{"id":422591,"date":"2026-10-08T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422591\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:12:51","slug":"former-fort-pierce-city-manager-convicted-of-official-misconduct-not-guilty-of-bid-tampering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422591\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Fort Pierce city manager convicted of official misconduct, not guilty of bid tampering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791493971_151_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jolie Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791493971_151_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"John Perik\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A jury in a St. Lucie County courtroom found former Fort Pierce city manager Nicholas Mimms not guilty of bid tampering and guilty of official misconduct on Thursday, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Sentencing is scheduled for December 11.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Jurors deliberated in the trial of former Fort Pierce city manager Nicholas Mimms, who is accused of bid tampering and official misconduct involving city-owned properties and a nonprofit linked to his niece.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Prosecutors said Mimms used his position as city manager to help Lincoln Park Young Professionals, a nonprofit co-founded by his niece, secure a lease to develop two city-owned properties.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Stay up-to-date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The defense denied Mimms did anything wrong, arguing that he and his niece, Caleta Scott, have a distant relationship.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The prosecution argued there was a conflict of interest, saying Scott was granted special treatment because of her relationship with Mimms.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Deliberations began late yesterday after closing arguments from both sides and resumed at 9 a.m. today. Jurors have broken for lunch but have not yet reached a verdict.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 A jury in a St. Lucie County courtroom found former Fort Pierce city manager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[6742,166724,164266,69816,166723,166713,1827,166716,166718,28,2447,166721,166717,39637,83004,25385,166715,13416,166725,1598,17813,159193,1718,72783,159951,105731,166714,171,173,172,11878,166719,166720,166722,1934,4556,189,97868],"class_list":["post-422591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-animal-rescue","tag-caleta-scott","tag-city-owned-property","tag-deliberation","tag-distant-relationship","tag-district-two","tag-dog","tag-dog-recruit","tag-dog-visit","tag-florida","tag-florida-police","tag-four-legged-visitor","tag-hopeful-recruit","tag-interest","tag-juror","tag-jury","tag-k-9-roster","tag-k-9-unit","tag-late-yesterday","tag-law-enforcement","tag-mimms","tag-niece","tag-nonprofit","tag-official-misconduct","tag-owner-reunion","tag-police-dog","tag-police-office","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-prosecutor","tag-reunited-with-owner","tag-september-30-2026","tag-stole-our-hearts","tag-trial","tag-west-palm-beach","tag-wpbf","tag-wpbf-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}