A newly-elected state House representative from Barrow County was released from jail on bond Friday, but the charges against him multiplied from the time he was arrested on Thursday.
Daniel Edwin Rampey, 67, was initially arrested on 3 felony charges ranging from burglary to drug possession, but by Friday there were 19 felony counts filed against him.
Rampey, a Republican who was elected without opposition to the District 116 House seat, was released from custody on an $111,000 bond.
Rampey, who manages operations at the family-owned Magnolia Estates of Winder Assisted Living Center, faces numerous charges stemming from the alleged theft of prescription narcotics from a residence in the assisted living complex.
Among the warrants filed against Rampey are 6 burglary charges, 5 exploitation of an elderly person, 5 charges of obtaining a controlled substance by theft & 1 count of possession of a controlled substance.
The investigation that led to Rampey’s arrest began a couple of weeks ago, when the sheriff’s office received information about “suspicious activity involving missing medications.”
Sheriff Jud Smith said, “ We actually filmed him going into the residences & taking the items.”
Investigators served search warrants on Thursday at Magnolia Estates and at Rampey’s home in Statham, according to Smith.
Rampey was scheduled to take office at the state House on Jan. 9. The status of his 2-year term could not be determined Friday.
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Source: Athens-Banner Herald
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