COUNCIL GROVE — A Council Grove attorney who pleaded guilty this year following a July 2020 road-rage incident that threatened the safety of a Council Grove city council member and
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez became tearful as she repeatedly apologized and expressed how embarrassed she was to be sitting in her disciplinary hearing Tuesday afternoon.
Two judges testified Monday during an ethics hearing for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez that when she publicly called Chief Judge James McCabri
Derogatory public statements by the district attorney have altered Douglas County’s criminal legal system from March 2021 forward, according to testimony in the DA’s disciplinary hearing Monday.