Missing Florida GOP Executive Director ‘Deeply Sorry’ After Being Found at a Resort Under the Influence of Alcohol

Published on April 14, 2024

A Florida GOP leader who had been reported missing for two days has been found at a resort, under the influence of alcohol. George Riley Jr., the executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, was reported missing on April 2 to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office after family members were unable to contact him for four days. Mr. Riley had told his family he would be traveling to Kissimmee for work. He checked into the Hampton Inn on March 28 and extended his reservation to March 29. However, that was the day all communication with his family stopped. Investigators were told that the 43-year-old GOP executive had been kicked out of the Hampton Inn in Kissimmee on April 3 after he trashed his room and purchased all of the alcohol available at the hotel store, the Tampa Bay Times reported....