Services, Denton, an ordained minister, police academy graduate, police chaplain and sociologist who is retired.

Stephanie also has won a national police reporting award and numerous state journalism awards.

When Stephanie married her husband, Duane, in 2005 her father, Steve, was dying of cancer. She and Duane opted to marry in the backyard of Warsmith’s family home with just a few family members and friends present.

Denton traveled to Grove City south of Columbus to officiate the wedding.

For details about about services available to victims, visit https://victimassistanceprogram.org/victim-rights/  or call VAP 24/7 at (330) 376-0040.