STUART — Former Port St. Lucie Police Assistant Chief William Vega Jr. on Wednesday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses related to what the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last year described as “a scheme to falsify records to allow high school football athletes to attend and compete for schools outside their residential boundaries.”
In September 2023, William Vega, 52, was an assistant police chief when he was accused of helping facilitate fraudulent leases and giving personal information to three parents, who used that to improperly fulfill requirements allowing their children to enroll and play football at Martin County High School, FDLE and court records show.
In all, eight people — including Vega’s brother and sister-in-law, veteran police Sgt. Robert Vega, 49, and Nixalys Vega, 47 — were arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses…