For the past seven months, a top prosecutor in the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office, a lawyer making more than $140,000 a year, has been paid by the county to stay home.
The Sarpy County Board blocked him from offices in the courthouse and revoked his access to the computer systems and files he’d need to do his job.
The prosecutor’s sidelining, following accusations of misconduct and an internal investigation, has laid bare a power struggle between the longtime elected county attorney, who has refused to dismiss the prosecutor, and the elected county board, which has demanded he be fired…