Brad Harvey has put property in wife’s name
Former property appraiser, facing trial on fraud charges, deeded home and other property to his current wife
Brad Harvey
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN Editor
Former Wakulla County Property Appraiser Brad Harvey, who is set for criminal trial in late July on fraud charges, put his home and a tract of land in his current wife’s name in November, public records show.
Harvey deeded his home and five acres on Quarry Springs Drive and a 40-acre tract of property to his wife, Dorothy Dione Grimes, on Nov. 8. Harvey now has no Wakulla property in his name.
A corrective deed was filed in the Clerk of Courts Records Division on May 2, with Harvey and Grimes deeding the property to Grimes.
A satisfaction of mortgage was filed in January of this year on a 2018 loan of $110,000 on the home. An earlier mortgage from 2013 for $185,000 on the home, was satisfied in August 2021, according to Records. There is no other mortgage on the property, meaning it is free and clear.
During two years in office as property appraiser, Harvey allegedly overpaid himself more than $200,000 in salary overpayments and personal expenses. His salary at the time was close to $110,000.
It’s not clear if Harvey was having his name removed from the property to avoid having liens placed on it for restitution and fines in the criminal case.
The state Commission on Ethics has already ordered Harvey to pay a civil penalty of $40,000 in addition to $209,000 in restitution to Wakulla County for his ethics violations.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney Andrew Deneen, who is reportedly seeking prison time for Harvey if he is convicted. Reportedly, a plea offer from the state that included three years in prison was rejected by Harvey.
Harvey is represented in the case by Tallahassee attorney Shelly Thomas.
For more on this story see last weeks edition BRAD HARVEY SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN LATE JULY
