WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A renegotiated settement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against the sheriff is expected to go before the Burke County Board of Commissioners next month.

There was a previous proposed legal settlement between Sheriff Alfonzo Williams and his former employee Brenda Johnson .

However, commissioners rejected it in June, and it had to be renegotiated.

Burke County budget dispute hearing concludes without decision

A judge made no decision Tuesday after 16 hours of testimony in a dispute over whether the Burke County Board of Commissioners approved a reasonable budget for the sheriff’s office.

County Manager Merv Waldrop confirmed to News 12 that the sheriff had signed a renegotiated settlement with Johnson, “however our legal staff has taken the pos

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