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   PLYMOUTH, NC (WITN) - A suspended magistrate who was facing   
   removal after his arrest on a drug charge has resigned.   
      
   Danielle Cox resigned Thursday right before a hearing to remove   
   him from office, according to Washington County Sheriff Johnny   
   Barnes.   
      
   Cox was arrested two weeks ago after deputies say they found pot   
   in his Italian sports car that was parked behind the courthouse.   
      
   Cox was the magistrate on duty August 10th when his car, a 2014   
   Maserati, was repossessed.   
      
   Barnes says acting on information they previously had on Cox,   
   deputies asked the repossession company if they could search the   
   car, and Barnes says they agreed.   
      
   That's when deputies say they found the marijuana. His was   
   charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.   
      
   The resignation leaves Washington County with just one   
   magistrate.   
      
   Another magistrate retired on July 1st, so the sheriff says   
   until new magistrates are named there are times when his   
   deputies have to take prisoners to another county for   
   arraignment.   
      
   The sheriff says he hopes at least one of those positions will   
   soon be filled.   
      
   Cox had been a magistrate for 12 years and has a September 27th   
   court date in Plymouth.   
      
   http://www.witn.com/content/news/Magistrate-charged-with-pot-   
   possession-resigns-491798901.html   
         
      
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