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Flanked by an entourage of clergy and supporters singing We Shall Overcome, a still-defiant Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones swore innocence and vowed to clear her name before surrendering at the county courthouse to face a grand theft charge. "This charge is about removing me from office and not seeking the truth,'' Spence-Jones said at an impromptu news conference in front of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday morning. "I never forged any letters or stole any money.'' Miami-Dade prosecutors say Spence-Jones forged letters, including one in the name of former Miami-Dade Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler, to steer $50,000 in...

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