By Doug McMurdo | Daily Courier
A longtime city employee who was terminated because her husband belongs to an alleged outlaw motorcycle gang will have a personnel hearing in mid-May.
Melissa Summerson, a former human resources technician who spent 11 years with the city, was fired in December 2012 because her husband, Bill Summerson, is a member of the Desert Road Riders motorcycle club.
The May 15-16 hearing will determine if Summerson gets her job back and if the city overstepped boundaries when she was fired.
Through her attorney, David Kresin of Phoenix, she seeks reinstatement with back pay and benefits. She wants the city to pay her legal fees and other costs.
According to the Kingman Police Department, the Desert Road Riders have sided with the Hells Angels in an ongoing feud with the Vagos club.
The concern from the city’s perspective is that Summerson, who had access to sensitive information as a human resources employee, would reveal home addresses of police officers to club members with an axe to grind.
