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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA former central Indiana bailiff is suing the county’s sheriff, alleging that he was fired because he planned to run for sheriff.
Vernon Jackson had been a security officer at the Delaware County Building in Muncie for about a decade before his firing last year.
His federal lawsuit names Sheriff Ray Dudley and the sheriff’s department and seeks back pay and damages.
Jackson, who’s a Republican, claims he was fired because he told Dudley, who’s a Democrat, that he intended to run for sheriff in 2018. Jackson contends he was the target of “bogus” writeups for supposed workplace failures and argues that he was dismissed after a “sham” disciplinary hearing last year.
Dudley told The Star Press of Muncie that he cannot discuss the pending litigation.
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