Dallas DA to request funding for special elder abuse prosecutor

District attorney Craig Washington is asking Dallas County for aspecial prosecutor to go after people taking advantage of the elderly,saying curren prosecutors are already overloaded.  “With the surge in these types of cases that we see developingwithin the county, I think it behooves us to have someone whose primaryfocus is these cases,” said Kevin Brooks, who is the Dallas CountyFelony Trial Bureau Chief.  The district attorney is scheduled to go before the CountyCommissioners on Tuesday, July 31 to make his request for the specialprosecutor.

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