DeKalb DA continues special unit for female victims

The DeKalb County District Attorney’s office has received an extension of a federal grant that helps provide specialized service for female victims of violent crimes.

The $51,000 Violence Against Women Act grant, along with a $346,000 match from the DA, pays for two prosecutors, two investigators and two victim advocates for female victims of murder, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault and others.

DeKalb first received the grant in 2006 and has since included the local matching funds in the DA’s annual spending plan.