 It was Cleere who first alerted the FBI that they should look at Jewell, a former security guard at Piedmont, after Cleere watched Jewell's CNN Interview.Jewell was later exonerated, and a lawsuit against Cleere and Piedmont College was settled out of court.The college Board of Trustees, which in March 2013 had named Dr. James Mellichamp interim president, voted May 4 to make the position permanent.