Injunction Granted Prior To Lawsuit

Prior to a civil lawsuit being filed in Washington County Common Pleas Court, a Peters Township attorney was granted an injunction. Jeffery Wertz filed a lawsuit making claims that attorney client privileged conversations he had with his clients were inappropriately recorded and the recordings were handed over to the district attorney. In an April 4, 2023 motion, a judge granted an injunction against Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC, The County of Washington, The Prison Board of Washington County and Washington County Correctional Facility Warden Jeffery Fewell. The injunction states that no phone call may be intercepted or recorded nor any mail be intercepted of copied between Wertz and his clients while he is attorney of record. Wertz proceeded to file that lawsuit against the same parties on April 17. In a text exchange, Washington County Commissioner Chairwoman Diana Irey-Vaughn acknowledged the injunction and referred to earlier statements she issued about the lawsuit indicating that “all policies were followed and that there was no wrong doing on behalf of Washington County.” Irey-Vaughn’s statement went on to describe the situation as “nothing more than theatrics and meritless nonsense.”