James Uthmeier’s office is charging a Winter Springs man with dozens of criminal counts related to work on a petition drive for a measure that went before Florida voters in November, 2024.

The Attorney General said that an investigation by his office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement ( FDLE ) ended in the arrest of a 33-year-old man. Alexander Dean Francis was arrested on Aug. 28 on 38 counts of criminal use of personal identification information.

Francis was arrested on charges that took place in Flagler County for what law enforcement officials say was illegal activity in petition drives last year on the Amendment 3 ballot initiative. Francis was gathering information in favor of Amendment 3, which would have legalized recreational use of cannabis in Florida.

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