STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — DeKalb county superintendent Crawford Lewis has announced that he is temporarily stepping down from his position in an emergency board meeting.
DeKalb County School Board accepted Lewis's request to temporarily step down while an investigation continues into construction projects in DeKalb County schools.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Richard Elliot said Lewis has stepped down either until the investigation is over or until the Board decides to reinstate him.
Deputy Chief Superintendent, Business operations Ramona Tyson has been named interim superintendent.
The district attorney's office has been investigating construction projects in DeKalb County schools.
Police searched Lewis's home and office Thursday.
Investigators also searched a school district warehouse.
The DeKalb County District Attorney's Office served a search warrant at Superintendent Crawford Lewis' home about 7:30 a.m. Lewis told Channel 2 Action News reporter Linda Stouffer that he was surprised to find officers at his door Thursday morning with a search warrant.
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Officials said they executed four search warrants; one at Lewis' home, two at school administration headquarters and one at the district's Sam Moss Service Center. Investigators also searched Lewis' office at the school district headquarters.
Lewis also told Stouffer that he did nothing wrong.
"This is all part of an ongoing investigation which was started at the request of the school system's administration. After reviewing the information we gathered Thursday, we anticipate bringing this matter to an appropriate conclusion," said DeKalb District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming in an e-mail to Channel 2 Action News investigator reporter Richard Belcher.
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Dale Davis, Lewis' spokesman, didn't go into detail regarding the raid during an interview with reporters.
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In October, the district attorney's office seized thousands of documents while searching the office and home of Patricia Pope, the county's former chief operating officer in connection with the investigation. She denies any wrongdoing.
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