ORLANDO, Fla. — Joe Ellicott — a close friend of disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg and a former radio talk show host — agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and distribution of a controlled substance, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Each charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and fines totaling more than $5.2 million.
Ellicott, who also owned Uncle Joe’s Coins, Currency & Collectibles in Maitland, served as a groomsman at Greenberg’s wedding in the summer of 2016. Shortly after Greenberg took office in January 2017, he hired Ellicott to serve as the office’s “supervisor of facilities.”
