Sheriff's Office selects three candidates from eligibility list; two names stricken after three pass-overs
Summary
Acting for the Sheriff, Chief Deputy Tom Young selected Kade Stevens, De'Von Dorsey and Cameron Ford to fill three vacancies; two candidates were passed over three times and removed from the list under West Virginia law, leaving the list depleted.
On Aug. 26 Chief Deputy Tom Young, appearing on behalf of Sheriff Robert A. Blair, proceeded with selection of potential Deputy Sheriff hires from the current Civil Service eligibility list.
Commissioner Wilson presented the top three eligible names for each vacancy in order, and Chief Young made selections for the first three openings: Kade Stevens, De'Von Dorsey and Cameron Ford. Because Nicholas Miller and Matthew Stotler were each passed over three times in favor of candidates ranked below them on the eligibility list, the Commission stricken their names under West Virginia Code § 7-14-11. Chief Young confirmed concurrence with the results, and the Commission voted unanimously to accept the Sheriff's selections and closed the related issue. The current eligibility list was therefore depleted and remaining vacancies will be filled following the next testing cycle.
The Sheriff's written request to proceed with selections was included in the record as Attachment 3; in that email Chief Young wrote, "We respectfully request to be placed on the agenda for your meeting on August 26, 2026, so that we may proceed with the selection of potential Deputy Sheriffs."
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