FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A jury has found a former Hallandale Beach mayor not guilty of misconduct and campaign finance crimes.
Joy Cooper was acquitted of all counts on Tuesday after a one-week trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.
Prosecutors alleged Cooper accepted $5,000 in illegal campaign contributions in exchange for voting favorably on a proposed new development in 2012.
“It was pretty stressful waiting for the time, but the process did work, and I’m glad I had justice,” Cooper said after the verdict.
Cooper did not take the witness stand during the trial.
She faced several charges, and two of the charges were felonies, which each carried maximum sentences of five years in prison.
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