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Case against Sheriff's son dismissed
Evidence inadmissible in court
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John Jeffrey Wigington
The DUI case against the son of the Rockdale County Sheriff has been dismissed based on inadmissible evidence, according to the prosecuting attorney. Special Prosecutor Todd Hayes of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, who was assigned to the case after Rockdale District Attorney Richard Read recused himself, issued a statement that "insufficient articulable suspicion supported the stop of Wigington’s vehicle." John Jeffrey Wigington, of Stockbridge, who was 20 years old at the time, was charged with having an open container, driving under the influence of alcohol under 21 years of