JONESBORO, Ga. -- Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill was obsessed with publishing his autobiography as a tough crime fighter, but it turned into a bitter tell all book when he lost re-election in 2008, according to a former aide.
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Jonathan Newton, who was the department's public information officer in 2007 and 2008, testified Monday in Hill's corruption trial.
Newton said he worked on the sheriff's re-election campaign as well as the unpublished biography while on the county payroll.
Also under indictment for theft and forgery charges, Newton was granted immunity for his prosecution testimony.
He blamed Hill for his own legal troubles for the way Hill wrote him checks from county, campaign and other "discretionary funds," which he called "unethical."
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At one point weeping on the witness stand, Newton said he fell from grace near the end of Hill's first term and was assigned menial duties.
"I was a piece of garbage; I was throwaway material," he said.
Newton also said Hill took out of town trips with former department employees Beatrice Powell and Naomi Nash, both of whom confirmed those trips last week.
Special prosecutor Layla Zon expects to rest her case by the end of the day Monday.
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