Williamson County DA asks for help with case backlog

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — When Shawn Dick took office as the new district attorney last month, his staff discovered more than 200 cases left behind by the previous DA. At the time, Dick was worried about what kind of cases were put on hold, and now after sorting through them, his office has learned it’s what the district attorney feared.
“The most serious we found in that stack were sexual assaults of children,” says Dick. “Really since then, it’s been about