Attorneys want superintendent's perjury charge dropped
April 23, 2021 at 1:15 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 1:36 PM
On the same day that South Florida clergy members and community leaders came to the defense of Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie, his attorneys have filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the perjury charge against him.
Runcie was arrested Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Robert Runcie, 59, was booked into the main Broward County jail on April 21, 2021.
According to the indictment, Runcie made a "false statement" while testifying under oath during a grand jury investigation related to possible fraud for school safety initiatives and whether there was a failure to follow the mandates of school-related safety laws put into place after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.