Upshur County Contempt Order Rescinded

GILMER — State district judge Lauren Parish has rescinded the contempt of court order she filed Monday against Upshur County Treasurer Brandy Vick. The order was filed Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, Vick was taken into custody after she refused to move her chair across the Upshur County Justice Center while handing jurors their payment for service. According to the Longview News Journal, the state district court judge issued the order Monday for Vick to be taken to jail. She was not to be released from the jail until she appears before the court. Vick had set up next to Justice of the Peace Lyle Potter’s office inside the Upshur County Justice Center to pay jurors for service of the 115th District Court. Vick said she was asked to set up there by Sheriff Anthony Betterton, who, Vick said, had told her that was the safest location in the building. But, when she refused to move, the judge found her in contempt.