Former Gwinnett sheriff claims Keybo Taylor repeated same bonding company vow to him article
Gwinnett County once had 11 bonding companies. The new sheriff wants only four. But it s what he said to one of them as a candidate that has led to a GBI investigation.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Former Gwinnett County sheriff Butch Conway testified his successor repeated to him what he said earlier on a secret recording: newly-elected sheriff Keybo Taylor vowed to shut down bonding companies that didn’t show him support.
The testimony came in a hearing for one of three lawsuits filed by bonding companies upset that Taylor refused to renew their bonding certifications once he took office.
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Cobb Sheriff Craig Owens became the county s first Black sheriff when he took office in January. (Photo courtesy Cobb County Sheriff’s Office)
Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens will explore adding the agency’s first-ever LGBTQ liaison and vowed to protect all people being held at the county’s controversial jail.
“One of the key things when I ran for office was the healthcare and treatment of detainees in my facility,” Owens told Project Q Atlanta. “They receive proper medical care and receive all the proper medications while they’re here.”
Owens beat out longtime Republican Sheriff Neil Warren in the November election. Owens, a Democrat who earned Georgia Equality’s endorsement, is the county’s first Black sheriff. He took office in January.