A misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police investigation, initiated against Riverdale police by Maj. Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, will not be prosecuted by Clayton County Solicitor Keith Martin.

Martin said that evidence in the obstruction charge, made in connection with the Fayette investigation of the disappearance of Beverly Watson nearly two years ago, might be contingent on "lawfully recorded telephone conversations, and there is a chance that the District Attorney (Clayton's Bob Keller) will prosecute a charge that those conversation were unlawfully recorded."

If such a case is pursued by Keller, Martin said, the charge would be felony wiretapping, which Riverdale Police Chief Ron Beddingfield has disputed.

Martin said that in a meeting with Jordan, Beddingfield and Keller, it was agreed that the misdemeanor charge would not be pursued "based on (Jordan's) request," Martin said.

"Major Jordan said he would forego the misdemeanor charge because he felt no need to get the taxpayers embroiled in something that occurred in Clayton County," Martin added.