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RINGGOLD, Ga. — Investigations by a judicial oversight commission, the GBI and the Catoosa County Commission temporarily have taken two county magistrate judges off the bench.
Thursday, the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission and Catoosa County Commission began investigating a Wednesday dispute between Chief Magistrate Judge Sonny Caldwell and Magistrate Judge Anthony Peters that ended with Judge Peters in handcuffs.
Later in the day Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed it is looking into two separate incidents involving Judge Peters. Greg Ramey, GBI assistant special agent in charge at the Calhoun office, would not discuss the investigation other than to say it wasn’t something related to the magistrate office. He said the agency had received a request from the Lookout Mountain district attorney’s office to investigate an incident that occurred May 28 in Walker County.