Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said he won’t pursue criminal charges against any of the deputies involved in the Charles Bannister DUI arrest because there is no reason to suspect that Bannister was the victim of entrapment. Porter said “the idea to consume alcohol and operate a vehicle did not come from a law enforcement agency.”

“The Chairman has to explain why he was drinking alcohol and driving a county car,” Porter said. “And the Sheriff has to explain why he expended so many resources on a DUI case. But that’s not my explanation to give.”

Bannister declined to comment at a commission meeting Tuesday.

The GBI report had a few revelations. For one, Bannister is no tee-totaler. He admitted to GBI investigators that he did have “a little better than two beers” that night.

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  1. CorinthHills.org Says:
    August 18th, 2010 at 12:43 PM

    This smells from every angle.

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