Indictments handed up against City Council members Katrina Brown, Reggie Brown

[Steve]

Perhaps a special election is in our future?

Jacksonville City Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180531/indictments-handed-up-against-city-council-members-katrina-brown-reggie-brown

[Tacachale]

Didn't see that coming. Not sure what to read into it, however, the feds have a tendency of throwing the book at people who get on their radar.

[jagsonville]

Reggie Fullwood, Corrine Brown, now these two. Jacksonville democrats have some serious issues with corruption as of late.

[Jagsdrew]

This is unfortunate. Seeing city leaders get caught up in corruption when the community trusts them to do the right thing seems like it's happening more with our city and local government.

[downtownbrown]

Perhaps a special election is in our future?

Jacksonville City Council members Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180531/indictments-handed-up-against-city-council-members-katrina-brown-reggie-brown

Whenever I see a story like this involving Democrats, a little piece of me dies. I thought I could count on them to protect me from the evil deeds of the Republicans and Corporations.

Sigh. I think I need A hug.

Welcome to the Party!

[KenFSU]

Full indictment here:

https://media.news4jax.com/document_dev/2018/05/31/KATRINA%20AND%20REGGIE%20BROWN%20INDICTMENT_1527776485021_12144451_ver1.0.pdf

If the charges are true, this is really bad.

Long story short:

Katrina Brown's family owns a BBQ sauce company (KJB Specialties) that received millions in loans, including a federal SBA loan. Reggie Brown and Katrina Brown set up two false companies - A Plus Training and RB Packaging - fraudulently invoiced KJB for hundreds of thousands of dollars for training and packaging, and then had the reimbursement checks UPS'd to Reggie Brown's mom's house. 

[BridgeTroll]

This has been brewing for months... 

[KenFSU]

This has been brewing for months... 

It's fair to say that the Browns may soon find themselves... sauced.

[Jagsdrew]

This has been brewing for months... 

It's fair to say that the Browns may soon find themselves... sauced.

I think they are in hot sauce 

[KenFSU]

Well, sooner or later, it was bound to ketchup with them.

[thelakelander]

Did Councilwoman Brown ever say what ended up happening to all the loan money since the bbq plant never opened?

[KenFSU]

Did Councilwoman Brown ever say what ended up happening to all the loan money since the bbq plant never opened?

Nope, complete radio silence.

[thelakelander]

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180531/lawyers-for-browns-respond-to-indictments-allegations

[KenFSU]

^Hilarious quote from her defense attorney:

"She's not out buying yachts, fancy cars, fancy trips, jewelry."

Meanwhile, her Porsche was just repo'd a few months back.

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/242420-car-trouble-lender-wants-porsche-back-jax-councilwoman-katrina-brown

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Seems like it's all just a big misunderstanding.

Easy fix.   Just provide the receipts for and unused raw materials and give the machinery back.

All fixed.