The resignation of Tim Madison of the Piedmont Judicial Circuit is effective June 4, pending approval of Gov. Sonny Perdue.
``Under the circumstances of the investigation, Mr. Madison has determined that it is in the best interest of the state of Georgia that he resign,'' Madison's attorney, Ed Tolley, wrote in the resignation letter to Perdue.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation began the probe in March at the request of Attorney General Thurbert Baker.
Madison's office, which prosecutes felony cases in Banks, Barrow and Jackson counties, is not audited by the state, which leaves that to the counties.
The prosecutor maintained at least four bank accounts, including one designed to help crime victims and another involving the proceeds from drug busts.
Among other things, they paid for salaries, travel, meals and whitewater rafting, according to copies of bank statements obtained through Open Records requests.
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