Mother, daughter gone from sheriff’s office jobs amid criminal probe

Two Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office employees are no longer employed by the agency because of a federal criminal investigation, according to records obtained and reviewed by the Dayton Daily News.

Civilian dispatcher Denetria Twitty, 27, resigned effective Sept. 2 “after the MCSO became aware of her potential involvement in a federal criminal investigation,” records show. She was on paid administrative leave for one day.

Corrections Officer Ebony Twitty, 42, a probationary employee, was released “for association with persons who are involved in criminal activity and under criminal investigation,” the records show, referring to her actions as a “willful disregard” of agency policy.

The discovery by the newspaper came following a press conference this week during which leaders of the local Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Dayton New Black Panther Party called upon Sheriff Phil Plummer to resign amid multiple allegations, none of which appear connected to the departures of the Twittys.

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During the press conference, Bishop Richard Cox of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference mentioned the Twittys, who he said are daughter and mother, no longer worked at the office due to an incident, the details of which could not be independently confirmed.

Plummer did not respond Thursday to a message left by phone regarding the former employees.

Denetria Twitty, reached by phone, denied any involvement in a federal investigation.

“This is the first time I’ve heard anything about that,” she said, adding her resignation was her choice.

“I just resigned, that was it,” Twitty said. “The work was frustrating, but it has nothing to do with anything else.”

Records show Denetria Twitty was hired by the department in January 2015 after working as a security officer for Hollywood Gaming. She completed four years at Meadowdale High School, one year at Sinclair Community College for Ohio Peace Officer Training, and at least two years at Wright State University.

In April, Twitty wrote in an application for a position as a corrections officer that she had “no interest in leaving the department,” and said she was interested “only in progressing in my career choice of law enforcement.”

The records also show she had also applied as a police recruit and for a position at the Dayton Fire Department, but was unable to meet the requirements for the position. In her application for the sheriff’s office, she noted she was delinquent in at least one financial obligation. Overall, Twitty’s performance evaluations were satisfactory.

“Have some things that I’m working on paying off now,” she wrote in the application, adding, “I’m really looking for someone to give me a chance.”

Police records reviewed by the newspaper show Twitty in 2014 reported her Glock 17 9 millimeter handgun stolen, she believed, from under the driver’s seat of her vehicle.

Ebony Twitty noted in her application she worked at Dayton Correctional Institution from May to September 2015.

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