Forsyth County Deputy Suspended over Sex Scandal

A deputy has been suspended for three weeks without pay for allegedly having sex with an 18-year-old woman while on duty.

Lt. Todd Maloney who is 41-years-old and a 14-year veteran with the sheriff's office, admitted to having an affair with a woman who was on probation, according to documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Capt. Tim House told Cumming Patch that Maloney has been cited for three separate violations of policy: neglect of duty, professional image and conduct unbecoming on and off duty of a sheriff’s deputy.

"The incident has been investigated and reviewed," said House. "He has been disciplined with corrective actions of 120 hours of suspension without pay and he has been transferred to the ."

"From my perspective, he made a bad decision and he is suffering the consequences for that decision," he said.

House noted that when Maloney returns back to work he will be a supervisor at the jail with a desk job. House was unsure when and if Maloney would ever return to duties as a road deputy.

As for Maloney's rank, House said the sheriff's office works under the civil service policy of the Forsyth County Government where a progressive discipline is in place that the sheriff's office is required to work through.

"This may not have come to the level of termination," House said. "He did not do anything criminal, he violated internal policies."

Capt. House did say the woman involved in the alleged affair was 18 when it started on April 1, but had turned 19 by the time it ended on Dec. 1.