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Ex-DeKalb Commissioner Stan Watson under investigation for receiving nearly $4K

The DeKalb County district attorney has opened a criminal investigation involving a former county commissioner.
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March 9, 2017

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into former DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson, who never repaid $3,886 he withdrew for government trips that took place after he left office.

Channel 2 Action News reports that DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston's office recently issued a subpoena to the county government for records and checks related to Watson's travel advances.

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Watson withdraw the money for government conferences in Chicago and Savannah that took place in April 2016.

But Watson had resigned in March 2016 to mount an unsuccessful campaign for county tax commissioner.

Watson couldn’t be reached by Channel 2 for comment. Boston declined to comment.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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