{"id":422785,"date":"2026-10-09T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422785\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T01:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:16:07","slug":"jury-convicts-former-fort-pierce-city-manager-nick-mimms-of-official-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422785\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury convicts former Fort Pierce city manager Nick Mimms of official misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A St. Lucie County jury convicted former Fort Pierce City Manager Nick Mimms<\/a> of official misconduct Thursday, finding he improperly obstructed, delayed or prevented information about a possible felony involving the city from being communicated.<\/p>\n

Jurors found Mimms not guilty of bid tampering, the first count he faced. But they found him guilty on the official-misconduct count and specifically determined the misconduct involved obstructing, delaying or preventing communication of information related to a possible felony that directly involved or affected the government entity he served.<\/p>\n

The verdict followed a trial that began Sept. 29 and centered on allegations that Mimms improperly influenced the city\u2019s bidding process for two vacant Lincoln Park-area lots.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors alleged Mimms steered the process toward Lincoln Park Young Professionals<\/a>, a nonprofit whose board included his niece and another city employee. The organization sought a lease involving the properties, near the Lincoln Theater.<\/p>\n

During trial, FDLE Agent Derek Brisky testified<\/a> about emails, city records and the request-for-proposals process. Prosecutors pointed to communications showing Mimms continued to discuss the RFP\u2019s <\/a>evaluation criteria and committee after the matter had been referred to the city\u2019s purchasing department.<\/p>\n

The defense argued the purchasing department controlled the RFP\u2019s publication and administration, and challenged the state\u2019s claim that the process amounted to an improper sole-source arrangement.<\/p>\n

See also: 4 people arrested after drugs, 26 firearms found at North Palm Beach home<\/a><\/p>\n

Court records show Circuit Judge Michael James Linn denied the state\u2019s request to have Mimms taken into custody pending sentencing. Mimms was allowed to remain free on bond.<\/p>\n

Sentencing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 11 in St. Lucie County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A St. Lucie County jury convicted former Fort Pierce City Manager Nick Mimms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-422785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422785","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=422785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}