AMERICUS, Ga. — Sumter County officials say Southwestern Judicial Circuit Chief Superior Court Judge Rucker Smith of Americus was charged with driving under the influence.
Officials say the 57-year-old Smith was pulled over in Leslie on a speeding charge Saturday, and the officer charged Smith with having an open container of alcohol and driving under the influence.
The sheriff's office says Smith posted bond the day of his arrest. The judge said in a statement Wednesday that his attorney had advised him not to comment.
Smith was charged with battery in 2005, when he was accused of pushing and grabbing a woman by the neck while the two were in his home. A Sumter County jury took 90 minutes to determine the judge was not guilty.
Maybe, the Judicial Qualifications Commission do their job and decommission this prefecture from the bench.
Next time I see somebody coming out of the gas station with a single can of beer on a paper bag and getting in the driver seat, I'll call the cops and will give the vehicle information I'm out to hunt. Watch out!!!
get a life, rbn. i'd like to hear that phone call. "ya someone just bought a beer at Circle K." you'll, no doubt, have to add some other BS to it for dispatch to even send a cop your way.
when single beers are purchased, 90% of the time they are placed in a paper bag anyway.
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