A Broward judge tossed out the main corruption charge against suspended Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom moments after prosecutors and defense attorneys unexpectedly rested Monday.
Wasserstrom, 40, still faces four felony counts of official misconduct, and the jury could start deliberating as early as today. But they won't be considering the charge of unlawful compensation that was the linchpin of the state's case against the commissioner.
Two of the remaining counts allege Wasserstrom lied on two conflict-of-interest forms about the full extent of his relationship to a sludge company that won an $18 million contract with the city. The two other counts charge that he misled Mayor Mara Giulianti, causing her to do the same on her forms.
Wasserstrom, 40, still faces four felony counts of official misconduct, and the jury could start deliberating as early as today. But they won't be considering the charge of unlawful compensation that was the linchpin of the state's case against the commissioner.
Two of the remaining counts allege Wasserstrom lied on two conflict-of-interest forms about the full extent of his relationship to a sludge company that won an $18 million contract with the city. The two other counts charge that he misled Mayor Mara Giulianti, causing her to do the same on her forms.
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