A high-ranking Johnson County official is questioning whether the suspension of Sheriff Adam King’s peace officer license disqualifies him from continuing in his role as sheriff.
Timothy Good, the district attorney for Johnson and Somervell counties, has requested an opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding the issue.
King, who is in his third term, is accused of making repeated and unwelcome sexually charged remarks toward female employees, showing favoritism to women who spent time alone with him, and threatening his chief deputy to stay quiet about it, according to court documents…