Charges Dropped Against Craft Private Investigator

A Catoosa County judge has dropped the criminal case against a private investigator who worked for Tonya Craft.

Eric Echols was originally charged with three counts of influencing a witness after he was hired to do work for Craft on her child custody suit against her ex-husband.

Craft was acquitted on 22 counts of various child molestation charges in May.

The charges against Echols stem from an August 2009 conversation in the father of one of
Craft’s alleged victims said Echols threatened him. But a transcript of the recorded conversation between Echols and the father shows the men having a polite conversation.


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Judge Appointed to Hear Case of Tonya Craft’s Private Investigator

A Cobb County judge was appointed for the trial of Tonya Craft’s private investigator, who is charge with interfering with a witness.

After all the Catoosa County Superior Court judges recused themselves from Eric Echols’ case, a new judge had to be appointed to hear the case, Echols said.

Echols trial is scheduled for Sept. 13.

Echols, who worked as an investigator in Craft’s child custody and molestation cases, was charged with three counts of tampering with a witness last August. He was arrested after the father of an alleged victim in the molestation case said Echols threatened him.

Craft was acquitted May 11 on all 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual battery.

Echols filed the written transcript of the taped conversation he had with the father in August 2009. The conversations show Echols having a cordial conversation with the man.


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