Summary

TESTIMONY BEGAN TUESDAY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF SIDNEY DORSEY. DORSEY IS ACCUSED OF ALLEGEDLY ORDERING THE MURDER OF HIS SUCCESSOR.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 231750
Story Slug DORSEY TRIAL/ AGENT ON PROBE (6/18/2002)
Location ALBANY, GEORGIA
Format PKG
Date 06/18/2002
Archive Time 26:00
TRT 1:26
Supers Albany, Georgia Aungelique Proctor, Reporting Fred Mays, GBI Agent
Video Description MAN BEING SWORN IN, MAN TALKING, COURT SCENE, GRAPHIC, WOMAN, MAN SITTING, WITNESS STAND, SOT.
Description TESTIMONY BEGAN TUESDAY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF SIDNEY DORSEY. DORSEY IS ACCUSED OF ALLEGEDLY ORDERING THE MURDER OF HIS SUCCESSOR.
Script LEAD: PROSECUTORS IN THE SIDNEY DORSEY TRIAL CALLED A G-B-I AGENT TO THE STAND THIS MORNING. HE TOLD JURORS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE CORRUPTION IN THE DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS THEN HEADED BY DORSEY. SIDNEY DORSEY IS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER AND RACKETEERING FOR ALLEGEDLY ORGANIZING THE MURDER OF DERWIN BROWN.. DORSEY'S SUCCESSOR. PROSECUTORS SAY THE FORMER DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF WAS HOPING TO WIN BACK HIS JOB IN A SPECIAL ELECTION. BROWN WON THE OFFICE VOWING TO END CORRUPTION IN THE DEPARTMENT. AUNGELIQUE PROCTOR HAS MORE FROM COURT. SCRIPT: G-B-I AGENT FRED MAYS TOLD JURORS DEKALB DISTRICT ATTORNEY J. TOM MORGAN ASKED HIM TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO SIDNEY DORSEY'S ADMINISTRATION BACK IN JULY OF 2000. THIS WAS AFTER DERWIN BROWN QUALIFIED FOR A RUN-OFF ELECTION AGAINST SIDNEY DORSEY. MAYS SECRETLY TAPED AN INTERVIEW WITH DORSEY WHERE THE FORMER SHERIFF BLAMED HIS POLITICAL OPPONENT DERWIN BROWN FOR THE INVESTIGATION, SAYING (TAKE GRAPHIC) 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY PROMISED BROWN, OR WHAT BROWN PROMISED THEM, BUT THAT IS THE LOWEST SON OF A *****, AND I HAVE NEVER CURSED IN MY LIFE IN THIS BUILDING, BUT HE IS THE LOWEST SCUMBAG I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.' MAYS ALSO INTERVIEWED BONDING COMPANY OWNER SHIRLEY MCMICHAEL WHO SAID SHE WOULD COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. MAYS SAYS MCMICHAEL HANDED OVER EVIDENCE OF THE FOUR YEAR AFFAIR WITH DORSEY. (SOT - MAYS "I received a pair of cotton panties, a wash cloth an a wine glass.") UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION DEFENSE ATTORNEY DON SAMUEL GOT MAYS TO CONCEDE DORSEY NEVER TRIED TO INTERFERE WITH THE G-B-I INVESTIGATION. (NAT SOT "He said I'll give you unretracted access to the employees at the department correct" "That's correct" "You can call them at home at night, bring them to G-B-I headquarters, talk to anyone." "That's correct.")
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Keywords

DORSEY
DERWIN BROWN
BROWN ASSASSINATION
SHERIFF MURDER
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