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A federal indictment accuses a former Florida prosecutor of soliciting bribes for favorable case dispositions and defrauding an elderly man after obtaining guardianship.

Feds: Former state attorney took bribes, stole more than $600K from elderly man, his estate Jeff Siegmeister accused of conspiracy, extortion, fraud, other charges Eric Wallace, Senior Producer, I-TEAM Frank Powers, Assignment manager Updated:  Tags:  Jeff Siegmeister (WCJB-TV image) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jeff Siegmeister, who was state attorney representing Columbia and six other North Florida counties for nearly seven years until he resigned suddenly in December 2019, was indicted this we...

Jeff Siegmeister, state attorney for Floridas Third Judicial Circuit until 2019, is accused of a tangle of crimes involving his official position.

Friday afternoon, 65 patients at Alachua County hospitals had a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to data from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Hospitals had about 13.47% available capacity. Overall bed availability is comparable to last week.   Alachua County public schools have reported 291 staff and 642 student cases since Aug. 17. There are 26 active cases, 22 among students and 4 among staff. Another 293 students and staff members are in quarantine. The Univer...

The state health department also reported 31 new local coronavirus cases.

The county also added 21 new coronavirus cases in the report.

“This is all very, very good news,” he said.   And he said the lower cases numbers aren’t a result of fewer residents taking COVID-19 tests. “We’re testing as much if not more than we were back in August,” Myers said.  So far, more than 45,000 people have been vaccinated in Alachua County. Myers said the Florida Department of Emergency Management is preparing to OK the next group of vaccine recipients, who are likely to include law enforcement, firefighters and teachers.  “I�...

The county also added 31 new coronavirus cases in the report.

Close to 1,000 people were vaccinated in Alachua County Thursday.

The county also on Monday reported 57 new coronavirus cases, for a total of 21,887.