Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonsville, stages a sit-in at the office of Gov Ron DeSantis on May 15, 2026. | Douglas Soule, WUSF
Published on September 23, 2026 at 12:10 pm
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State Rep. Angie Nixon will resolve the charges stemming from her arrest in May at the Florida Capitol without pleading guilty or admitting wrongdoing, according to a news release.
Under the agreement, Nixon will pay $250 and complete 15 hours of community service. The charges will be dismissed after she completes the requirements, her attorney said.
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Nixon was arrested on a trespassing charge after spending roughly five hours at the Capitol while seeking a meeting with the governor’s office to raise concerns about Florida’s newly drawn congressional maps.
“From the beginning, I have been clear: I did nothing wrong, and I will not plead guilty to something I did not do,” Nixon said. “That hasn’t changed.”
Nixon said she will complete the community service outside of her campaign and legislative responsibilities. Neither her campaign nor legislative office will organize, publicize or participate in the service, and she does not plan to announce in advance when or where she will complete the hours.
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“I will complete that process without changing my position or backing away from what brought me there in the first place,” Nixon said.
Mutaqee Akbar, Nixon’s attorney, said the resolution allows her to maintain her position that she was peacefully petitioning her government.
“She enters no guilty plea, makes no admission of guilt, and upon completion of the agreed conditions, the state will dismiss the charges against her,” Akbar said.
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