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Crackdown on Election Fraud: Two Arrested in Florida as Governor DeSantis Delivers on Election Security Promises

ByAlki David

Mar 25, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Photo/Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office)

As concerns over election security continue to grow, the state of Florida is making strides to ensure fair and honest elections. Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration has been cracking down on election fraud, resulting in the recent arrest of two suspects by law enforcement officials.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has reported that the two suspects have been charged with third-degree felonies. Donna Prentes Brady, 66, has been accused of voting multiple times, while Toye Ann La Rocca, 63, has been charged with voting illegally as a felon.

According to local news sources, one of the suspects used vote-by-mail illegally in the process, as La Rocca reportedly voted in person for the primary election in Okaloosa County and then voted by mail in the general election.

This crackdown on election fraud is of great significance, especially as former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that vote-by-mail was used to commit fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Governor DeSantis has made it a priority to address this issue, even signing bills focused on election security in the wake of the 2020 election.

With these recent arrests, it is clear that Florida is taking steps to ensure fair and honest elections for all its citizens.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.