MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Gardens pastor Eric Readon has been released from jail after serving nearly a year behind bars in the elderly exploitation case involving retired postal worker Edward Fuller, a case first exposed in a series of Local 10 News investigations.
Readon’s release comes as New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church is publicly welcoming him back.
A flyer circulating online advertises a “Readon Returns” worship service scheduled for Sunday from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 2801 NW 170th St. in Miami Gardens. The flyer features Readon in a suit alongside the words “Readon Returns” and identifies him as “Pastor Eric Readon.”
Court records show Readon pleaded guilty in June 2025 to exploitation of an elderly person after prosecutors accused him of illegally taking control of Fuller’s home and selling it without Fuller realizing what had happened. Fuller, who was in his late 70s at the time the investigation began, had trusted Readon as a pastor and spiritual adviser…