TC Palm by Andrew Atterbury January 5, 2018 The county public-records scandal expanded Thursday when a grand jury indicted two of the three current and former county commissioners who already are facing charges in the case. Commissioner Sarah Heard was charged with failure of a public official to permit inspection and copying of public records and […]
Martin County commissioner, former commissioner arrested on public records violation charges
TC Palm by Emily Bohatch January 4, 2017 Martin County Commissioner Sarah Heard and former Commissioner Anne Scott turned themselves in to the Martin County Jail on Thursday as they face new charges of public records violations, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said. Heard and Scott had a warrant for their arrests detailing charges of two […]
Two Martin County commissioners, one former commissioner face public-records law trials in 2018
TC Palm by George Andreassi December 18, 2017 Two Martin County commissioners and a former commissioner will face trial next year on charges they violated the state public-records law, a judge ordered Monday. County Judge Curtis Disque set a Feb. 19 trial date for Commissioner Sarah Heard on a non-criminal infraction of failure of a public official […]