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| Supervisor cited with unlawful imprisonment |
| By thetimestribune.com |
| Published: 10/05/2011 |
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A Whitley County Detention Center employee was cited with second-degree unlawful imprisonment after he refused to allow a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy to leave the jail, according to court documents and Whitley County Jailer Ken Mobley. According to the citation and a criminal complaint signed by Deputy Cody Harrell, Jail Supervisor Donald L. McElroy was cited Saturday after he refused multiple requests by Cody Harrell to open a door so that the deputy could leave the jail. Mobley said the citation was issued after McElroy refused to accept a man — Johnny Satterfield — who was one of three people arrested for public intoxication and brought to the jail by Cody Harrell, who is Sheriff Colan Harrell’s son, and Ken Shepherd. Cody Harrell and Ken Shepherd brought the three people to the jail about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Mobley said. McElroy was in the process of booking the three people when he noted that Satterfield was too intoxicated to answer any questions. Mobley said McElroy reported that Satterfield could not keep his eyes open and kept sliding down the wall of the booking room. McElroy advised Cody Harrell and Ken Shepherd that Satterfield would have to be taken to the hospital to be cleared medically for his own safety before he could be booked into the jail. According to Mobley, McElroy said that Deputy Cody Harrell contacted his supervisor, Deputy Shawn Jackson, who then contacted Sheriff Colan Harrell. Mobley said Sheriff Colan Harrell called a judge for a verbal order so Satterfield could be cited and released. After the judge issued the verbal order, Mobley said that Cody Harrell wrote the citation against Satterfield. Cody Harrell then tried to leave the jail without Satterfield. At the time, Cody Harrell had pulled his police cruiser inside the detention center where inmates are typically processed. In order to leave the area, an automatic door must be opened. According to the criminal complaint, McElroy “refused to allow Deputy Harrell to leave after several requests. The defendant (McElroy) informed Deputy Harrell he was not leaving the jail with the prisoner.” Read More. |
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