Sumter County, FL -- December 14, 2021 Three village residents were arrested for voter fraud
after being accused of voting twice in the 2020
presidential election. Robert Ketcik, 68, and Tressa Halstead, 71, both of The Villages, were arrested Monday on a third-degree felony charge of fraudulent double voting. John Rider,
Halstead has an address in The Villages and voted in person in Florida on Oct. 20, 2020. She's accused of voting absentee on a ballot in New York, too.
Ketcik also has an adress in The Villages, voted by mail Oct 13, 2020 and also is alleged to have voted absentee in Michigan.
John Rider, 61, also charged with double voting, no details available at this time.
All three are registered Republicans. There is no evidence they know each other.
*Editor's Note: A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.
*WNCTIMES by Marjorie Farrington