The report of a yearlong investigation into allegations of corruption in DeKalb County water/sewer department contracts is going to the county’s chief judge.
Superior Court Judge Mark Anthony Scott, who supervised the special grand jury’s probe into allegations of kickbacks and bid-rigging, ordered the report remain under seal as he hands it off to Chief Judge Gregory A. Adams. It will then be up to Adams to poll the circuits other eight judges, to see if the bench agrees to dismiss the grand jurors and make the report public.
The DeKalb District Attorney’s office has been locked into a battled with attorneys for suspended CEO Burrell Ellis and his former campaign manager, attorney Kevin, Ross, over granting them prior access to see if they are named in the report and, if so, ask for redactions. That legal fight is now under petition with the state Supreme Court and pre-dates the June indictment of Ellis on 15 charges, including attempted extortion, theft and conspiracy.
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