Former state attorney arrested in Arizona

By Rick Patrick Riverbend News For former U.S. State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister, the long arm of the law stretched all the way to Flagstaff, Ariz., where he was arrested after a 33-page, 12-count indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The indictment covers eight cases and counts ranging from extortion, to bribery, wire fraud and filing false tax returns. Also named in the indictment was Dixie County attorney, Marion Michael O'Steen. According to the indictment, Siegmeister was the elected state attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida, which covers Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor Counties