Man arrested on charges of stealing election equipment in Palm Beach County

Multiple media accounts are reporting that a man has been arrested in Palm Beach County on charges connected to stealing election data and equipment in the Congressional district, which is home to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s Florida home.

The Palm Beach Post, WPTV-TV and Right Line News Chief Content Officer Eric Daugherty are detailing that a man named John Panicci was arrested Saturday at his home in Greenacres. He’s accused of taking a computer access key to encrypted data from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office at 4301 Cherry Road.

The election equipment theft allegations are in U.S. House District 57. That’s where Democrat Emily Gregory flipped the House District in an upset victory Tuesday. She defeated Republican John Maples with 49.15% of the vote, compared to 48.85% for Maples. Not only was the Special Election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Mike Caruso in August, but the contest also received intense nationwide attention because the seat is where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and Florida home are located.

Democrats boasted about Gregory’s victory as proof that Trump was losing ground with the electorate.




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