Cobb County official is accused of destroying documents after receiving public records request

Residents walk outside of the Cobb County Government Justice Center campus. (Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)

Cobb County Superior Court’s clerk has been charged with two counts of destruction of public records and two counts of violation of oath of office by a grand jury Thursday. 

The clerk, Connie Taylor, had been the subject of a yearslong joint investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Attorney General’s White Collar and Cyber Crime Unit into her handling of public records.

The clerk’s office is responsible for maintaining official court records.