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Break-in reported at judge's new office The new chambers for two circuit judges and their staffs in the new Clarke County Courthouse annex is supposed to be secure behind a locked door but that security was questioned last week when a burglary, or attempted burglary, was reported in Judge Stuart DuBose's office. Ruth Moseley, the judge's secretary, reported to the Clarke County Sheriff's Department a burglary on July 11. The breakin, according to the offense report, happened sometimes between 12:10 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on July 9 when Moseley was out of the office. The door leading into Moseley's office, which leads to Judge DuBose's chambers, had reportedly been tampered with and had pry marks or scratches on it. However, the offices had only been occupied for a few days and some employees in the courthouse said that the door had been included on an earlier punch list of repairs to be made to the new annex. It is not known if the marks on the door were what the punch list referred to. Moseley, contacted Tuesday at the office, would not comment on the report or say if anything was stolen. Judge DuBose was out of the area this week, attending a state judges conference. The front page of the offense report, available to the press and public, does not detail specifics. A space on it for "stolen, recov- ered, lost, found or destroyed" property was not filled in so it would be assumed that nothing was missing.
The new $3.59 million annex includes a pair of suite offices for Judge DuBose and Judge Thomas Baxter. The offices are along a secure hallway behind locked doors. The floor plan had been touted as providing better security for the judges and their staffs than the old quarters in the main courthouse.
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