JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) — One of the Clark County Sheriff’ Department’s most veteran sergeants will keep his job after a merit board unanimously voted Wednesday to reinstate him.
Tom Higdon was on administrative leave after Sheriff Scottie Maples announced his recommendation to terminate him last year in a social media post. But Higdon believed he was being punished for not supporting his boss Maples for re-election.
In a hearing last month, Mickey Weber, Higdon’s attorney, said Maples is “willing to put people at risk in order to further his own personal interests and to silence criticism and opposition.”…