His health is flagging. His finances are ruined. His reputation is besmirched. And so on Wednesday longtime Douglas County District Attorney David McDade announced, through his lawyer, that he is retiring as part of a “non-prosecution” agreement reached after a GBI investigation looking into alleged misuse of funds.
The announcement was made by attorney Drew Findling because McDade, 57, is virtually housebound because of a medical problem that almost cost him his legs.
McDade, a zealous prosecutor with a penchant for seeking the death penalty has represented the state’s prosecutors at the Georgia capitol and has survived allegations in the past, causing attorneys to jokingly call him the “Teflon D.A.” But this time, new allegations coupled with incapacitating health issues were too much, causing McDade to leave the office he has held since 1990.
In exchange for the resignation, the attorney general will not take to a grand jury any evidence the Georgia Bureau of Investigation collected against McDade concerning allegations that he misspent forfeiture money and misused vehicles owned by his office. The findings have not been released.
Findling said he doesn’t believe there was ever a criminal case to make, based on a review of checks, deposit slips and balance sheets conducted by an investigator his office hired.
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