Paulding County DA suspended by Georgia governor
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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(Paulding County Sheriff s Office)
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - Paulding County District Attorney Donald Richard Dick Donovan was suspended on Wednesday, two days after he turned himself into authorities on four felony charges including bribery and making false statements. Donovan was indicted last week by a grand jury.
Gov. Brian Kemp issued the executive order on Wednesday removing Donovan from office until his pending charges are adjudicated. Donovan had already voluntarily stepped aside following his indictment last week, but the order made it official.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said Donovan sought to drop criminal charges against a client of the Cedartown Municipal Court prosecutor to curry favor to have charges dropped for one of his employees with whom he said he desired a sexual relationship. Carr said the dropping of those criminal charges was a bribe.
Paulding County District Attorney Donald Richard "Dick" Donovan was suspended on Wednesday, two days after he turned himself into authorities on four felony charges including bribery and making false statements. Donovan was indicted last week by a grand jury.
Paulding County District Attorney Donald Richard "Dick" Donovan turned himself into authorities on Monday on four felony charges including bribery and making false statements. Donovan was indicted last week by a grand jury.
A Georgia grand jury indicted an Atlanta-area district attorney on four felony charges Wednesday, including bribery and two public oath violations, over his alleged dismissal of criminal charges to win a prosecutor's favor in a case against one of his employees, the Georgia attorney general said.
DA indicted for bribery linked to sexual harassment claims
By JEFF AMYFebruary 18, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) A suburban Atlanta district attorney has been indicted on charges that he improperly sought to have a municipal court dismiss a charge against the female employee he is accused of sexually harassing.
Paulding County District Attorney Donald Richard “Dick” Donovan was indicted Wednesday for bribery, two counts of false swearing and violating his oath of office.
Donovan is accused of committing bribery when he dismissed a criminal case in Paulding County Superior Court in which the defendant was being represented by the prosecutor of the municipal court in nearby Cedartown. In exchange, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said, Donovan was trying to influence the prosecutor to dismiss a shoplifting case in the Cedartown court that was pending against a woman who worked in his office.