The newly elected vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida, Jovanté Teague, was convicted in a 2019 case stemming from an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with a female inmate while he was employed as a county jail guard.
The conviction, unearthed by Fresh Take Florida, resulted from a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) probe that uncovered handwritten notes and inmate testimony indicating a romantic, and possibly sexual, relationship between Teague and an inmate.
