Richard S. Thompson
Perhaps you remember Richard Thompson, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. In the wake of allegations that he’d abused his authority, Thompson resigned from his position to join Levy, Thompson, Sibley & Hand, a workers’ compensation defense firm. Last summer, Thompson was arrested on a felony aggravated stalking charge, spent nearly a week in jail before being released, and resigned from his firm shortly thereafter.
As a condition of his release on $10,000 bond, Thompson did a stint in a psychiatric hospital and completed a 24-week family violence intervention program intended to rehabilitate defendants charged with family violence offenses, and was ordered to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend. What’s he been up to since then?
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More of the same behavior, it would seem, but even more depressing than before.
Late last month, Thompson was jailed once again after his ex — the same woman who sought numerous protective orders against Thompson — filed a second felony aggravated stalking complaint against him, and a new warrant for his arrest was issued. When an officer spotted Thompson in his car near his old law firm and attempted to stop him, Thompson fled. The Daily Report has the details:
The deputy pursued Thompson down a dead-end road, where Thompson’s Volvo came to a halt. As the deputy approached, Thompson put a gun to his head, according to the report.
As the deputy took cover and repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon, Thompson shook his head, lowered the gun and then once more placed it to his head, the report said. The deputy called for backup, and as other deputies were en route, Thompson lowered his gun and stepped out of the car leaving the firearm behind, the report said. Thompson apparently dropped a set of handcuff keys as he was handcuffed.
The deputy also recovered several suicide letters in Thompson’s car, according to the report.
Thompson’s bond has been revoked, and he’ll now remain in jail until all of the charges against him are adjudicated in court.
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Judge Revokes Former US Attorney’s Bond on Aggravated Stalking Charge [Daily Report]
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