7:41 p.m. EST, January 6, 2011
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/fl-eggelletion-codefendant-sentenced-20110106,0,2609951.story
Federal judge criticizes FBI handling of Joel Williams case
WEST PALM BEACH Charged initially with a money-laundering conspiracy involving Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, Joel Williams was sentenced Thursday to just two years of probation for filing false income tax returns.
U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley took the prosecution by surprise when he briefly criticized the government's case against Williams, an offshoot of the FBI's high-profile and successful undercover sting on public corruption in Broward County.
The judge said he would have found Williams not guilty of the money-laundering charges "on the grounds of entrapment" and that he felt those charges had been the result of "pie in the sky" created by the government.