Burke County sheriff pulls bid to seal lawsuit against officials

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Burke County sheriff no longer wants to seal some proceedings involving his budget lawsuit against county commissioners.

Several months ago, Sheriff Alfonzo Williams sued commissioners with a writ of mandamus – a case requesting that a judge force a government body to do something or stop doing something.

In this case, he said commissioners weren’t letting him control his own budget…

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