By Mark Gilger
NewsItem.com
SUNBURY — A correctional officer/maintenance man at Northumberland County Prison who was fired in June for stealing copper pipes from the jail before being acquitted of all charges is entitled to get his job back and receive approximately $95,000 in back pay, minus any income earned since he was suspended in February 2009.
During a brief emergency meeting Monday morning, members of Northumberland County Prison Board unanimously agreed to abide by an arbitrator’s ruling that allows Shane Hoffman, 40, of Sunbury, to be reinstated to his former position and claim back pay.
A motion by President Judge Robert B. Sacavage was approved to have Hoffman inform the prison board “expeditiously as possible” if he plans to reclaim his former position. A letter will sent to Hoffman’s attorney and union informing them of the prison board’s decision to abide by the arbitrator’s ruling.
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