Commonwealth's Attorney Colette McEachin announced the charges against Floyd on Monday afternoon.

Following months of speculation by the press and by Richmond citizens, I can now announce that today, the grand jury for the City of Richmond has returned a true bill of indictments presented by the Office of the Commonwealths Attorney," McEachin said. "Each indictment charges Tavares Floyd with willfully making materially false statements on certain of his campaign finance reports."

McEachin noted that each charge is punishable as a Class 5 felony, carrying a maximum of 10 years behind bars.

A CBS 6 investigation in 2024 revealed Floyd's campaign reported raising significantly more money than incumbent Ellen Robertson, an amount that CBS 6 political analyst Bob Holsworth said was "rare and

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