Florida education board chair charged in illegal excavation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The president of the Florida Board of Education has been charged with illegally excavating successful waters astir his erstwhile spot successful the Florida Keys.

Federal prosecutors precocious past period charged Tom Grady with misdemeanor obstruction of navigable water, alleging helium excavated astatine the spot without a licence successful April 2017.

Grady has pleaded not guilty, tribunal documents show. His attorney, David Oscar Markus, issued a connection saying Grady received approvals for the task from local, authorities and national officials.

"Unfortunately, the national government’s presumption is that immoderate existing national permits were insufficient. We look guardant to presenting our presumption and favorably resolving this matter," the connection read.

Grady's complaint was brought nether a ineligible papers called an information, which typically signifies that prosecutors are moving toward a plea woody with a defendant.

Grady had precocious attracted attraction arsenic the Florida acquisition committee moved to good schoolhouse districts that defied a authorities prohibition connected disguise mandates successful the classroom. The committee has besides approved withholding backing from districts that person national grants intended to marque up for the authorities fines.

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The complaint was archetypal reported by the Key West Citizen.

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