News Break: Plea deal and sentencing hearing this afternoon for former Director of Finance
Raye Annette Brutnell will appear at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon to enter a felony plea and sentencing in the criminal matter of the State of Florida vs Raye Annette Brutnell that began three years ago, on November 20, 2018. The case will be heard before Circuit Court Judge R. Lee Smith in courtroom 328.
What began as 163 felony and misdemeanor charges after the initial embezzlement investigation of Brutnell, the Director of Finance for former Sheriff David Shoar, has been whittled down to 11 felony charges:
GRAND THEFT OVER $100,000 (812.014 2a1)
GRAND THEFT OVER $20,000 (812.014 1 & 2)