Sheriff Mark Pettway in January terminated Sgt. Judge Washington, who long served on a federal drug task force before being moved from that position.
The Jefferson County Personnel Board has overturned the firing of a veteran sheriff’s office sergeant who is the husband of Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington.Washington was fired amid alleged violations of department rules and regulations, including conduct unbecoming a classified employee and violation of any rule or regulation of the appointing authority, and failure to comply with instructions made and given by a superior officer or supervisor.
“The also found that Washington admitted his guilt after a series of less than truthful interviews and a failed polygraph test,’’ the report said. That inmate, records show, brought up the subject of bingo, which has long been the subject of controversy in Jefferson County.claiming Marshall’s office illegally seized $240,000 from a BBVA Bank account belonging to Bruce Pettway’s brokerage and consulting firm “ostensibly because of a $15,500 deposit into the account from bingo operations in Jefferson County.
The complaint against Washington said he met Kindall and talked about helping her with her then-ongoing federal case. He also talked about a 1966 Ford Mustang that Sheriff Mark Pettway had purchased with county funds, and that he would help her find it. Washington said he did not remember the conversation on the recording, but Kindall stated it was about Sheriff Pettway and the 1966 Mustang.
Washington said the incident that sparked the investigation was a jailhouse interview he conducted in the course of his duties assisting the FBI.
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