Spokesman Review
MONROE, Wash. — Three corrections officers have been fired for their actions the night their colleague Jayme Biendl was killed in the chapel of the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe.
The complex’s superintendent announced Wednesday that one officer was fired for being outside his assigned zone, another for falsifying a logbook entry indicating the chapel had been cleared of prisoners, and the third for failing to properly inspect and secure the chapel when the prisoner accused in the killing was located. All three also were accused of lying to investigators.
Biendl was strangled on Jan. 29. Inmate Byron Scherf has been charged with murder.
In addition to the three firings, a lieutenant and a sergeant were demoted, and two other officers received reprimands.
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