MONTICELLO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order to suspend Jefferson County Clerk of the Courts Kirk Reams following his arrest Wednesday on felony counts.
Reams was arrested on one felony count each for scheme to defraud over $50,000 and grand theft over $100,000, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
“It is in the best interests of the residents of Jefferson County, and the citizens of the State of Florida, that Kirk B. Reams be immediately suspended from the public office,” the governor’s executive order stated.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement also arrested Jefferson County Clerk of Court Financial Consultant Warren Culp Jr.