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The tragic life of lawyer who smuggled cell phone into jail for Art Schlichter

UNION CITY — The alcohol, the glass after glass of hard liquor, had taken over long ago. But when exactly Linda Wagoner gave in to the bottle, her brother isn't sure.

Was it after she smuggled the first cell phone into jail for her client, ex-Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter? Or was it when she smuggled a second phone to him and was suspended by the Indiana Supreme Court?

Was it when she tried a different legal path and opened a law office in Angola, and ===when the locals heard about Linda and the cell phones? Clients vanished, and so did Linda's firm.