Gary Zandell, left, administers the oath of office to incoming Lewis County Coroner Warren McLeod / Courtesy photo by Steve Carmick
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Lewis County Coroner-elect Warren McLeod was sworn in yesterday by Lewis County Auditor Gary Zandell.
The Chehalis resident was out of town last week when recently elected county officials took their oath of office at the Lewis County Law and Justice Center.
McLeod, a community college instructor, will replace Coroner Terry Wilson who has served almost 30 years. McLeod took almost 55 percent of the votes while retired DEA agent Micheal Hurley got just over 45 percent in last month’s election.
McLeod worked at the corners office in Las Vegas, Nevada, for almost 10 years before moving to Chehalis in December 2008 when he took a job as a professor of forensics at South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter