Commonwealth v. Ehnot

Opinion ry President

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Department of Corrections (Department) appeals a State Civil Service Commission (Commission) order reversing the Departments five-day suspension of Mark Ehnot from his position as Institutional Music Teacher I. We affirm.

The Department suspended Ehnot, a music teacher at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, on the charge of “negligently” importing contraband methamphetamine into the Institution. The methamphetamine was found taped to the inside of Ehnots music folder. It was stipulated that the contraband was planted there without…