WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – All the judges in the local state district court have recused themselves from involvement in the criminal case against Burke County’s sheriff. A day after pleading not guilty to federal charges against him, embattled Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams faced a grand jury indictment on state charges on Thursday. Court documents show Williams was indicted Thursday on four felony counts: It’s common for judges to recuse themselves of dealing with cases involving people they know or have professionally dealt with in the past. Recusing themselves were the following Augusta Circuit judges: The recusal document was filed Thursday. According to the Burke County grand jury indictment, the false-statement counts stem from accusations that Williams entered bogus training records into the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council’s electronic system for a Waynesboro police officer. Alfonzo Williams indicted on state charges by steven.byerly Just the day before the Burke County indictment, Williams appeared in federal court in Augusta on charges he used his office to enrich himself by taking money to make DUI cases go away. A federal grand jury indicted Williams on six counts in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Copyright 2026 WRDW/WAGT. All rights reserved.
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