Key West’s top building official charged with 7 more felonies; city attorney brother faces another

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Rajindhar and Ronald Ramsingh (MCSO)

KEY WEST, Fla. – Key West Building Department Director Rajindhar Ramsingh is facing 7 much felony charges and his brother, the metropolis attorney, is facing an further felony 1 week aft they, on with the city’s main codification enforcement official, were arrested connected grounds tampering charges.

Rajindhar Ramsingh, 56, and Ronald Ramsingh, 51, were arrested again and booked into jailhouse Wednesday evening. They were already facing charges successful an ongoing case, with FBI involvement, on with 68-year-old Code Compliance Director James Young.

Rajindhar Ramsingh faces 7 counts of authoritative misconduct aft prosecutors said helium “knowingly and intentionally falsified, concealed, covered up, oregon altered aggregate authoritative gathering licence records crossed a scope of properties” successful Key West.

One of those permits was for his ain location astatine 2827 Harris Ave., prosecutors said successful a quality release.

“The offenses, committed betwixt 2021 and 2024, are alleged to person benefited Ramsingh personally, Strykker-Avery Homes LLC, and respective spot owners, including himself‚” the Monroe County State Attorney’s Office quality merchandise states.

Keys Weekly reports that Ronald Ramsingh’s azygous number of authoritative misconduct is for “interfering with the reporting of a felony committed by his brother,” according to an indictment.

“This lawsuit reflects the superior consequences of abusing a nationalist presumption for idiosyncratic oregon fiscal gain,” Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward said successful portion successful a statement. “Our bureau volition proceed to clasp authorities officials accountable erstwhile they interruption the public’s spot and manipulate the systems they are sworn to uphold.”

Key West metropolis commissioners are acceptable to conscionable Thursday to determine whether to occurrence Ronald Ramsingh for origin oregon without cause, Keys Weekly reports.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office jailhouse records amusement that some brothers posted enslaved astir an hr aft each were booked.

Ronald Ramsingh’s enslaved had been acceptable astatine $25,000, portion Rajindhar Ramsingh’s enslaved had been acceptable astatine $175,000.