Dispatcher Suspended Over Campaign Signs

Lake County (Ill.) sheriff Mark Curran has suspended dispatcher Shantel Taylor after allegations were made that she tore down the her rival’s campaign signs for the city of Zion city council. Taylor will be paid during an investigation of the charges. According to Curran, a sheriff’s employee noticed Taylor arriving at the substation in Libertyville, removing campaign signs from her trunk and throwing them in a dumpster. Another employee found the signs in the dumpster and noticed they were for Taylor’s opponent in the election campaign. Curran said Taylor is an 11-year veteran of the agency, and that the matter has been referred to the county state’s attorney’s office. Taylor received the most votes in the election among 10 candidates for two council seats. Read more about the situation here.