JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – There was more fallout Friday in the Public Defender's Office.
Chief of Staff Ron Mallett has decided to retire at the end of the month.
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Mallett, who's been with the office for five years, has been working with Public Defender Matt Shirk in the wake of a recent investigation. Staff members say Mallett was the one who ordered security badges be cleared for Shirk's wife to enter the building.
There is no word yet on a replacement.
Shirk has hired a private attorney to handle the case. So far that firm is not commenting. But Shirk did say in a phone interview earlier this week that information will be forthcoming and more will be made known as the investigation continues.
Shirk has been the target of a state investigation since a Florida Times-Union report questioning the hirings and firings of three young women from his office.