A California man will head to jail for 3 to 6 years after pleading guilty to setting fire to California Manor in 2024. Christopher Demetrious Grasty, 40, pleaded guilty to one charge of arson at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday, according to District Attorney Jason Walsh. Grasty ...
State police arrested a Brownsville woman Wednesday after she was accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile. Krysta Leah Clark, 30, faces felony charges of aggravated indecent assault of someone less than 13 years old, indecent assault, and unlawful contact with a minor. According to the ...
Fayette County鈥檚 commissioners voted in favor of entering into a contract with the U.S. Department of Justice to house federal prisoners at the county jail. Commissioner Scott Dunn said the jail will be used to house prisoners who are awaiting trial. According to the proposed contract, U.S. ...
A recent pay increase for correctional officers has led to an influx of applicants and new hires at the Fayette County jail, officials said. The raises came after Chase Rutherford, president of the United Mine Workers of American Local 91, which represents correctional officers, voiced his ...
The Fayette County jail recently wrapped up its third semester of the IGNITE program, a pioneering rehabilitation initiative aimed at reducing recidivism. The inmates鈥� graduation came as Sheriff James Custer and Warden John Lenkey returned from New Mexico, where they played a key role in ...
A female correction officer at the Fayette County jail was 鈥済iven鈥� 53 hours of mandatory overtime this month, said the president of the union that represents the jail鈥檚 guards. Chase Rutherford, president of the United Mine Workers of America Local 911, came to the county鈥檚 jail board ...
