Upshur County Treasurer Held in Contempt of Court

GILMER — Upshur County Treasurer Brandy Vick has been taken into custody after being found in contempt of court. Vick refused to move her chair across the Upshur County Justice Center while handing jurors their payment for service. According to the Longview News Journal, Upshur County’s 115th District Judge Lauren Parish issued the order Monday for Vick to be taken into jail custody. She is not to be released from the jail until she appears before the court. Vick had set up next to Justice of the Peace Lyle Potter’s office inside the Upshur County Justice Center to pay jurors for service of the 115th District Court. Vick said she was asked to set up there by Sheriff Anthony Betterton, who, Vick said, had told her that was the safest location in the building. But, when she refused to move, the judge found her in contempt.