During their
June 18, 2019 board
of commissioners meeting the Martin County Board of Commissioners agreed to
pay $450,000 to a law firm for work done in obtaining an acquittal of
Commissioner Sarah Heard on charges of public records violations.
Commissioner
Heard abstained from the vote.
According to a
report published by WPTV
in partnership with TCPalm, Commissioner Heard was indicted by a grand jury
in 2018 on charges she violated the states’ public records laws alleged to have
occurred during the course and scope of her commissioner duties.
“Heard was charged after the rock mining company Lake Point sued the county in 2013 in a breach-of-contract lawsuit that, in part, claimed Heard, and former Martin County Commissioners Ed Fielding and Ann Scott destroyed or failed to produce emails pertinent to their case. (read more) “
