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MADERA - An inmate housed in the Madera County Department of Corrections escaped from custody early Wednesday evening. For the next three hours law enforcement agencies all around Madera County tracked down the escapee until he was re-captured three hours later near Madera County's Court House Park in the city of Madera.

Bryan Parry King (47), who was reportedly working in the facility’s kitchen area, went to take the trash out, then jumped the fence. His last direction of travel was on Olive Avenue. Bryan King’s last known residence is in Coarsegold.

MADERA - At Tuesday's meeting of the Madera County Board of Supervisors, Oakhurst CPA Todd Miller will be unanimously appointed to the position of Madera County Auditor/Controller. Miller will be the fourth auditor since 2008 and the first to be selected by the voters of Madera since former auditor Robert Dewall. Dewall was first elected in 1987.

In an article published by the Sierra Star on Friday, county administrative officer Eric Fleming stated that he would advise the board to select current auditor office number two, Karl Noyes to the interim auditor position. The only problem is Noyes doesn't want the job. Following her landslide loss to Miller last Tuesday, former appointed auditor Marcia Hall cleaned out her desk and quit, leaving another void in an out-of-control office.

***CONFIRMED***
MADERA COUNTY AUDITOR MARCIA HALL CLEANED OUT DESK AND EMAILED STAFF & BOARD OF SUPS "YOU DON'T DESERVE HIM, MAYBE YOU DIDN'T DESERVE ME EITHER."
***CONFIRMED***

 MADERA -  It's Miller Time in Madera County as Merced CPA Marcia Hall gets smacked in the nose with the football of truth; the voters did not want her as the Madera County Auditor. When the first absentee ballots were counted Tuesday night, Oakhurst CPA Todd Miller was leading the race by double digits and all night long his percentages never changed.

While the vote is still unofficial until it has been certified by Madera County Clerk Rebecca Martinez, Miller crushed Hall with 8087 votes to the appointed auditors 6155 or 56.6% to 43%. Even though four out of five of the Madera County Board of Supervisors, the Sierra Star and Madera Tribune supported her candidacy, the voters saw through all the smoke and mirrors and chose the most qualified candidate.

MADERA COUNTY - The existence of an investigation regarding harassment in the Madera County administration office has come to light but will not be discussed by the Madera County Board of Supervisors until after the June 3rd elections.

The county-commissioned report published by the Bickmore Risk Services of Sacramento was investigated by attorney Melissa McDonald. The Bickmore firm operates one of the nation’s largest independent risk management, pool management and actuarial consulting firms with a focus on public entities, such as municipalities, counties, and special districts.

MADERA - Madera Police Department dispatch received a call of shots fired in the area of Madera Ave. and Olive Ave Monday evening   Upon arrival, officers found that a Hispanic male, in his 20’s, had been shot multiple times.

Officers administered first aid and Pistoresi Ambulance transported the victim to Madera Community Hospital where he died from his wounds.

MADERA - A lawsuit has been filed against the Madera County Sheriff's Department claiming they fostered a hostile work environment, retaliation, religious discrimination, harassment and failure to prevent discrimination and retaliation. This charge is being leveled by the Sacramento law firm, The Bohm Law Group. The complaint stems from seven years of alleged harassment Deputy Ian Roth faced from a sergeant in the department.

According to court documents, the sergeant (who's name we will not release in this story) began his harassment of Roth when the deputy was assigned to the courtroom of Judge Jennifer Detjen in the Madera County Superior Court as a bailiff.