SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. โ Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg was indicted in federal court Tuesday on charges of stalking and unlawful use of means to identify another person in an attempt to upset a fellow candidate, according to court records filed in the Middle District of Florida.
Greenberg is accused of spreading false information about a political opponent who worked at a Seminole County school and attempting to cause โsubstantial emotional distress,โ documents show.
Greenbergโs arrest this morning came as a surprise to all of us in the office,โ said Brian Bieber, the attorney representing the Seminole County Tax Collectorโs Office.
Greenberg, 35, has been the tax collector in Seminole County since January 2017 and is no stranger to controversy.
Early in his post, Greenberg trespassed a Seminole County commissioner and in 2018 came under fire for sharing an anti-Muslim Facebook post.