Warden Hogue Resigns from Duty
In this KP File Photo, Jail Warden David Hogue is congratulated by County Commissioner Rich Fink during his “Warden of the Year” award reception last year. Yesterday, Fink and other members of the County Prison Board accepted Hogue’s resignation following a seven-week suspension.
from the KP NewsDesk
After a nearly-eight week suspension, Armstrong County Jail Warden David Hogue resigned his title yesterday morning.
Hogue’s resignation was approved by Armstrong County Prison Board members during their monthly meeting yesterday in the Commissioners’ Conference Room in downtown Kittanning.
Hogue’s resignation takes effect in five weeks, November 12.
Deputy Warden Matt Roofner will continue as Acting Warden during the continued search for a replacement.
Hogue was suspended without pay since August 13 during an internal investigation through District Attorney Scott Andreassi’s office and another by CSI Investigations, of Monaca (Beaver County). Both officers were investigating the July 30 escape of Robert Crissman – who allegedly also murdered a Rayburn Township woman potentially minutes following.
Assistant District Attorney Kathleen Charlton wrote in her 40-page investigation report that Crissman shouldn’t have received trustee-status so quickly due to symptoms of withdrawal noted by fellow cellmates before his escape. Crissman was taken into custody by his probation officer after admitting to using a couple bags of heroin.
Though, intake officers noted no behaviors that would have shown Crissman’s escape potential – which he did when he volunteered for tray duty that morning without notice.
Charlton also noted that only one corrections officer could have been observing Crissman’s route through the jail and to the outside receiving area due to increased activity.
Hogue began his service with Armstrong County as a per diem corrections officer in April 1984, and was promoted to full-time the next year. He was promoted to warden in January 2006 and assisted in the transition from the old facility to the 155-inmate jail that was completed in 2003.
Hogue was named “Warden of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Prison Wardens Association in 2014.
Local News | KP NewsDesk October 9, 2015
