FT. OGLETHORPE, GA (Times Free Press) -- The City Council in Fort Oglethorpe seems headed toward a public hearing over an accusation that City Councilman Charles Sharrock sexually harassed a female city police detective by touching her. It's the third such accusation against Sharrock by a city employee since 2008, records show.
"The charges that were brought need to be aired out in public," Councilman Eddie Stinnett said Wednesday. "We're going to be holding a trial so all the evidence will be put out on both sides, and we'll have to make a judgment on what we hear."
After a closed-session discussion at its meeting Monday night, city councilmen voted 4-0 to start the process outlined in the city charter for removing a council member
The charter calls for a public hearing, after which council could dismiss Sharrock by written notice specifying the grounds for removal. Sharrock could appeal in Catoosa County Superior Court.
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