Lawrence County prison board votes to terminate three correctional officers

The Lawrence County Prison Board voted to terminate three correctional officers — badge numbers 6694, 6191 and 6502 — following an executive session on personnel, board members recorded during the meeting.

The actions came in three separate motions presented after the executive session. Each motion carried on a roll call vote with five members recorded as "yes" and one abstention by the attorney who participated in the roll call.

A board member moved to terminate officer No. 6694; the motion was seconded (recorded in the minutes as a second by "the patrol of Preston"). Roll call votes were recorded as: Commissioner Sonata — yes; Commissioner Vogler — yes; Controller — yes; President Judge Cox — yes; Attorney LaMacusa — abstain; Chair Colera — yes. The motion carried.

A separate motion to terminate officer No. 6191 was made and seconded (second recorded as Sherry Glare). The roll call recorded the same pattern of responses: Commissioners Sonata and Vogler, the Controller, and President Judge Cox voted yes; Attorney LaMacusa abstained; Chair Colera voted yes. That motion also carried.

A third motion to terminate officer No. 6502 was made after the executive session and was approved on roll call. Votes recorded were: Commissioner Sonata — yes; Commissioner Vogler — yes; Trevor — yes; President Judge Cox — yes; District Attorney (name as stated in the roll call) — abstain; Chair Colera — yes. The motion carried.

The meeting transcript indicates the three motions were made immediately after an executive session described as addressing personnel matters. The motions and roll-call results were read into the record and the chair declared the motions carried. No additional details about the grounds for the terminations, the officers' names beyond badge numbers, or subsequent personnel procedures were stated in the publicly read roll calls.

The board then moved to adjourn.