A judge on Friday declined State Senator Colton Moore’s request for an arrest warrant against a state House staffer following a confrontation between the two earlier this year. Moore, a Republican from Trenton, had sought the arrest warrant against Keith Williams, a lawyer in the House speaker’s office. The two men were involved in a scuffle outside the House chamber in January.
Fulton County Magistrate Judge Robert Wolf said at the end of a hearing that he hadn’t seen sufficient evidence to support probable cause that criminal charges were warranted. The lawyer for Moore says they intend to appeal the judge’s ruling.
Moore was arrested Jan. 16 after he tried to push his way past House staffers who were blocking him as he tried multiple times to enter the House chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech. House Speaker Jon Burns, a fellow Republican, banned Moore from the chamber last year after Moore denounced late House Speaker David Ralston on a day when Ralston was being honored and his relatives were watching.
