A three-judge panel in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle has ordered the removal of two county commissioners from office due to their deliberate neglect of duties by consistently skipping public meetings. Jefferson County Commissioners Jennifer Krouse and Tricia Jackson were found to have engaged in a pattern of conduct that amounted to a willful refusal to perform their responsibilities.
The decision to remove Krouse and Jackson came over a month after their arrest on 42 misdemeanor charges, including failure to perform official duties and conspiracy to commit a crime against the state. The petition for their removal was filed by the Jefferson County prosecutor's office in November, leading to a hearing before the three-judge panel in late March.
