Friday, October 10, 2008

Update on Ruston Civil Service Commissioner

A few months ago, some information surfaced about Bill Walker, one of Ruston's civil service commissioners. Local resident Shirley Jones had registered a compliant alleging sexual assault. That case has now been investigated by the Ruston police department and was thought to have been sent to the prosecutor's office for review in early September. The prosecutor will make the final determination whether if any charges will be filed against Mr. Walker.

I checked with the prosecutors office this week on the status of the case. Mary Robinette, one of the county prosecutors, said the case had not been sent to her office. It turns out it had fallen through the cracks and not gotten past the records department. Ms. Robinette thought it would take a couple of weeks to review the case and make a decision about what charges, if any, will be filed.

As background on this issue, the following letter came up. I have obtained the official record from the town, along with the supporting documentation about the employees complaints. As a public official Mr. Walker should be held to a higher standard of scrutiny. That's why this information is here. But it is very, very important to remember Mr. Walker has not been charged with any crime at this time, and may not be on this case.







3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yuk!

Anonymous said...

Karen,

Is there really any purpose is stirring this fire?

I'm constantly hearing on this blog how you don't like the divisiveness in this town, but you seem to encourage it whenever possible.

It's obvious you don't like this Bill Walker guy, and from what I've read, he seems like a pretty crude old man that rides a scooter (this is the guy people have called "scooter Bill", right?). But that's it, he's a crude old man. If charges are filed after every rude or crude comment in this world, we'd have even more lawyers than we do already.

If charges are filed, let us know. Otherwise, let the authorities figure out whether the charges have merit and quit needlessly stirring things up the town in the meantime.

Anonymous said...

I disagree. Mr. Walker is not just a "crude old man" as you put it. He is a public official and his actions are of concern to the community he has been appointed to serve. I've been very careful to stress the facts in this investigation. If he were not a civil service commissioner, none of this would be posted.