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Dillard H. Hughes started his career in law enforcement with the University
of Georgia Campus Police in 1983. He went on to serve as a patrolman for the former City of Athens police Department. In 1987,
Dillard joined the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia where he has served for the last 14 years.
He is currently a Lieutenant and former Watch Commander. Most recently, he has been assigned as an operations supervisor in
the Detention Division on the evening watch. Dillard Hughes attended the University
of Georgia and majored in English/Education. His career began as a way to pay for his education as a teacher but turned into
a full time job that has now spanned over eighteen years.
Dillard H. Hughes’ novel, The Nash Chronicles, is about “A seventeen-year veteran with the Athens
Police Department is brutally murdered while investigating an open door at a closed business. Lieutenant Alton Nash investigates
and uncovers corrupt officers, a nasty drug lord, and does battle with a Mafia assassin.”
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