Thursday, January 20, 2011
Putnam County Teacher Receives Suspended Sentence
WEST VIRGINIA....
Putnam County teacher Lura Jo Fisher of Eleanor has received a suspended sentence and placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to domestic battery. She still must serve 30 days at the Western Regional Jail on weekends. In December of 2009, Fisher was arrested for punishing her daughter for getting bad grades. The criminal complaint says those punishments included making the girl stand outside for 20 minutes, and when the daughter threw up Fisher made her pick it up with her hands and carry it into the house and put it in the commode.
Putnam County teacher Lura Jo Fisher of Eleanor has received a suspended sentence and placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to domestic battery. She still must serve 30 days at the Western Regional Jail on weekends. In December of 2009, Fisher was arrested for punishing her daughter for getting bad grades. The criminal complaint says those punishments included making the girl stand outside for 20 minutes, and when the daughter threw up Fisher made her pick it up with her hands and carry it into the house and put it in the commode.