Attorneys want controversial South Florida pastor to remain behind bars following latest arrest

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Broward State Attorney’s Office is asking a justice to revoke Miami Gardens Pastor Eric Readon’s enslaved following his latest apprehension for expansive theft involving a stolen luxury vehicle.

Prosecutors accidental contiguous enactment is needed to support the community, and a proceeding is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, astatine 8:30 a.m. earlier Judge Ernest Kollra successful Broward County.

Readon, already facing superior transgression charges successful some Miami-Dade and Broward counties, was arrested Thursday successful Pembroke Pines aft authorities accidental helium was recovered successful possession of a stolen Range Rover.

According to tribunal records, Braman Motors connected Biscayne Boulevard successful Miami reported the conveyance stolen aft Readon allegedly utilized fraudulent ligament transportation documents to get it. Sources archer Local 10 News that the ligament transportation paperwork was either fake oregon invalid, and erstwhile confronted, Readon allegedly refused to instrumentality the vehicle.

In a question filed Friday, prosecutors argued that Readon’s latest apprehension violates the presumption of his pretrial release. Under Florida Statute 903.0471, a tribunal tin revoke pretrial merchandise if determination is probable origin to judge a suspect committed a caller transgression portion retired connected bond.

The Broward State Attorney’s Office is requesting that Readon beryllium held without bond, citing the request to support the assemblage from further alleged transgression activity.

Readon called the incidental a “misunderstanding” aft bonding retired of the Broward County Jail Friday night.

Readon was primitively arrested connected February 17, 2022, successful Broward County connected charges including 1 number of strategy to defraud/obtain property, 2 counts of expansive theft implicit $100,000, and unlawful filing of mendacious documents.

He posted enslaved connected March 9, 2022, and was released portion awaiting trial. Although that archetypal enslaved has technically expired nether Florida Statute 903.31(1), prosecutors reason that the conditions of his merchandise — including refraining from transgression enactment — stay enforceable.

The Broward transgression lawsuit stems from allegations that Readon illegally took ownership of a Davie location belonging to Jannett Spence by altering the deed.

Separately, successful Miami-Dade County, Readon faces charges of organized fraud, exploitation of the elderly, and expansive theft. Prosecutors allege that Readon defrauded a 76-year-old man, Edward Fuller, retired of his location and much than $267,000.

Investigators accidental Readon convinced Fuller to transportation partial ownership of his spot nether the guise of securing a loan, past sold the location without Fuller’s cognition oregon compensation.

Court documents besides uncover that during his astir caller arrest, Readon listed the code of his erstwhile religion arsenic his imperishable residence, contempt having been evicted from the spot aft a foreclosure for nonpayment.

Local 10 volition proceed to travel developments successful this case.

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