Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg leaves the federal courthouse in Orlando after making a first appearance following his indictment on a federal stalking charge on June 23, 2020. - Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
It took a while. But the feds finally snuffed out the yearslong dumpster fire that was Joel Greenberg’s political and criminal career. For his crimes — against minors, political adversaries and taxpayers — Greenberg will spend more than a decade behind bars. The former Seminole County tax collector made national headlines as his litany of transgressions were revealed over the past two years. But one thing many newcomers to this story may not realize is that this story wasn’t really new at all. The Orlando Sentinel started documenting Greenberg’s sordid history long before the feds ever got inv...
