FRANKLIN SPRINGS - State and federal investigators have searched the home of a former northeast Georgia district attorney looking for evidence related to at least two recent bank robberies in the area.
Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant at the home of former Piedmont District Attorney Tim Madison and his wife, Linn Jones, in Franklin County, the Athens Banner-Herald reported on Saturday. No arrests were made.
The agencies are investigating two bank robberies that happened hours apart on Monday in McDuffie and Oconee counties. Witnesses to the crimes said a bearded man wearing a baseball cap entered the banks carrying a white plastic bag and ordered the tellers to hand over cash.
The suspect in the McDuffie County robbery left with more than $2,100, according to a police report. The amount stolen in the Oconee County robbery is not known.
Madison's Athens attorney, Ed Tolley, said the man seen in the security photos bears a resemblance to his client, but the former DA denies any involvement.
Madison represented Banks, Barrow and Jackson counties for more than two decades as the Piedmont Judicial Circuit's attorney. He resigned in June amid a state investigation in which he and his wife are accused of misusing public money.
The couple is accused of forging Banks County time cards in 2005 and 2006 for hours Jones never worked. Madison and former Banks County Assistant District Attorney Brett Williams also face charges of theft and violating their oaths of office for allegedly misusing funds in 2005.
All three pleaded not guilty to the charges in September.
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October 14th, 2024
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