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Walker Arrested on Perjury, Other Charges

Walker Arrested on Perjury, Other Charges
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Nov. 24, 2014 | PADUCAH, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Nov. 24, 2014 | 02:32 PM | PADUCAH, KY
Former Paducah Middle School Assistant Principal Jerry Walker and a former teacher face perjury and other charges, after police say they lied to a Paducah Public Schools tribunal while appealing Walker's termination last year.



Walker was indicted Friday by a McCracken County grand jury on charges of perjury, tampering with physical evidence and tampering with a witness. Police said he turned himself in Monday at around 8:30 am. He was booked into McCracken County Regional Jail and released a short time later on $7,500 cash bond. 35-year-old Jennifer Griffith, who police say told the same tribunal that she was with Walker on the weekend that led to his termination was also indicted on charges of perjury and facilitation to tampering with physical evidence. Griffith turned herself in to police Friday afternoon and was arrested.



Police said that during the hearing, held in mid-July 2013, Walker testified that he had attended a school track meet and produced photographs of him wearing an orange paper bracelet that he claimed was an admittance bracelet. The investigation reportedly revealed evidence that Walker purchased the bracelet shortly after his termination, and with Griffith’s help, took photographs that supposedly showed Walker wearing the bracelet in Louisville on May 25. Those were the photographs presented at the tribunal as proof that Walker had attended the track meet.



Police said Griffith testified at the tribunal that she had been with Walker in Louisville, but perjured herself when she testified that he did attend the track meet.



The investigation is continuing, according to police.

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