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MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Just days aft stepping down from his role, erstwhile Mariposa County District Attorney Matthew McAfee is facing superior allegations that could person far-reaching ineligible consequences.
According to a study from the Mariposa Gazette, a Merced antheral claims helium sold methamphetamine to McAfee connected aggregate occasions.
The explosive allegation comes soon after McAfee's abrupt resignation, which followed a closed-door gathering by the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors past Monday.
The committee cited "personnel matters" but did not disclose specifics.
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In the aftermath of McAfee's departure, Walter Wall, who antecedently served arsenic DA earlier becoming County Counsel, has been reappointed to the position.
"That was his determination to resign," said Jeanne Haegele of Mariposa County. "We worked with our labour council, Liebert Cassidy & Whitmore, and besides coordinated with the Attorney General's bureau successful California to guarantee the process was handled decently and successful afloat accordance with the law."
Legal Analyst C. Logan McKechnie says the allegations of amerciable enactment volition person large implications for the cases McAfee has handled.
"How galore cases are they present going to person to spell backmost and reappraisal due to the fact that his sanction is connected it?" McKechnie said. "If helium was nether the power erstwhile helium decided to complaint idiosyncratic oregon idiosyncratic oregon helium was nether the power erstwhile helium was successful court, each of those cases astir apt request to beryllium reviewed."
McAfee was appointed DA successful January 2025, replacing Wall. He had antecedently served arsenic a Deputy DA successful Mariposa and practiced household instrumentality successful Merced.
"I've known Mr. McAfee for a batch of years," McKechnie said. "He was formerly a Deputy DA successful Mariposa, did household instrumentality here, went backmost arsenic a deputy, and yet became territory attorney."
At this point, McAfee has not been charged with immoderate crimes. However, investigations are underway.
"You person 2 things going here," McKechnie explained. "You person the nonrecreational responsibility, which is the work of the authorities committee of California, and you person the transgression instrumentality responsibility, which is present successful the hands of the Attorney General. There could beryllium 2 concurrent investigations happening."
Action News was capable to scope McAfee connected the phone, but helium declined to remark astatine this time.
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