Brooks Blitch III, a former judge who was one of Clinch County’s most  powerful political figures, plead guilty in  federal court in Macon, Georgia to a fraud charge, according to court documents.
Blitch stepped down as chief judge of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit in  South Georgia in June 2008, a month before he was indicted on sweeping  federal corruption and conspiracy charges. 
He was accused of fixing  cases and authorizing illegal payments to county officials. 
At that  time, the state Judicial Qualifications Commission had charged Blitch  with 12 instances of misconduct.
 
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