Resident says sheriff left evicted man unattended; man later hospitalized

At the Clinton County Legislature meeting on May 13, 2026, resident Shelene Britner told legislators she sought help after an eviction at Lake Towers on May 8 left a tenant, Edward "Ed" Jarvis, sitting in a wheelchair on a sidewalk with no one to pick him up as planned.

Britner said she spoke with a female sheriff's deputy who said there was a plan, and she spoke with Jarvis, who told her “someone was going to pick him up at 10.” Britner said the last officer left at about 9:30 a.m., no one arrived at 10:00 a.m., and Jarvis “left and rolled his way to the big wide parking lot.” She said police later gave him a wellness bag and that an ambulance transported him to CBPH, where staff treated previously broken ankles. "Least we forget the 1935 Social Security was created because citizens were dying in the street," Britner said.

Britner said that, in her experience, past procedure had been for the sheriff’s department to bring people without other transportation to the Department of Social Services; she asked why that did not occur this time. According to her account in the public comment period, adult wellness personnel and an ambulance responded Friday and Jarvis received follow-up visits and support to arrange further inpatient care.

The public record at the May 13 session contains no recorded response from the sheriff’s department or county social services in reply to Britner’s questions during the meeting. The Legislature proceeded to committee reports and a large slate of resolutions afterward; no motion, referral, or formal directive related to the eviction is recorded in the public transcript.

Why it matters: Britner’s account raises a procedural and public-safety question about how the county’s eviction and welfare-check processes are coordinated when a person without transportation or caregivers is removed from housing. The matter described includes potential medical needs (broken ankles) and repeated welfare checks by county partners.

What’s next: No formal action on this specific eviction was recorded in the public session. The transcript shows committee work and multiple resolutions followed; anyone seeking a formal response or investigation would need to contact the sheriff’s office or county social services directly or request the Legislature to refer the matter to the appropriate committee.

Sources: Public comment by Shelene Britner, May 13, 2026, Clinton County Legislature public session (transcript).