Pastor tries to back out of fraud guilty plea, blames Local 10 coverage

MIAMI – Just days before he is scheduled to begin serving a 364-day jail sentence, Miami Gardens pastor Eric Readon has filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, asking the court to reverse the deal that spared him a possible 65-year prison term.

Readon was charged in 2022 with organized scheme to defraud over $50,000, exploitation of the elderly over $50,000, and theft from an elderly person over $50,000.

The charges stem from a Local 10 News investigation in 2017 that revealed Readon defrauded Edward Fuller, a now-76-year-old retired postal worker, out of his home and more than $267,000…

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