The latest round of grand jury indictments represent anotherverse of a familiar chorus, with drunk driving cases, sexualoffenses and bad checks getting prosecutors’ attention, courtofficials said.

In all, 58 indictments were returned by the grand jury duringthe two-day term that ended late Tuesday.

“It was quite a few DUIs again, unfortunately,” said AssistantDistrict Attorney Jerry Rushing. “I’m still concerned about thenumber of third offense DUIs we’re seeing.”

An indictment for felony DUI means a person has had two otherDUI convictions within the last five years. The continuedoccurrence of felony DUI charges was perplexing.

“It seems like they would learn how serious this is,” Rushingsaid.

Indictments are not made public until the accused is served witha copy of the court papers. Arraignments for indicted individualsis April 2 before Judge Keith Starrett.

“There were no murders or manslaughters, thank goodness,”Rushing said in reviewing indicted cases.

There were, however, a number of sexual battery cases involvingchildren under age 16.

“People have to realize they can’t have sex with a child,”Rushing said. “The age of consent is 16.”

Cases of burglaries and grand larcenies occupied a few of theindictment slots, and bad check cases continued take up grand jurytime.

“Probably 20 of the cases were for bad checks,” Rushingsaid.

Rushing also noticed a relatively new twist in the drug arena.He said four or five cases involved uttering forged prescriptionsor false pretenses to obtain a drug prescription.

“That concerns me,” Rushing said, speculating that some peoplemay be becoming addicted to prescription medications.