Mason's former police chief and a former police officer were indicted this week in Tipton County for falsifying timesheets and, effectively, committing payroll theft. Vatisha Barken, who led the department for a year, and Samuel Sutton, who worked for her, were charged with official misconduct. Sutton was also charged with theft under $10,000. The pair was indicted in Fayette … [Read more...] about Mason’s former police chief, officer face second round of indictments
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Former Mason police chief, officer indicted for pulling double duty and falsifying timesheets
Mason's former police chief and a former police officer were indicted this week in Fayette County for falsifying timesheets and, effectively, committing payroll theft. Vatisha Barken, who led the department for a year, and Samuel Sutton, who worked for her, were both charged with theft over $10,000, one count of official misconduct, and one count of false entry in governmental … [Read more...] about Former Mason police chief, officer indicted for pulling double duty and falsifying timesheets
The Town of Mason is, again, without a police department
Just as it was back in 2016, the Town of Mason is without a police department. On Monday night, the city’s elected officials failed to accept the mayor’s appointment of Rick Jewell as its chief and also fired the department’s only full-time officer, Marvin Sutton for leaving the town unprotected when he was supposed to be working. “We need to have Mason Police Department closed … [Read more...] about The Town of Mason is, again, without a police department
