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(46,328 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:24 AM Oct 2020

Strange story here in Wisconsin...

A county district attorney shows her incompetence and has been MIA from her job since June.

A D.A. goes M.I.A. Where is the Waushara County District Attorney?

Laura Waite was appointed to the position in April, but hasn’t been seen at the courthouse, or has handled cases, since June

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WBAY) - 124 days and counting.

That’s how long staffers say it’s been since the district attorney of Waushara County has shown up for work.

Governor Tony Evers appointed Laura Waite as the top prosecutor in that county in April, but she hasn’t been seen in the courthouse or handled cases since late June.

Waite is on the ballot, running for re-election, in the November third race.

A viewer asked us to find out where the DA has been, if she’ll be back and whether she’s being paid while she’s MIA, so we started digging for answers.

In the year of COVID-19, it’s not uncommon for people to work remotely, but that’s not the case with all jobs. And the staff at the Waushara County District Attorney’s office tells us their boss, DA Laura Waite, hasn’t shown up for work for four months.

There’s no missing persons report.

Police did a welfare check and determined she is okay.

The DA’s office says it received text message September 16h that Waite was in a pain clinic in Minnesota, but they have heard nothing else and say she’s made no effort to take care of cases while she’s gone.

In the meantime, the justice system is feeling the effect.

https://www.wbay.com/2020/10/28/a-da-goes-mia-where-is-the-waushara-county-district-attorney/

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Strange story here in Wisconsin... (Original Post) Archae Oct 2020 OP
Bizarre soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
Hmmm. DarthDem Oct 2020 #2
rehab? dawg day Oct 2020 #3
That would be my guess. n/t Laelth Oct 2020 #5
+2 Mike 03 Oct 2020 #6
Childbirth or COVID? KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #4
"In a pain clinic"? bamagal62 Oct 2020 #7
Update: They have a new DA. Archae Nov 2020 #8

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)
2. Hmmm.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:27 AM
Oct 2020

Unusual to say the least! If the police located her - as the story implies - I'm not sure why they can't demand she go into work or produce medical evidence preventing her from doing so and take leave. I realize it's an elected position and that may change things somehow but she's got to be subject to some basic personnel rules.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. rehab?
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:30 AM
Oct 2020

And she's running for reelection?

I worry about children kind of vanishing like that with no school to go to.

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