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Deputy chief to announce sheriff candidacy
Jeffrey Mann, the chief Deputy DeKalb County Sheriff, will announce his candidacy for sheriff Wednesday at the county’s jail on Memorial Drive.
Mann, a former county attorney, will serve as interim sheriff when Tom Brown steps down Friday to run for Congress.
Mann faces six candidates in the special election on May 20: retired DeKalb sheriff’s deputy Bernard Collins; DeKalb Police Sgt. Romaldo Tony Hughes; former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones; former Georgia Piedmont Technical College Assistant Chief Melody Maddox; and Atlanta Police Sgt. Melvin Mitchell; and former Pine Lake Police Chief LaSalle Smith.
