FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County judge has granted convicted felon and Miami Gardens pastor Eric Readon’s request to end his community control sentence early, converting the remaining portion of his sentence to probation and removing him from the most restrictive form of court supervision imposed in the case.
According to Broward County court records, Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra approved the modification last Thursday, after Readon’s attorney filed a motion arguing that the restrictions of community control made it difficult for Readon, 50, to perform his duties as pastor of New Beginning Love Center in Miami Gardens.
Community control is an intensive form of supervised custody often described as house arrest…