Judge orders state to reimburse sheriff’s office

Note to state officials – when Superior Court Judge Brenda H. Trammell gives an order, it’s probably best to comply. Following a court hearing last week, Trammell, the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit’s chief judge, ordered the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) to pay Putnam County Sheriff’s Office $5,588.56 in restitution for leaving a defendant in Putnam’s…