State Chapters > Florida

How a Dunkin' Donuts bag full of cash led to the downfall of a Florida mayor

(1/1)

TomSea:

--- Quote ---How a Dunkin' Donuts bag full of cash led to the downfall of a Florida mayor
The Washington Post Cleve Wootson

On Thursday, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper vowed to “vigorously fight” corruption accusations, including the claim that she was on the receiving end of a Dunkin’ Donuts bag filled with $8,000 in soon-to-be-laundered cash.

A day earlier, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, she had cleaned out her city hall office, then reported to the jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Cooper, a 57-year-old Democrat who has been mayor of the city 20 miles north of Miami since 2005, is charged with several corruption charges: money laundering, official misconduct and exceeding the limit on campaign finance contributions — all felonies that carry a maximum five-year prison sentence each. She’s also accused of soliciting contributions in a government building — that same now-vacant city hall office.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/how-a-dunkin-donuts-bag-full-of-cash-led-to-the-downfall-of-a-florida-mayor/ar-BBIjs5s?OCID=ansmsnnews11
--- End quote ---

People from all walks of life get in trouble. I'm kind of undecided on this. She is accused of doing wrong but I'm not sure if they are really bad things. Felonies though.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/how-a-dunkin-donuts-bag-full-of-cash-led-to-the-downfall-of-a-florida-mayor/ar-BBIjs5s?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Navigation

[0] Message Index