McCauley testifies at Benton lawsuit trial
Ex-county manager defends dissolving department, layoffs By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: May 10, 2021, 6:21pm
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3 Photos Former Clark County manager Mark McCauley, center, testifies Monday in the trial for a lawsuit brought by Don Benton against the county as Superior Court Judge Gregory Gonzales, top, looks on at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Clark County’s former manager intentionally left Councilors David Madore and Tom Mielke out of the loop on an environmental services department reorganization, he said, because he knew they had a close political relationship with the director, Don Benton.
Clark County man sentenced to 70 years in prison for deadly beating, shooting
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - The primary defendant in the April 2017 beating and fatal shooting of a man at a Hockinson property was sentenced Friday to about 70 years in prison.
A Clark County Superior Court jury found Neil Alway guilty last month of first- and second-degree murder, and two counts each of kidnapping and robbery in the death of Raymond C. Brandon, The Columbian reported.
Three co-defendants who agreed to testify against Alway at trial were sentenced earlier. John West and Traci Mendez received about 18 years for second-degree murder, and Ashley Wideman received a suspended sentence and credit for time served for unlawful imprisonment and rendering criminal assistance.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - The primary defendant in the April 2017 beating and fatal shooting of a man at a Hockinson property was sentenced Friday to about 70 years in prison.
A Clark County Superior Court jury found Neil Alway guilty last month of first- and second-degree murder, and two counts each of kidnapping and robbery in the death of Raymond C. Brandon, The Columbian reported.
Three co-defendants who agreed to testify against Alway at trial were sentenced earlier. John West and Traci Mendez received about 18 years for second-degree murder, and Ashley Wideman received a suspended sentence and credit for time served for unlawful imprisonment and rendering criminal assistance.
Benton testifies rumors of staff reorganization didn’t worry him By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor
Published: May 7, 2021, 6:10pm
Share: Don Benton waits for opening statements in his lawsuit trial against the county Monday at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Don Benton, the former director of the county’s now-defunct Department of Environmental Services, had heard rumblings of a department reorganization or dissolution as early as 2014, he testified Friday.
Additionally, about a week before he filed a whistleblower complaint with the county’s human resources director, an employee emailed him voicing concerns about a reorganization.