Three Pender County clerk's office employees resign after elected clerk's return
After the decision to allow Pender County Clerk of Superior Court Elizabeth Craver back in her position, three clerk's office employees have resigned.
On Friday, Superior Court Judge Kent Harrell decided in Craver's removal hearing that Craver did not willingly engage in misconduct and therefore could reclaim her position as clerk.
Camille Harrell was appointed by Kent Harrell, who is no relation, to serve as interim clerk when Craver was suspended from her position in February after being indicted on felony charges.
The charges include three counts of felony obtaining property by false pretenses and one count of failure to discharge her duties.
The official separation from the Pender County Clerk of Superior Court's Office for Camille Harrell, Madelene Trifoli and Cassie Messer is listed as April 20, according to public records from the state.
Camille Harrell started working for the clerk's office in 2011 as a deputy clerk and then worked her way up to an assistant clerk.
Messer started in 2019 and Trifoli started in 2020. Messer worked as a deputy clerk and Trifoli worked as an assistant clerk.
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During the removal hearing last week, Craver said that after she fired clerk and former friend Kristal Moore, she had planned on also firing clerks Madelene Trifoli and Camille Harrell.
Craver said she had already prepared those termination letters, but that her attorney at the time advised her not to follow through because of how it would appear amid the SBI's investigation into her actions.
This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Pender County clerk's office employees resign after hearing
