FORT PIERCE — Former Fort Pierce City Manager Nicholas C. Mimms, 53, was convicted of official misconduct, a third-degree felony, following a week-and-a-half trial, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced.
A St. Lucie County jury returned the verdict Oct. 8. Mimms faces up to five years in the Florida Department of Corrections, with sentencing scheduled for Dec. 11, 2026.
The case stemmed from a 2020 public bidding process overseen by Mimms to lease two vacant lots next to the Lincoln Theater in Lincoln Park. Lincoln Park Young Professionals won the lease. Two city employees served on the nonprofit’s board: Caleta Scott, Mimms’ niece, and Vennis Gilmore, who was then an assistant city planner…