North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony F. DeFillipo was arrested and charged with voting illegally three times last year, the Miami鈭扗ade State Attorney鈥檚 Office announced Wednesday.
At the time he voted in North Miami Beach, DeFillipo was not a city resident because he had moved to a new home in Broward County, said Miami鈭扗ade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle at a news conference in Miami.
Using property and cell phone records, Miami鈭扗ade investigators said DeFillipo and his wife sold their North Miami Beach residence in December 2021 and bought a home in Davie in July 2022. He later illegally voted in three North Miami Beach elections 鈥� the primary, the general and the run鈭抩ff.
He was charged with three felony counts of being an 鈥渦nqualified elector.鈥� His bond was set at $15,000.
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DeFillipo previously said the votes were 鈥渁n oversight.鈥�
"I totally forgot, it was an oversight and I had it fixed immediately when I noticed," DeFillipo told NBC6 earlier this year. "We鈥檙e human, we make mistakes."
The city of North Miami Beach released a statement late Wednesday said city officials 鈥渁re focused on earning your confidence back.鈥�
鈥淭he City of North Miami Beach will watch closely as the legal process runs its course,鈥� the statement said. 鈥淭o rebuild trust in this community is no small feat however, we are focused on earning your confidence back.鈥�
