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BY MIKE FUHRMAN
The allegations contained in the latest whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed against the Town of Mooresville and senior town officials include embarrassing new details about Mayor Chris Carney’s after-hours conduct in Town Hall.
Equally disturbing, however, are the allegations lodged against senior town officials — including the town manager, police chief and town attorney — in the federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the town’s former Innovation and Technology director.
Christopher Lee is the third former town employee to file a federal lawsuit against the town, Carney, and other officials in connection with the mayor’s actions in the early morning hours of October 10, 2024, when he spent more than four hours in Town Hall with a former town communications contractor.
In the 58-page complaint filed Wednesday by attorneys Christopher Adkins and Christerfer Purkey, Lee claims that after he reviewed CCTV footage and digital records detailing Carney and contractor Jaime Gatton’s activities that night, he reported the incident to senior town officials.
Instead of conducting an investigation, the lawsuit alleges, Town Manager Tracey Jerome, Police Chief Ron Campurciani, Town Attorney Sharon Crawford and others treated the incident like “a false alarm.” When Lee refused to go along with efforts to suppress, conceal or “lose” the video and associated records, senior officials...
Kenneth Scott Miller, 48, is charged with a felony count of making a false report to law enforcement. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $500 bond. According to an Escambia County ...