Crime & Safety

Ex DeKalb Commissioner's Ethics Hearing Postponed

Former DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton was scheduled to appear in front of the board Wednesday.

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — Former DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton was scheduled to appear in front of DeKalb’s ethics board for a hearing Wednesday, but it’s now been postponed, reported the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

The news comes just days after she expressed concern that it could affect her federal criminal case. Barnes Sutton has two cases against her, a 2014 complaint accusing her of misusing a county purchasing card and a 2016 complaint accusing her of accepting “in-kind memberships” to a local YMCA, reported the AJC.

A rescheduled date hasn’t been announced.

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