BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY – The Centre County District
Attorney’s office is down two Assistant D.A.’s.
Last week, Lance Marshall resigned
after meeting with D.A. Michael Madeira about the handling of certain cases.
Also another D.A. has been on prolonged medical leave since the fall.
Today at Central Court, six
prosecutors had to take on 15 cases each.
Madeira said Wednesday it has been
taxing on staff members to have so many cases to handle, but Marshall’s resignation was
what was best for the office.
He is hoping to fill Marshall’s former position
in February.
“It will take a period of time to appropriately interview
people who are interested and determine if you have the right fit for an office
like this but, this could be done anywhere between two weeks to a month, and two
weeks would be better for me,” Madeira
said.