Friends, colleagues say Dallas County DA Susan Hawk spent time in drug rehab
Dallas County’s new district attorney Susan Hawk, blasted by former co-workers for acting erratically on the job, spent a month at a rehab center for prescription drug use during the campaign for that office in late 2013, friends and courthouse colleagues say.
Details about the previously undisclosed rehab stint in Arizona have begun to emerge after Hawk fired her second-in-command, Bill Wirskye, stunning fellow prosecutors and hinting at an office in upheaval less than three months into the Republican’s tenure.
His dismissal came shortly after Hawk accused him -- wrongly, he says -- of breaking into her home and stealing an incriminating photo of her, according to a friend familiar with the confrontation, citing it as another example of her bizarre behavior recently around staffers.
Hawk, 44, didn’t respond to several requests for comment Thursday, and she was not in her office Friday morning. Calls to her cellphone went directly to voice mail.
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[font color=green]Although the previous DA Craig Watkins had various issues, it appears that Hawk (R) has her own set of problems with hydrocone and oxycontin. Hopefully her stint in rehab will provide a sense of understanding for those arrested for drug problems.[/font]
