Suspended from her judicial post last March by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission, Crawford County’s chief magistrate has resigned to end the agency’s ethics inquiry and agreed never to seek or hold judicial office again.
Andrea Peterman, who is facing felony charges of theft and violating her oath of office, agreed on Oct. 1 to step down from the post in a consent order with the JQC that was filed Monday with the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Peterman—one of the state’s magistrate judges who isn’t a lawyer—submitted her resignation to Governor Nathan Deal on Oct. 1. In that letter, she made no mention of the criminal charges. Instead, she wrote: “For the last six months, I have been unable to serve the people of Crawford County in the position to which I was elected as Chief Magistrate. It appears that I will not be able to do so.”
The consent order was signed by Peterman, her attorney, Michael Chidester of Byron, and JQC director Jeffrey Davis.
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