A Green Hill School corrections employee arrested in July 2024 for having an inappropriate relationship with a former Green Hill inmate and providing the inmate with contraband was convicted by a …
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A Green Hill School corrections employee arrested in July 2024 for having an inappropriate relationship with a former Green Hill inmate and providing the inmate with contraband was convicted by a judge Tuesday of one count of abuse of office.
She was acquitted of custodial sexual misconduct, tampering with a witness, introducing contraband and money laundering charges.
Abuse of office is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Angel Marie Perez Misner, 32, of Ethel, had her non-jury bench trial before Judge J. Andrew Toynbee on Jan. 21.
Misner, who has been in custody on $500,000 bail since her arrest on July 24, was released from custody on Thursday, Jan. 23, after Toynbee sentenced her to 364 days in prison with 181 days suspended and credit for 183 days served.
No fees or fines were imposed.
A no-contact order protecting the former Green Hill inmate is in place.
Misner was accused of having phone conversations with one of the 43 adult inmates who were transferred to state Department of Corrections (DOC) custody in July in an effort to reduce overcrowding, according to court documents.
In recorded phone conversations, Misner and the adult inmate reportedly spoke “regarding wedding plans … and having contraband in a water bottle with a false bottom in his belongings prior to being sent to DOC,” according to court documents.
They also discussed Misner performing a sex act, according to the documents.
A security search of the inmate’s property yielded a water bottle containing a cellphone, charging cable, two small screwdrivers, a $1 bill and “a blue colored note paper folded up with something inside.”
Green Hill School staff later found internal video footage that reportedly shows Misner kissing the inmate inside the facility before the inmate was transferred. Investigators also reportedly found photos and text messages that were sent via the DOC’s telephone app.
Investigators also found “evidence that shows Misner is providing financial support to (the inmate” while he is at DOC, and “even that (the inmate) has access to Misner’s bank account,” according to court documents.
As part of the investigation, Misner was asked to return to the Green Hill campus in Chehalis, “which led to their arrest on campus today,” DCYF said in a news release on Wednesday, July 24.
Misner “believed she still worked there” at the time, according to court documents.
She was escorted off of the campus property and taken into custody when she arrived on Wednesday, July 24. After a Chehalis Police Department detective presented her with the evidence he had collected, Misner allegedly admitted to having sexual contact with the inmate. She reportedly “acted shocked but did not say much more,” according to court documents.
Jail records indicate Misner was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 10:42 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24.
Shortly after her arrest, Misner reportedly asked the detective for help accessing several phone numbers from her phone. One of those numbers belonged to the other Green Hill staff member who is currently under investigation.
The detective reportedly told Misner that the other employee was under investigation and said “if she speaks to (the employee) about this case, it could be considered witness tampering,” according to court documents.
The next day, Thursday, July 25, Lewis County Jail staff informed the Chehalis Police Department that Misner had made at least four phone calls that morning to the other employee and spoke about the adult inmate. An unidentified male reportedly joined in on the call from the other employee’s end of the line, and the three of them were reportedly recorded making light of the case, with the male asking Misner “is your mugshot hot?” and Misner allegedly saying, “between the two of us, I wonder who is going to have more publicity” before laughing, according to court documents.
The other employee, Emily Norene Baker, 29, of Chehalis, was arrested Aug. 8 for abuse of office and tampering with a witness for allegedly helping facilitate an inappropriate sexual relationship between another corrections employee and an adult inmate. She’s also accused of talking to the other corrections employee about the case following her arrest. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held in the Lewis County Jail on $100,000 bail.
Court records indicate Baker has a change of plea hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 29.
Misner and Baker were two of five former Green Hill School corrections employees accused of committing crimes at the facility while they were employed there in the last year.
Charity Rose Johnson, 37, of Winlock, was charged in Chehalis Municipal Court on Dec. 12 with one count each of official misconduct and making a false statement to a public servant after she allegedly sent sexually suggestive photographs of herself and had lengthy conversations with an inmate who had a contraband cellphone in his possession. She is also accused of accepting money to bring illegal contraband into the facility. She was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Dec. 11 and posted $2,000 bail that same day. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Her next hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Jan. 29.
In a separate case, the Chehalis Police Department announced Dec. 12 that it has referred official misconduct charges to the Chehalis municipal prosecutor against another Green Hill School corrections staff member, Alexa Rain, 26, of Longview. Rain is accused of sending sexually suggestive photographs of herself and having lengthy text message conversations with a resident through a contraband cellphone in his possession, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Charges had not been filed as of Jan. 23.
Eddie Antonio Zavala, 37, of Winlock, was arrested in July for allegedly selling meth and other contraband to an inmate on June 15. His case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it can be refiled in the same court, on Oct. 15, according to court documents.
On Jan. 19, 2024, Aaron D. Snideman, 42, of Centralia, was arrested for allegedly bringing marijuana into the facility. He was acquitted in a non-jury trial on Aug. 30, according to court documents.