Delaware County Sheriff to retire
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Could be... but I wonder how much "incentive" they are giving him to do so. I'll bet it was/is a pretty good package plus the lawsuit goes away or that could be additional money for retirement. Politics... gotta love it.wa8pyr said:
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DELAWARE, Ohio -- Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers announced that he will be retiring later this year, NBC 4 reported. Sources confirmed that Myers' resignation was submitted late Friday afternoon, and his retirement will be effective on May 31, NBC 4's Tacoma Newsome reported. According to The Delaware Gazette, the Ohio Ethics Commission and the Delaware County prosecutor's office is currently investigating the sheriff's office. Details on the investigation were not available.
I agree. It's about time. Fire a female deputy after her husband (a Columbus Police Department Officer) was murdered (her just haviing had a baby!)
Sueing the county commissioners over the COUNTY OWNED radio system and having the gaul to ASK THEM for the money to pay for it.
Seems like he's not up to speed with today's laws, procedures, CIVIL SERVICE RULES, the Department of Administrative Services or today's way of doing things. ! ! !
Steve/KB8FAR
CVPI4Ever said:
I agree. It's about time. Fire a female deputy after her husband (a Columbus Police Department Officer) was murdered (her just haviing had a baby!)
Sueing the county commissioners over the COUNTY OWNED radio system and having the gaul to ASK THEM for the money to pay for it.
Seems like he's not up to speed with today's laws, procedures, CIVIL SERVICE RULES, the Department of Administrative Services or today's way of doing things. ! ! !
Steve/KB8FAR
omartin3
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Just stay tuned.....thiink you will see alot of things come down this week on this matter...my gut feeling is it has nothing to do with the radio lawsuit.....give it til next Friday and keep watching the news....
....just a hunch. lol
....just a hunch. lol
Hmmm?
Com on....Ya can't get off THAT easy!!! What ELSE has he gotten in to? At least give us a hint!!!
Should we watch TV? The Dispatch, what?
We don't get Columbus channel 4 down here in Gallia County. We do get 6 & 10, the Dispatch....
Steve/Gallia
omartin3 said:
Com on....Ya can't get off THAT easy!!! What ELSE has he gotten in to? At least give us a hint!!!
Should we watch TV? The Dispatch, what?
We don't get Columbus channel 4 down here in Gallia County. We do get 6 & 10, the Dispatch....
Steve/Gallia
omartin3
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Charges Filed Against Delaware Co. Sheriff
As I said....if you haven't already heard today's news...he has been charged formally by the Delaware Co. Prosecutor's Office...... Here is the link I heard today.... keep watching this....
http://www.wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=118673&article=1920997
Charges Filed Against Delaware County Sheriff
By WTVN Newsroom
Charges have been filed against Sheriff Al Myers in the Municipal Court of Delaware County by Prosecuting Attorney Dave Yost.
Charges include one count of conflict of interest and one count receiving improper compensation--both first degree misdemeanors.
Myers submitted his resignation on Friday.
Chief Deputy Gil Borchers was selected to serve as acting Sheriff until a permanent replacement is appointed.
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As I said....if you haven't already heard today's news...he has been charged formally by the Delaware Co. Prosecutor's Office...... Here is the link I heard today.... keep watching this....
http://www.wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=118673&article=1920997
Charges Filed Against Delaware County Sheriff
By WTVN Newsroom
Charges have been filed against Sheriff Al Myers in the Municipal Court of Delaware County by Prosecuting Attorney Dave Yost.
Charges include one count of conflict of interest and one count receiving improper compensation--both first degree misdemeanors.
Myers submitted his resignation on Friday.
Chief Deputy Gil Borchers was selected to serve as acting Sheriff until a permanent replacement is appointed.
Copyright © 2003-2007 Clear Channel. All rights reserved.
From the Cols Dispatch....
Charges filed against Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers
Monday, April 2, 2007 2:56 PM
By Jane Hawes
FOR THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
DELAWARE, Ohio -- Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers was charged today with improperly taking money for off-duty work and for allowing a relative to receive commissions for vehicles purchased for the county.
Myers resigned Friday and will leave office June 1. The first-degree misdemeanor charges were filed by Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost this morning.
Myers, who had held his office since 1992, is accused of one count of improper compensation. Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost said Myers received payment while performing off-duty work in 2005 for the Delaware County Agricultural Society which oversees the annual Delaware County Fair, as well as for off-duty work at a horse sale at the county fairgrounds.
Another charge conflict of interest states that between September 2005 and November 2006 a member of Myers' family was paid commissions on the purchase of four motor vehicles through the Sheriff's Department.
Paul Nick, the OEC's chief investigative attorney, said his office had initiated the investigation and passed the information it uncovered to the county.
"It's been going for some time," Nick said. He declined to identify the source of the complaint which triggered the investigation.
Yost said an arraignment was scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, pending the appointment of a visiting judge to handle the case. Yost said a visiting judge was being appointed because he didn't think Delaware Municipal Court Judge David Sunderman felt comfortable handling the case.
Yost said each charge carries with it a maximum penalty of 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Myers selected Chief Deputy Gil Borchers to serve as interim sheriff until his resignation becomes official on June 1.
Yost said Myers had the authority to appoint a replacement until his time as sheriff officially ended. On June 1, county commissioners would have the authority to appoint an interim sheriff, but sometime between June 6 and July 20, the Delaware County Republican Party's central committee would have to appoint a replacement to fill the balance of Myers' term through 2008.
Robert Cornwell, executive director of the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association, said he had not heard that charges were filed against Myers, but “image-wise, it hurts all elected officials,” he said.
Myers has been embroiled in a series of personal and legal problems in recent years.
In 2001, commissioners agreed to pay former Deputy Wendell Jackson $50,000 to settle a racial-discrimination claim filed against the sheriff with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Jackson, who is black, said he was the target of racial slurs by a white lieutenant.
The sheriff's office faced scrutiny again in 2004, when the Ohio Civil Rights Commission ruled that Myers wrongly fired Deputy Marissa Hurst after refusing her request for light duty during pregnancy. An arbitrator also ruled against Myers in the case and ordered the sheriff to reinstate Hurst. Hurst resigned from her job and was paid $150,000 by Delaware County as part of a settlement that ended the sexual-discrimination complaint.
More allegations against Myers came on Feb. 23 this year, when Deputy Brian Carter filed a complaint with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Carter claimed that Myers suspended him from regular duty for three days in August 2005 and restricted him from performing special duty for 30 days. Carter was punished for leaving a special-duty assignment.
And last week, a former lieutenant filed a federal lawsuit against Myers, claiming that the sheriff wrongly fired him in retaliation for his support of union organizing by sergeants.
Kevin A. Savage also claims that Myers fired him to preclude him from disclosing the sheriff's involvement in "certain illegal and/or unethical practices" and because he feared that the lieutenant would become a political rival.
Charges filed against Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers
Monday, April 2, 2007 2:56 PM
By Jane Hawes
FOR THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
DELAWARE, Ohio -- Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers was charged today with improperly taking money for off-duty work and for allowing a relative to receive commissions for vehicles purchased for the county.
Myers resigned Friday and will leave office June 1. The first-degree misdemeanor charges were filed by Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost this morning.
Myers, who had held his office since 1992, is accused of one count of improper compensation. Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost said Myers received payment while performing off-duty work in 2005 for the Delaware County Agricultural Society which oversees the annual Delaware County Fair, as well as for off-duty work at a horse sale at the county fairgrounds.
Another charge conflict of interest states that between September 2005 and November 2006 a member of Myers' family was paid commissions on the purchase of four motor vehicles through the Sheriff's Department.
Paul Nick, the OEC's chief investigative attorney, said his office had initiated the investigation and passed the information it uncovered to the county.
"It's been going for some time," Nick said. He declined to identify the source of the complaint which triggered the investigation.
Yost said an arraignment was scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, pending the appointment of a visiting judge to handle the case. Yost said a visiting judge was being appointed because he didn't think Delaware Municipal Court Judge David Sunderman felt comfortable handling the case.
Yost said each charge carries with it a maximum penalty of 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Myers selected Chief Deputy Gil Borchers to serve as interim sheriff until his resignation becomes official on June 1.
Yost said Myers had the authority to appoint a replacement until his time as sheriff officially ended. On June 1, county commissioners would have the authority to appoint an interim sheriff, but sometime between June 6 and July 20, the Delaware County Republican Party's central committee would have to appoint a replacement to fill the balance of Myers' term through 2008.
Robert Cornwell, executive director of the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association, said he had not heard that charges were filed against Myers, but “image-wise, it hurts all elected officials,” he said.
Myers has been embroiled in a series of personal and legal problems in recent years.
In 2001, commissioners agreed to pay former Deputy Wendell Jackson $50,000 to settle a racial-discrimination claim filed against the sheriff with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Jackson, who is black, said he was the target of racial slurs by a white lieutenant.
The sheriff's office faced scrutiny again in 2004, when the Ohio Civil Rights Commission ruled that Myers wrongly fired Deputy Marissa Hurst after refusing her request for light duty during pregnancy. An arbitrator also ruled against Myers in the case and ordered the sheriff to reinstate Hurst. Hurst resigned from her job and was paid $150,000 by Delaware County as part of a settlement that ended the sexual-discrimination complaint.
More allegations against Myers came on Feb. 23 this year, when Deputy Brian Carter filed a complaint with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Carter claimed that Myers suspended him from regular duty for three days in August 2005 and restricted him from performing special duty for 30 days. Carter was punished for leaving a special-duty assignment.
And last week, a former lieutenant filed a federal lawsuit against Myers, claiming that the sheriff wrongly fired him in retaliation for his support of union organizing by sergeants.
Kevin A. Savage also claims that Myers fired him to preclude him from disclosing the sheriff's involvement in "certain illegal and/or unethical practices" and because he feared that the lieutenant would become a political rival.
Communications Suit !
OK, since you folks up that will better know what's going on, can you keep us updated on the status of where he sued the county commissioners for "Control" over the 911 Center and or the communications system there in Delaware County.
We're VERY interested in hat down south here.
We have a sheriff that has tried to do that too. Hasn't sued yet, but, he was taking his notes from the Geauga County Sheriff who sued, won, lost on apeal, appealed THAT apeal then died....Nothing more heard from there....
Then the Delaware County Sheriff started HIS suit....
So, please let us know what happens !!!!
Thanks,
Steve
OK, since you folks up that will better know what's going on, can you keep us updated on the status of where he sued the county commissioners for "Control" over the 911 Center and or the communications system there in Delaware County.
We're VERY interested in hat down south here.
We have a sheriff that has tried to do that too. Hasn't sued yet, but, he was taking his notes from the Geauga County Sheriff who sued, won, lost on apeal, appealed THAT apeal then died....Nothing more heard from there....
Then the Delaware County Sheriff started HIS suit....
So, please let us know what happens !!!!
Thanks,
Steve
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CVPI4Ever said:
I coulnd't agree more. Great agency with great personnel......
I have it from good sources Today at 1:00 pm. He is pleading guilty!
http://www.municipalcourt.org/videostreams.asp
But hear that he gets to remain in office until June 1 resignation takes effect....amazing what strange politics bedfellows makes.
I realize he hasn't plead guilty and is only accused right now.....but watch this situation....if he does indeed plead guilty he will be barred from holding public office for a period of at least 6 to 7 years....how the hell does someone then get to retain the position for up to 45 days? (of course, I'm only hypothesizing right now.....but let's just watch and see? Maybe the fix isn't in with Mr. Yost, the prosecutor who was quoted on a local tv channel as saying , "he was saddened by the situation to his friend [Sheriff Myers]." )
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As Predicted...the fix was in.
So, as I predicted earlier today...the fix was in.
Sheriff Myers pleads guilty to both counts and has tendered his resignation effective May 31, 2007 leaving his choice of replacement in place as Acting Sheriff until June 1, when he will be sentenced. This all as part of a plea arrangement with the Prosecuting Attorney's office...what a disgrace.
Great idea.....let's help a man who has committed these crimes untilizing his elected office to do so make the time element to pad his state funded retirement.
Hopefully , the fine men and women of the DCSO can get on with life and the distractions of EX-Sheriff Myers. I applaud all of them for a great professionalism despite the thier leaderships true lack of vision and respect for the law and it's people.
So, as I predicted earlier today...the fix was in.
Sheriff Myers pleads guilty to both counts and has tendered his resignation effective May 31, 2007 leaving his choice of replacement in place as Acting Sheriff until June 1, when he will be sentenced. This all as part of a plea arrangement with the Prosecuting Attorney's office...what a disgrace.
Great idea.....let's help a man who has committed these crimes untilizing his elected office to do so make the time element to pad his state funded retirement.
Hopefully , the fine men and women of the DCSO can get on with life and the distractions of EX-Sheriff Myers. I applaud all of them for a great professionalism despite the thier leaderships true lack of vision and respect for the law and it's people.
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