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Augusta County supervisors debate minutes wording, legal reimbursements and Alford pleas
Summary
Supervisors debated the November 12 minutes and whether they should reflect that deputies entered Alford pleas rather than were "innocent." A motion to amend the minutes to add that language failed 4–3; the board then approved the minutes as originally presented, 5–2. The exchange included a December letter from an Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney clarifying the court outcomes.
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors spent an extended portion of the meeting debating whether to alter the wording of the Nov. 12 meeting minutes to reflect the court outcomes of two deputies for whom the board considered reimbursing legal expenses.
One supervisor asked that the minutes explicitly state the deputies entered Alford pleas and were not acquitted. That supervisor read a…
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