Defending attorney Warren Morford argues with attorney Alan Lemons reasons for keeping his client Beth Rist from being reinstated as a city police officer in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Friday afternoon. View photo »

Prosecuting Attorney J.B. Collier listens as Warren Morford, defending attorney for Beth Rist former Ironton police officer, speaks during court proceeding Friday about being a probationer and abiding all terms of her probation since pleading guilty to a misdemeanor court of falsification last February. View photo »

Scene from Lawrence County Common Pleas Court dealing with the probation and job reinstatement of former Ironton police officer Beth Rist on Friday, Dec. 11 before visiting Judge Fred Crow. View photo »

Scene from Lawrence County Common Pleas Court dealing with the probation and job reinstatement of former Ironton police officer Beth Rist on Friday, Dec. 11 before visiting Judge Fred Crow. View photo »

Mayor Rich Blankenship listens at the city attorney Alan Lemons addresses visiting Judge Fred Crow in the case involving former Ironton police officer Beth Rist in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Friday afternoon. View photo »

Scene from Lawrence County Common Pleas Court dealing with the probation and job reinstatement of former Ironton police officer Beth Rist on Friday, Dec. 11 before visiting Judge Fred Crow. View photo »

Scene from Lawrence County Common Pleas Court dealing with the probation and job reinstatement of former Ironton police officer Beth Rist on Friday, Dec. 11 before visiting Judge Fred Crow. View photo »

Scene from Lawrence County Common Pleas Court dealing with the probation and job reinstatement of former Ironton police officer Beth Rist on Friday, Dec. 11 before visiting Judge Fred Crow. View photo »

Visiting Judge Fred Crow listens to arguments from defending attorney Warren Morford and prosecuting attorney J.B. Collier concerning the probation and reinstatement to work of Beth Rist former Ironton police officer. View photo »

Former Ironton police officer Beth Rist, seen with her attorney Warren Morford, listens as Ironton city attorney Alan Lemons argues why Rist should remain on probation and not be allowed to be reinstated to her job with the Ironton police department. View photo »