Coconut Creek lawyer charged with grand theft

A former Borward County School Board candidate was out on bond Wednesday, after he turned himself in on four counts of grand theft. He was accused of misappropriating client's funds.Coconut Creek lawyer Nicholas Steffens, a Democratic political activist who represented famed New York crime boss John Cotti's accountant during a divorce, was out on a $200,000 bond.During a Florida Bar's investigation into Steffens' financial dealings, Florida Bar auditor Carl Totaro said he produced fraudulent acc