Former Bay County Fair Board president charged with seven felonies in connection with alleged embezzlement

A state police investigation into missing Bay County Fair Board funds has led to the former president facing seven felony counts. Troopers on Monday arrested Michael W. Coyer, who turns 39 today. Coyer was subsequently charged in Bay County District Court on three counts each of uttering and publishing and forgery and one count of embezzlement of more than $1,000 but less than $20,000. The first two charges are punishable by up to 14 years in prison, while embezzlement carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and/or restitution worth three times the amount which was stolen.

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