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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStrange story here in Wisconsin...
A county district attorney shows her incompetence and has been MIA from her job since June.
A D.A. goes M.I.A. Where is the Waushara County District Attorney?
Laura Waite was appointed to the position in April, but hasnt been seen at the courthouse, or has handled cases, since June
WAUTOMA, Wis. (WBAY) - 124 days and counting.
Thats how long staffers say its been since the district attorney of Waushara County has shown up for work.
Governor Tony Evers appointed Laura Waite as the top prosecutor in that county in April, but she hasnt been seen in the courthouse or handled cases since late June.
Waite is on the ballot, running for re-election, in the November third race.
A viewer asked us to find out where the DA has been, if shell be back and whether shes being paid while shes MIA, so we started digging for answers.
In the year of COVID-19, its not uncommon for people to work remotely, but thats not the case with all jobs. And the staff at the Waushara County District Attorneys office tells us their boss, DA Laura Waite, hasnt shown up for work for four months.
Theres no missing persons report.
Police did a welfare check and determined she is okay.
The DAs office says it received text message September 16h that Waite was in a pain clinic in Minnesota, but they have heard nothing else and say shes made no effort to take care of cases while shes gone.
In the meantime, the justice system is feeling the effect.
https://www.wbay.com/2020/10/28/a-da-goes-mia-where-is-the-waushara-county-district-attorney/
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Unusual to say the least! If the police located her - as the story implies - I'm not sure why they can't demand she go into work or produce medical evidence preventing her from doing so and take leave. I realize it's an elected position and that may change things somehow but she's got to be subject to some basic personnel rules.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)And she's running for reelection?
I worry about children kind of vanishing like that with no school to go to.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
My guess too.
Or, not yet rehab, still pain clinic shopping.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,510 posts).......
bamagal62
(3,286 posts)Is that just a different way of saying rehab?
Archae
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