Amid worries about bats, prosecutor moves to new office

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(AP) _ With concerns about bats literally falling from the
ceiling, a rural Missouri county’s prosecuting attorney’s office has decided to
relocate.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2rVhroQ ) reports that the Iron
County prosecutor’s office moved to the courthouse Thursday. It was previously
housed in a former sheriff’s residence attached to the historic jail that opened
in 1867, where bats were found in the attic last year.

Sheriff Roger Medley says something, perhaps bat guano, was seeping through the
ceiling.

Missouri probation and parole employees moved out of the second floor of the
same building last year. The sheriff says bats were falling through the ceiling
and landing on the desks of employees.

Meanwhile, about 20 inmates remain in the jail.

Iron County is about 100 miles south of St. Louis.


   

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