A city manager in Florida was convicted after a jury trial.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that the Office of Statewide Prosecution, working with the State Attorney’s Office for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, secured a jury conviction against former Fort Pierce City Manager Nicholas C. Mimms for official misconduct, a third-degree felony. A St. Lucie County jury returned the verdict this month after a week-and-a-half trial.
“Corruption grows in the dark, and our office is turning on the lights,” said Attorney General James Uthmeier. “Thanks to Chief ASP Jonathan Bridges and ASA Brandon White for their work prosecuting this case, State Attorney Bakkedahl, and our partners at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for conducting the investigation. If public officials try to hide the truth to benefit family or friends, we will expose them and hold them accountable.”…