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For those of you who missed it the first time we posted it:

Cross City Councilman Marcellus Dawson and City Superintendent Johnny Green were arrested today along with two sitting Levy County Commissioners and face bribery & making false statement charges.  Both men are accused of taking “several hundred dollars” from an undercover agent at the Bonefish Grill in Gainesville, in exchange for trying to influence the council to approve building projects.  The two Levy County Commissioners, William Samuel Yearty and Robert Anthony Parker, allegedly made a sweeter deal and got $10,000.

The charges apparently stem from a visit from the same “Sean Michaels” who allegedly bribed Billy Keen, Alton Land and “Big” John Driggers during the same time period.

In an ironic twist, both county commissioners and Marcellus Dawson had all just been re-elected.  It seems likely that all three will have to be replaced, since the indictment forbids them from making any decisions on behalf of the government.