PENSACOLA, Fla.—The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has charged Jessica Sonia Humphreys, 24, of Miami, with 72 counts of petition fraud and 72 counts of perjury, all third-degree felonies.
The investigation began in January 2023 when the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections alerted FDLE agents to numerous fraudulent petitions related to the constitutional amendment regarding marijuana use. Humphreys, a paid petition gatherer for “Smart and Safe Florida,” was found to have submitted 38 fraudulent petitions in Escambia County.
Further investigation with the Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections revealed that Humphreys had submitted an additional 34 petitions using fictitious names in that county…