Fayette County’s 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’ 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 “given” 53 hours of mandatory overtime this month, said the president of the union that represents the jail’s guards. Chase Rutherford, president of the United Mine Workers of America Local 911, came to the county’s jail board ...
When a Fayette County judge sentenced Mark Lucic to prison earlier this month for killing a teenage girl while driving drunk, his sentence did not sit well with the victim’s father. While Lucic’s total sentence was six to 20 years, the sentence for the homicide by vehicle while driving ...
An off-duty state police liquor enforcement officer died Monday after he was stabbed on the Montour Trail in Moon Township, Allegheny County. Court documents state that at about 3 p.m. Monday, Moon Township police were called to the trail near 1953 Hassam Road, where Benjamin Brallier was ...
