Upshur County Dismisses Maintenance Leader
Posted/updated on: November 22, 2012 at 11:32 am
GILMER — Upshur County Commissioners fired 19-year Building Maintenance Supervisor Charles Daniels on Monday after finding he violated trustee labor rules, County Judge Dean Fowler said. According to KETK, commissioners voted 3-0 to terminate Daniels. Commissioner James Crittenden abstained from the vote.
Fowler said he does not believe criminal charges could result from the findings; however, he said they were serious enough that the court had to end Daniels employment. He said the violations are grounds for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education to revoke Daniels’ jailer certification.
Video surveillance that county obtained from Sam’s showed that Daniels had left the inmates in a vehicle in the parking lot without supervision while he was inside the store for more than half an hour, Fowler said. The vehicle was marked as belonging to Upshur County.
