Fulton County Jail workers walked off the job back in August after they went unpaid in an incident the sheriff described as a “budgetary issue.”
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A security company is now pursuing legal action against Fulton County and its sheriff, Patrick “Pat” Labat, months after employees at the jail walked off the job following more than $1 million that had gone unpaid to the third-party contractor.
Strategic Security Corp. terminated its services at the Fulton County Jail back in August after it alleged its contract was breached with the jail. Labat acknowledged the debt and said at the time that a funding deficit left them roughly $1 million in the hole.
With Strategic Security Corp. claiming that the debt is still unsettled, it announced Tuesday that it has filed a mechanic’s lien against Fulton County for the unpaid services. The company also announced that it is seeking criminal charges against Labat for fraud, grand larceny, and theft of service in …