Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the suspension of the Hall County sheriff after he was arrested last week.
Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch has been suspended since March following his arrest on a DUI charge. That suspension was set to end this week, but Kemp’s executive order will extend it until June.
In late February, one of Couch’s deputies stopped an unmarked vehicle the 63-year-old was driving for failing to maintain his lane. After realizing the driver was the sheriff, the deputy requested that the Georgia State Patrol conduct a DUI investigation…