Third South Florida Mayor Arrested
Was making money on the side consulting for a health company that had business with the city
Another city mayor in Miami-Dade has been busted this morning. Less than a month after the arrests of Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Maroño and Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi on federal bribery charges, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is accusing Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman of unlawful compensation.
At his home earlier this morning, detectives handcuffed Bateman in connection with a secret $125-an-hour secret consulting gig for Community Health of South Florida Inc., a nonprofit organization that needed the city's blessing to help expand its chain of health clinics, according to the Miami Herald.
(Hat tip to Mike Riggs)
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