ORLANDO, Fla. — As Joel Greenberg stood inside a federal courtroom pleading guilty as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors, a plane flying outside towed a banner with an ominous message to a prominent ally of the former Seminole County tax collector: “Tick tock Matt Gaetz.”
Greenberg, who resigned from the tax collector post in disgrace after his arrest last June, on Monday pleaded guilty to six felonies, including sex trafficking of a child.
Greenberg was led into court by U.S. Marshals and appeared in a dark-colored jail jumpsuit, shackled at the wrists and ankles and flanked by two attorneys. He spoke succinctly during the hearing, responding with one or two words to questions from a magistrate judge.
