Overview
- The City Council voted 3-0 Saturday to remove Jayden Williams following a nearly 10-hour public hearing that reviewed a city-hired law firm’s investigation.
- Investigators found Williams exchanged flirtatious messages and explicit images with a high school student who had just turned 18, with the communications reported to have occurred before he took office.
- The probe also documented improper personal charges on a city purchasing card, including restaurant bills and other purchases tied to receipts that conflicted with Williams’ explanations.
- Stockbridge police reviewed the communications and declined to file criminal charges; Elton Alexander was named interim mayor and the city must hold a special election within six months.
- Williams’ attorney has disputed the findings and said an appeal will be considered, while residents and city officials confront political and reputational fallout in a largely ceremonial mayoral post under Stockbridge’s council-manager system.