I-TEAM UPDATE: More Richmond County Sheriff’s Office firings, demotions
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The fall-out continues after an incident at the Richmond County jail led to the arrests of multiple deputies.
We first showed you this exclusive video in February after a source gave it to our I-TEAM.
Radio traffic shows the call went out as a riot at the jail after inmates popped off sprinkler heads and flooded their pod.
This happened almost two years ago, but warrants say command staff only met about it recently because someone filed a civil rights complaint about it with the FBI.
Our I-TEAM learned more employees have been suspended over this incident, and another one has been fired.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t officially confirmed this yet, but multiple sources say Jennifer Shelton was fired.
This is a photo of her when she was promoted to lieutenant in June.
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Another photo posted to the RCSO website in 2018 shows Shelton being honored for 10 years of servie, so that would mean Shelton has been with the agency for at least 16 years.
We’re told she was fired for giving out warrants that had already been executed. Warrants are public records.
As we reported last month, defense attorneys asked command staff for them but were told no. We’re told she was also fired for not intervening in the jail incident.
At least from the body cam we have, she doesn’t appear to be there for the incident. From what we can tell, she comes in with several others when it’s pretty much over.
Multiple sources tell us two other sergeants, Troy Moses and Albert Parrish, were also demoted and suspended in connection to the jail incident.
The photos below are from their promotions. Parrish was just promoted this past November. Moses’promotion happened back in 2021.
Again, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has not offically confirmed this. We asked on Thursday, but we still have not received a response.
We checked with Georgia POST, the state agency that certifies law enforcement officers.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has 15 days to report firings and demotions.
So far, POST hasn’t been notified, but we’ll keep checking.
We’re also hearing other deputies have recently been disciplined because of this incident as well and are hopeful Sheriff Richard Roundtree will be transparent.
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