Wyatt Green’s proceedings volition commencement March 28 if attorneys don’t scope an agreement

Wyatt Green

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville contractor who’s been astatine the halfway of a News4JAX I-TEAM investigation for respective years inactive hasn’t reached a plea woody -- thing his lawyer has been moving connected for months.

Wyatt Green faces 8 felony charges that could enactment him down bars for years if helium is convicted successful a trial. Green’s charges see forgery, organized fraud and expansive theft, and his lawyer and the authoritative updated the justice successful the lawsuit Wednesday greeting -- saying they are inactive moving connected a woody that would let Green to debar trial.

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Prosecutors accidental portion Green was with Storm Restoration Specialists LLC oregon Storm RS, helium forged security documents and took thousands of dollars without finishing the enactment helium was paid to do.

Some of Green’s customers, which see Hurricane Irma Victims, archer the I-TEAM they were near with harm they could not spend to wage idiosyncratic other to hole due to the fact that their security companies had already paid Green.

At 1 time, Green faced 21 felony charges, but precocious past year, prosecutors amended those charges and consolidated some – leaving him to look eight:

  • Four counts of expansive theft

  • One number of organized fraud

You whitethorn recall, portion Green was retired connected enslaved pursuing his archetypal apprehension successful April 2019, the I-TEAM spotted him connected camera betting thousands of dollars astatine a Jacksonville poker room. After we brought this accusation to the State Attorney’s Office, the conditions of Green’s enslaved were adjusted to forestall him from gambling.

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Green’s lawsuit has moved dilatory since his apprehension much than 2 years ago, with delays exacerbated by lawyer changes and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Back successful November, the justice moved guardant with mounting a March proceedings day successful lawsuit Green’s lawyer and prosecutors couldn’t scope an agreement. If they can’t scope a woody earlier then, assemblage enactment volition statesman connected March 28.

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