UPDATE: Conasauga Judicial Circuit Chief Court Judge William Boyett told the Times Free Press today that he also does not plan to ask the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into former deputy Beth Gomez’ testimony.
Boyett said he has never called in the GBI to investigate a case, leaving the call up to police or the district attorney.
“We don’t get involved in that,” he said. “If we had to call the GBI because we had some concern about what local law enforcement was doing, we would be disqualified from sitting on any cases that arose from that.
ORIGINAL STORY: Outside investigators are not looking into a former Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s testimony about widespread drug use within the department.
Beth Gomez was on the stand in support of a friend accused of child molestation last month when a prosecutor asked her about the friend’s illegal drug use.