Sonya Allen was sworn into office Wednesday as the new District Attorney in Cobb County, a little more than a month after her election.
The Democrat and former assistant district attorney in Fulton County was accompanied by her parents and daughter as she took the oath of office from Georgia Supreme Court Justice Verda M. Colvin.
Allen, who rose to the ranks of chief deputy of the Cobb Sheriff’s Office during a 30-year career, unseated former Cobb District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr. in the May primary…