Officials consider use of restitution money to purchase lifesaving equipment

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  County officials are considering using some of the recovered money from the courthouse grand theft case for the public good, namely the purchase of life-saving tools for Fire Rescue. Lt. William “Tommy” Arthur, of Fire Rescue, made the request for additional funding to the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday evening, May 15. Arthur told commissioners that the state had awarded the department a $100,000 grant for the purchase of the LifePak 35, which he described as offering the latest advancements in emergency medicine, thereby enabling for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that previously may have gone undetected, in effect gr