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Bank sued by former manager
By TODD KLEFFMAN
tkleffman@amnews.com
STANFORD — A former
employee of PBK Bank has
filed a lawsuit against the
bank alleging that bank officials conspired to make him
the fall guy for their bad
banking decisions.
David Woodall, former
manager of the PBK branch
in Mount Vernon, filed the
complaint last week in Lincoln Circuit Court. Among
the defendants are PBK
president Jack Johnson,
CEO Bruce Edgington, secretary Stanley Buris, CFO
Joye Hunt and several members of the bank’s board of
directors. Also named is
Ralph Weikel, of Performance Management, an outside firm that was called in
to review the bank’s practices.
Neither PBK nor any of
the other defendants have
yet responded to the allegations in the complaint.
According to the lawsuit,
Woodall worked at the bank
from 2004 until he was terminated in March of last
year. He was fired, the complaint states, because he
complained to the board
that he believed “co-workers
were falsifying reports, omitting reports, altering his reports and other reports, and
changing minutes of meetings.”
Edgington told Woodall
that Hunt had lied about
Woodall to Weikel, who was
reviewing the bank’s practices. e complaint also alleges Edgington and Weikel
conspired with other bank
officials “to shift blame for
bad banking practices from
Edgington to Woodall.”
Woodall’s attorney, Jerry
Cox of Mount Vernon, de-
clined on ursday to elaborate on the alleged “bad
banking practices” or any
other specifics of the case
until after the defendants
have filed their responses.
e lawsuit alleges that
Woodall was the subject of
harrassment and retaliation,
including being demoted
and ultimately being fired,
because he complained
about the improper practices at the bank.
He also suffered emotional stress and embarrasment. He has lost wages and
health insurance, and is no
longer able to work in the
banking industry, the complaint states.
e lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive
damages against the bank
and the defendants in their
official and individual capacities.
Perryville to punish passive pet owners
By JOANNA KING
jking@amnews.com
Clay Jackson/cjackson@amnews.com
A horse grazes in a field recently on Dry Branch Road, the colors of spring in evidence.
POLICE
blotter
Editor’s note: Taken
from the Danville 911
records, the Police Blotter
represents a history of the
initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to
investigate complaints. It is
not necessarily an indication of what the officer
found upon arrival at the
scene, or of how police may
have dealt with the complaint.
APRIL 4
3:07 a.m., caller advised someone broke the window of her vehicle in the parking lot across
from the city parking garage.
9:57 a.m., complaint of neighbor dispute on North Street now
in progress; assistance given.
11:28 a.m., report of an SUV
sitting in a field on Scrubgrass
Road in Gravel Switch; vehicle belongs to farm’s new owner.
12:05 p.m., report of a domestic altercation in progress in parking lot on Walker Court.
12:11 p.m., female caller from
Shaker Point Apartments advised
her ex-boyfriend just left with her
mailbox and house keys; officer
advised it was a verbal domestic
and both subjects have calmed
down.
12:13 p.m., caller advised that
her 16-year-old brother is yelling
profanities at her and is out of
control.
1:48 p.m., a male at a horse
farm on Perryville Road has been
kicked in the head; assistance
given.
1:50 p.m., female has had
money stolen from her bank account; assistance given.
2:06 p.m., female at Walmart
had her purse stolen; loss prevention called back and said a customer has turned in the purse.
2:46 p.m., two-vehicle collision
on South Fourth Street.
4:45 p.m., report of an elderly
male on West Lexington Avenue
receiving fraudulent emails.
5:52 p.m., caller is his
mother’s power of attorney and
wants to speak to an officer about
possible domestic abuse to her.
6:03 p.m., report of smoke
coming from under the door of a
vacant Meadow Run apartment;
6:11 p.m., fire department has
command.
7:25 p.m., report that neighborhood juveniles have damaged
the siding on caller’s Dorothy Avenue home.
10:53 p.m., a suspicious male
at Comfort Suites is inquiring
about a guest there; he is now
walking around the business; arrest made.
11:43 p.m., report of a verbal
disturbance with the caller and
the father of her child; he has
threatened to take the child.
Fire hydrant flushing and testing
Danville fire officials will continue flushing hydrants
throughout the city to ensure they work in an emergency.
Signs will be posted in each area before flushing begins.
Streets include adjacent areas and roadways. Rain and
emergencies may delay testing. Flushing will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. on the following days:
Monday: Maple Avenue area, Argyll subdivision, Hardee
Street area and Caldwell Manor.
Tuesday: Downtown area, includes Broadway to Martin
Luther King to include area around Centre College campus.
Firefighters will also be testing the downtown area beginning at 7 p.m. to avoid traffic problems.
Wednesday: West Danville, Boyle County High School
area, Millennium Park and Lebanon Road to the intersection of the bypass.
Thursday: Ben Ali area, Danville Square, Bluegrass subdivision and Bluegrass Pike.
Friday: South Fourth Street, Kentucky School for the Deaf
area, stockyards area and J.E. Woods Drive.
Hydrant flushing may cause discoloration of your household water in or near the areas being tested, which is a result of iron deposits being disturbed during the flushing
process. Iron deposits can build up inside pressure tanks,
water heaters and water pipes. It occasionally breaks loose,
causing rusty water when faucets are first opened. is happens especially when city or household water lines are disturbed and rust breaks loose from old pipes.
Customers are advised to check their water for signs of
discoloration prior to doing laundry. If you notice discoloration in the water, let it run until it clears before doing
laundry. is usually takes less than five minutes. If laundry
appears stained, keep the articles wet and rewash them
using a rust-removing compound. Do not use bleach on
stained laundry, as it will “set” the stain.
For more information, call (859) 238-1211.
Be warned, residents of
and visitors to Perryville,
Chief Charlie Parks has an
ordinance, and he is not
afraid to use it.
Discussed in the regular
session meeting of the City
Council was the growing
problem of pet owners who
walk their dogs downtown
but don’t clean up the excrement the dogs leave behind.
Mayor Anne Sleet proposed
an ordinance that would
allow police to issue a citation and collect a $50 fine for
each occurrence.
Also considered was
amending some current ordinances to save money and
time.
Parks performed an impromptu search of existing
ordinances and found that
the same one proposed already is on the books.
Parks also asked to have
published the following:
“e City of Perryville will
be strictly enforcing all city
ordinances for tall grass;
yards with excessive trash;
blowing grass clippings into
the roadway; abandoned vehicles in yards or on streets;
and any other violations
during the grass cutting season from April 1 through
Oct. 1, so please keep your
yards mowed and all unnecessary trash picked up and
all junk vehicles moved
away so we can keep our city
beautiful and clean. If you
own property in Perryville
and do not live here, please
make sure someone is taking care of your property to
avoid violations.”
Council also moved a few
steps forward in a no-pay
contract with Tim Simpson
as artist-in-residence. Simpson already serves in that
role but having the title in an
official capacity would allow
Simpson to apply for grants
and offset expenses for the
free services he already provides.
Simpson is lobbying for
the third floor of the Community Center, currently
used as storage, as an artist’s
studio.
Drafting an agreement
free from any city liability
and installing an additional
upstairs door to bring the
space into code compliance
is expected to take less than
two weeks. e council
agreed to this plan once the
details have been addressed.
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