Tim Madison transferred to central Georgia
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Former Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney Tim Madison was transferred Monday morning to the Georgia Diagnostic Center in Jackson, located in central Georgia.
Madison, who was sentenced to serve six years following a guilty plea in Banks County Superior Court last week, turned himself in at the Banks County Jail Saturday morning, sheriff Charles Chapman said. On Monday morning, two BCSO deputies transported Madison to the Butts County facility to begin serving his term. Chapman said it is possible he could be transferred again.
“There were no incidents here this weekend,” Chapman said of the former district attorney’s stay in the Banks County jail. “He was isolated from other prisoners and when he went outside the rest of the jail was on lock down.”
Chapman said the extra precaution was necessary since Madison prosecuted some of the inmates in the Banks County jail.
In addition to his six-year sentence, Madison was ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution for the money he took from the Piedmont Judicial Circuit, the majority of which was taken from Banks County. The circuit also includes Jackson and Barrow counties.
Madison resigned last June as district attorney following a series of investigative articles published by The Jackson Herald and Mainstreet Newspapers. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John Cagle and Special Agent Brian Whidby handled the investigation.
Madison’s wife, Linn Jones, and former assistant district attorney Brett Williams have also been charged in the case. Their court dates will be held March 25 in Banks County.
Chapman said Madison thanked Banks County law enforcement officials for his good treatment during his brief incarceration here.
