A former Washington County Detention Center sergeant was arrested Wednesday after being accused of assaulting an inmate earlier this year, according to a press release from Sheriff Ed Graybeal.
Shannon Lee Kinley, 44, was fired after an investigation. He was indicted by a grand jury presentment on charges of simple assault, official misconduct, and official oppression. He was booked into the Detention Center Wednesday and released on a $10,000 bond.
According to Graybeal, the investigation began after Kinley was alleged to have used âunnecessary force against an inmate and subsequently failed to properly document the event as per sheriffâs office policy.â
How do you raise starting pay to entice new employees without leaving veteran employees in the lurch?
That was a key topic addressed by leaders of the Washington County Sheriffâs Office and members of the countyâs Budget Committee during a frank discussion last week on employee hiring and pay issues.
Sheriff Ed Graybeal told committee members that while his office is among the best-equipped in the state, he is struggling to hire qualified deputies and jailers. That includes unfilled positions for school resource officers.
The sheriff said a number of young people today are more interested in âgetting that dollar bill,â meaning a job with a generous starting salary, rather than going to work in a job with a starting pay at $14.81 an hour with benefits.
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Fox News obtained exclusive photographs of the home where Josh s parents, Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, reside with several of their 19 kids in Springdale, Ark., just one day following the disgraced former 19 Kids and Counting star s arrest.
One onlooker tells Fox News the house appeared suspiciously quiet with little to no movement at the property on the afternoon of April 30, when Josh, 33, pleaded not guilty to receiving and possessing child porn. The only signs of life beyond the gates of the Duggar family home was one lone white dog, an eyewitness recalled to Fox News.
An Elizabethton man was arrested Friday on a two charges of soliciting a minor for sex, according to a Washington County Sheriffâs Office press release.
Shawn Harless, 37, was taken into custody on Little Stoney Creek Road in Carter County and transported to the Washington County Detention Center in Jonesborough.
According to the release, an investigation began in January that involved Harless soliciting nude images from a minor.
Heâs charged with solicitation of a person under 18 years of age, and solicitation of a minor to observe a sex act.
Harless was being held Friday on a $2,500 bond.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges next week.
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Joy-Anna Duggar and her husband Austin Forsyth have spoken out about the child pornography charges brought against her brother Josh Duggar.
The 23-year-old, also known as Joy-Anna Forsyth, and her spouse, 27, took to Instagram Stories on Saturday and addressed the controversy.
The 33-year-old was arrested on April 29 and has pleaded not guilty to two charges: one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The recent accusations brought against Josh sadden us to our core, the couple’s statement read, as quoted by People magazine. We have not wanted to be hasty in making any statements while trying to process the news ourselves. We are especially heartbroken by the reality that there are children in the world being harmed and exploited.