Former Republican high-roller Jim Greer was sentenced Wednesday in an Orlando courtroom to 18 months in state prison followed by a year of supervised probation.
Greer pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and one count of money laundering related to accusations that he swiped $125,000 from the Florida Republican party coffers while chair in 2009.
His guilty pleas came just before a trial was scheduled to begin that would have featured witnesses that included former Gov. Charlie Crist, former Florida…
Former Republican high-roller Jim Greer was sentenced Wednesday in an Orlando courtroom to 18 months in state prison followed by a year of supervised probation.
Greer pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and one count of money laundering related to accusations that he swiped $125,000 from the Florida Republican party coffers while chair in 2009.
His guilty pleas came just before a trial was scheduled to begin that would have featured witnesses that included former Gov. Charlie Crist, former Florida…