Scott Maddox and Paige Smit arrested sealed inditments https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/12/12/scott-maddox-paige-carter-smith-tallahassee-corruption-fbi-investigation-probe-city-hall/2287831002/ City Commissioner Scott Maddox, the former "boy mayor" and one of the city's most prominent politicians, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he shook down city vendors for bribes, pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for official action. Also charged in the 44-count, 66-page indictment was Downtown Improvement Authority Executive Director Paige Carter-Smith. The sealed indictment was handed down Tuesday, according to federal court records, and unsealed today once Maddox and Carter-Smith were in federal custody. Maddox was arrested this morning by the FBI, according to court documents, which also said Carter-Smith was going to turn herself in. They were both in U.S. Marshal’s custody inside the federal courthouse, according to a source close to the case. Both have an initial appearance scheduled for 3 p.m. today in federal court in Tallahassee. Both Maddox and Carter-Smith have made previous statements through their attorneys that they are innocent.