MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime’s district coordinator appeared in court on Friday afternoon.
Evelt Jeudy, a defendant in a public corruption case, was wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer read some of the charges.
Attorney Arthur Jones was representing Jeudy at bond court. Glazer reduced Jeudy’s bond from $148,000 to $99,000. Jones wanted it reduced further, but Glazer didn’t budge.
Glazer ordered Jeudy, who is Haitian American, to surrender his passport.
Jeudy’s alleged crimes go back to 2016. Monestime did not answer questions about the case, and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office did not release the arrest warrant.
“Given that this matter is now in the hands of the criminal justice system, I am not at liberty to comment further,” Monestime said in a statement.
Corrections officers booked Jeudy, 59, shortly after midnight Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he remained on Friday night.
Jeudy’s long list of charges includes racketeering, organized fraud, 15 counts of official misconduct, six counts of grand theft, and unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior.
After he was arrested, corrections records showed Jeudy was also facing four counts of official misconduct 10/1/6, two counts of grand theft, three counts of unlawfully filing a false document, five counts of fraudulent use of personal identification, two counts of notary who falsely takes an acknowledgment of an instrument, and four counts of fraudulent use of personal identification.
Jeudy was also facing two counts of fraudulent use or possession with intent to use the personal identification information of a deceased individual or dissolved business entity, conflict of interest/ exploit official position, conflict of interest for soliciting or demanding gift, and conflict of interest/ disclose gift.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Guadalupe Monarrez contributed to this report.