MIAMI – A Miami-Dade commissioner could be struggling with felony costs as early as Tuesday.
According to CBS4 news spouse the Miami Herald, Joe Martinez is expected to surrender to authorities this 7 days in link with a general public corruption probe.
Prosecutors have been seeking into Martinez’s dealings as considerably back again as the tumble of 2019.
Martinez’s legal professional produced a statement, declaring, in element:
“Condition Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle directed Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez to surrender this 7 days dependent on untrue allegations arising from his non-public observe operate as a guide when he was a personal citizen and not an elected formal.
“The investigation has been ongoing for 5 several years, so the timing of the allegations that do not entail Commissioner Martinez’s time in general public workplace raise concerns of a political influence when he is regarded the entrance runner for the recently designed sheriff of Miami-Dade County.”
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava dealt with the circumstance Monday when asked throughout an unrelated push conference.
“Community believe in in governing administration is essential to our democracy. And, of system, we don’t know everything a lot more about the specifics suitable now and if after we know we are going to be in a place to answer, but right now I have very little even further to say.”
If Martinez is billed with a crime, Gov. Ron DeSantis could name a short term replacement on the county board.
