Jailer put on unpaid leave

Decatur Daily Democrat:

The three Adams County Commissioners approved on Monday a six-page "findings of fact and conclusions of law" written by a special legal counsel, Fort Wayne lawyer "Tuck" Hopkins, in regard to a closed-door hearing held by the commissioners in September concerning an incident in August involving a jailer and an inmate at the county jail.

The incident between Nick Yoder, a six-year veteran jailer, and inmate Elisabeth Stinson, in which Yoder allegedly roughly handled Stinson and handcuffed her after she caused a ruckus in a holding cell, led to the commissioners' finding against Yoder on three counts: