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Public commenter alleges prosecutor ties to online site and criticizes local news coverage
Summary
A public commenter accused the prosecutor’s office and a local website of protecting misconduct and criticized mainstream outlets for not publishing a victim interview; the claims were made during public comment and were not debated or substantiated by county officials in the meeting.
During the public-comment period an attendee criticized local media and the prosecutor’s office and named a local website and individuals in alleging a cover-up related to a local criminal case. The commenter said the county prosecutor, identified in the remarks as Mark Decolvey, had appeared on a website and that the site’s operator was allied with local officials; the speaker named other individuals and asserted that a victim interview had been suppressed by other outlets but published by the commenter.
Those remarks were delivered as part of the comment period and were not contested or confirmed by county officials during the meeting. The board’s public-comment rules were repeated by staff—comments are limited to two minutes and no debate occurs during the period—and the board did not respond substantively to the allegations.
