Angie Nixon Settles Trespassing Case for $250 and 15 Service Hours
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Angie Nixon Settles Trespassing Case for $250 and 15 Service Hours
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Summary
Angie Nixon, Florida’s Democratic Senate nominee, resolved her trespassing case before trial by agreeing to pay $250 and complete 15 hours of community service.
The charges stemmed from a May sit-in outside Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Capitol office, where Nixon sought a meeting over new congressional maps she opposed.
Nixon had been charged with trespassing and resisting an officer without violence after remaining outside the office for hours; she had faced up to 2 years in prison.
She did not plead guilty and said she did nothing wrong, framing the protest as a demand that elected leaders remain accessible to the public.
The case closes as Nixon heads into a difficult November Senate race against Sen. Ashley Moody, the Republican DeSantis appointed last year.