Alexandria Mayor Beth Tripp resigned from her position Wednesday afternoon, which comes a week after she was arrested for allegedly requesting that the chief of police drop a speeding ticket.
Tripp and Town of Alexandria water plant operator Rich Potter turned themselves in to the DeKalb County Jail on June 3 after being summoned earlier in the day.
According to the criminal summons, Tripp approached Chief of Police Vincent Turocy on May 29 to request the cancellation of a ticket. Charging documents for Potter state that he also approached Chief Turocy the next day, asking him to cancel a ticket…