Overview
- Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell was taken into custody Monday and booked on misdemeanor simple domestic battery and felony tampering with or harassing a witness, according to local police statements.
- A judge set bond at $7,500; Campbell posted the bond and was released with orders to stay away from the alleged victim.
- Authorities say the alleged contact happened about four weeks earlier at roughly 2:30 a.m. and that Campbell then spent about 26 days trying to intimidate the alleged victim into withholding information from investigators.
- Campbell’s attorney has denied the allegations, called the arrest political persecution and highlighted an unusually long nine‑page arrest affidavit compared with typical probable‑cause filings.
- Campbell’s absence left an empty chair at a city commission meeting, his Nov. 3 re‑election bid is now in question, and the case remains active with court proceedings and potential legal consequences if the felony count leads to conviction.