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Saturday, August 31, 2024

A Republican Florida lawmaker was indicted on felony forgery charges this week related to her former role as a school administrator.

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"On Thursday, Amesty turned herself in to the Orange County Jail where she was booked on the charges against her. She was released later that day, local news outlet WLRN-TV reported, citing the Orange County Inmate Database.

State Attorney Andrew A. Bain said in a statement on Thursday that "a concerned citizen brought potential criminal wrongdoing to our attention" and that his office requested an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into the matter.

Evidence was then presented to the grand jury who "found sufficient evidence to return an indictment."

Amesty's reelection campaign said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter):

"This prosecution, initiated just a few weeks prior to absentee ballots being dropped, is based on misleading reports from a partisan newspaper about a notarization of an employee verification background report."

All of Amesty's charges are considered third-degree felonies that carry a sentence of up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines each."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-08-30 06:55 PM | Reply

"The charges stem from an incident in 2021, in which Amesty allegedly knowingly notarized a document with a forged signature while working as an administrator for a nonprofit school run by her family, Central Christian Academy."

But. Of. Course.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-08-31 06:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Is Tiny D working on a pardon yet?

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-08-31 12:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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