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Former Floyd County chief magistrate arrested


4:03 pm, July 12th, 2010

Former Floyd County Chief Magistrate Judge Chris Mathis was arrested on 27 charges of theft, fraud, forgery and exploitation of an elder person following a GBI investigation, the Rome News Tribune has reported.

Mathis resigned his judicial position in May following a Judicial Qualifications Commission inquiry into the charges.

Mathis was released from the Floyd County jail on a $500,000 bond.

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