A Cobb County grand jury on Thursday indicted Fulton County’s former top narcotics prosecutor for illegal drugs.
Rand Jason Csehy was arrested in September for illegal possession of methamphetamine when a Cobb Superior Court judge became suspicious of his behavior during a hearing when Csehy was representing a client.
The arrest prompted a move by the state Bar Association to disbar Csehy, who it had already been investigating regarding his May 2012 arrest on drugs and weapons charges by Atlanta police in a sting operation. Csehy was charged then with attempting to distribute methamphetamine and Ecstasy, a club drug otherwise known as MDMA.
The two-count indictment said Csehy also illegally possessed Chlordiazepoxide, described as a sedative, hypnotic psychoactive drug that is often used to treat severe anxiety.
In September, the Cobb County judge ordered him drug tested, which showed cocaine and amphetamines in his system, the court’s ruling noted. Csehy was jailed for five days for contempt of court.
In an interview with the AJC, Csehy denied currently using drugs. He said he was waiting on results from a more accurate blood test to challenge the findings of the urine test.
But, regardless, he called both tests unconstitutional and promised to fight them in court.
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