FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia has a new leader in place.
WMGT-TV reports Al Shackelford was sworn in Friday as interim sheriff after the U.S. Senate confirmed former Sheriff John Cary Bittick as a U.S. Marshal.
Shackelford will hold the office until a special election is held in November.
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President Trump nominated Bittick to be the U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia in February - a position Bittick begins after being Monroe County’s sheriff for 36 years. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bittick to fill one of two U.S. Marshal vacancies in Georgia in April.
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Information from: WMGT-TV, http://www.wmgt.com/
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