DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a metro Atlanta judge should be removed from the bench after she was investigated for dozens of ethics charges.
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The ruling comes days after the judge was arrested at an Atlanta nightclub.
Action News Jax’s sister station WSB-TV reported when Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson was charged with simple battery against a police officer at the Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge on Peachtree Street.
Peterson had already been facing ethics charges bought against her by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in 2022.
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