By JIM BUTLER

The Police Jury is expected to accept attorney Sam Spurgeon’s resignation as an England Authority commissioner at today’s jury session.

A motion to that effect, from juror Randy Harris, is on the posted agenda. It also proposes appointing Myron K. Lawson Jr. to fill the term that expires September 9.

Waiving its rule for publicizing intent to fill an appointment as well as a waiting period before doing so is a routine jury practice.

Spurgeon, past president of the Alexandria Bar Association, is a past president of the England Authority board. 

He was most recently in the news when arrested December 31 and charged with battery 2nd degree, a felony.

The charge came after police responded to a call from a hospital regarding an alleged battery, according to media reports.

Details from that response’s Initial Incident Report, if requested, have not been reported.

The DA’s Office recused from the matter in late January, sending it to the Attorney General’s Office.

If an outside prosecutor has been assigned that has not been announced.

It may also be that Ninth Judicial District judges have sent the matter to the state Supreme Court for ad hoc judge assignment when, or if, the case goes forward.

Recusal is not extraordinary in such circumstances.