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COVINGTON â Newton Countyâs controversial coroner has informed Commission Chairman Marcello Banes that she expects the county to pay for her legal defense against the countyâs efforts to have her removed from office.
County Manager Lloyd Kerr filed a petition Jan. 29 with the state Coronerâs Training Council to remove Coroner Dorothea Bailey-Butts from office, alleging several incidents of misconduct.
Bailey-Butts was elected in November and took office on Jan. 1.
In a Feb. 10 letter to Chairman Banes, obtained by the Citizen through an Open Records Act request, Bailey-Butts asks that the county provide the âpayment of an attorney of my choice as legal counsel in defending the Office of the Coroner against these baseless claims⦠â
Candice Branche
COVINGTON â Candice Branche has been selected to serve as Newton County Juvenile Court judge for the next four years.
The selection was announced Dec. 24. Every four years, the Superior Court judges in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit are tasked with appointing a Juvenile Court judge in each county in the circuit â Newton and Walton. In Walton County, the judges reappointed Judge Stan Rhymer, who has served as Juvenile Court judge there for the past 16 years.
Branche succeeds Judge Sheri Roberts, who died due to ongoing health issues in April, just days before she was scheduled to retire. Roberts had served as Juvenile Court judge in Newton County for more than 10 years.
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