Palm Beach County narrows county attorney finalists to four; commissioners order background checks

Palm Beach County commissioners on Thursday finalized four finalists to advance to interviews for the county attorney search and directed county staff to run criminal, financial and internet background checks on those four candidates and return results by Monday or Tuesday.

The board voted to move David Adi, Michael Jones, Michael Napoleone and K. Denise Hare forward to the interview round. The motion was made by Commissioner Bobby Powell and seconded by Commissioner Michael A. Flores; the motion carried with five votes in favor, one opposed and one commissioner absent. County staff said they will request the applicants’ consent to initiate state criminal checks and will attempt to obtain additional records from state and national databases as quickly as possible.

Commissioners said they were satisfied that all seven initial applicants were listed as in good standing…