FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Richard Campbell, who has served as Lauderhill’s vice mayor since voters elected him in 2022, walked out of the Broward County Main Jail on Tuesday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale.
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Lauderhill police officers arrested Campbell, 70, on Monday after a domestic violence investigation. He appeared before Broward County Circuit Judge Corey B. Friedman on Tuesday morning.
“He is going to fight this. We believe there is a lot more to this that is political in nature,” Attorney Eric Schwartzreich said outside the jail.
Campbell, a physical therapist who served as commissioner from 2018 to 2020, has been campaigning for the election of the Lauderhill commission’s seat four on Nov. 3rd.
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Before his arrest, Campbell told Local 10 News on Monday that the alleged victim was his ex-girlfriend, who refused to move out of his home for months.
Campbell faced charges of harassing a witness, a first-degree misdemeanor, and domestic battery, also a first-degree misdemeanor.
Friedman ordered Campbell to stay away from the victim of the alleged incident on Aug. 3 and her family. His bond was $7,500.
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