A Sumter County state court judge resigned from his judicial post late Thursday to end an ethics investigation by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Judge Russ Barnes, 48, an Americus attorney who also served part-time as the county’s sole state court judge, resigned after the JQC opened an inquiry focusing on whether Barnes had mismanaged or misappropriated funds he held in a fiduciary capacity, according to a public report closing the case that the JQC filed Friday with the Supreme Court of Georgia.
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