Beau Sneddon

Beau Sneddon, a 26-year veteran county corrections officer, has been named warden of the Butler County Prison.

Sneddon, who had been serving as acting warden since Joe DeMore resigned in July, was appointed warden Tuesday, Aug. 15, by the county prison board.

“Thank you very much. I look forward to working with you,” Sneddon said after the board unanimously approved his appointment.

Since he started as a part-time corrections officer at the age of 20 on July 1, 1998, Sneddon became full-time in December that year and gradually rose through the ranks. He became deputy warden in 2014 and held that title until he was named acting warden.

He said he considered it an honor to be among the seven highly qualified candidates the board selected to interview from a pool of about 30 people who applied for the position.

DeMore, who was hired as the warden in 2015, is now the director of corrections for Volusia County in Florida.

Read the full story later today online and in Wednesday’s Butler Eagle.