Woman suspects property damage stems from lawsuit

Tuesday, Oct. 14

Eviction doesn’t prohibit visiting

3:35 p.m., 2900 block of Bay Street

Civil dispute: A property owner met with an officer at her rental home and advised a woman whom she had evicted was inside and refused to leave. The complainant said her mother, though, does legally reside in the home and the evicted woman was there to visit her father. Whether her father also lives there is not  in the incident report.

The father informed the officer that, although his daughter is no longer permitted to live there, he does have the right to allow her to visit.  

The officer informed the evictee and the landlord that while she is permitted to visit, she could not stay at the residence and should she violate that order, police will enforce the eviction.

Friday, Oct. 17

Glass action suit

2:08 p.m., 2000 block of Benjamin Franklin Drive

Property damage: Suspecting a shattered sliding glass door on her condo was out of retribution for a legal dispute, a woman advised she suspected someone from the homeowners' association intentionally caused the damage. She said she does not currently reside there because of hurricane damage, but is party to a class action lawsuit against the HOA.

The complainant said she had left a meeting with the HOA the afternoon of Oct. 16 and, at that time, the door was intact. The discovered damage, though, was after 1 p.m. on Oct. 17 by the property manager, who advised the lawn maintenance company had been mowing that morning. He advanced the theory that the broken glass was a result of mower-borne flying debris. 

The officer sent the manager an invitation to submit any available video evidence of the incident and, in the interim, the cause of the damage will be reported as unknown. The victim stated that if it is determined the damage was a result of criminal mischief that she would prosecute.

Bigger crime on the other line

11:04 p.m., Lemon Avenue at Main Street

Disturbance: A manager at a downtown restaurant called for law enforcement to report a male was causing a disturbance and had shoved one of his employees. The victim said he did not wish to press charges, but wanted the man to leave the premises.

The subject told a different story, saying he was with friends, having fun and denied attempting to inflict physical harm on anyone. While interviewing the subject, the officer noticed a bottle of vodka near him. He explained he had been drinking it and mentioned that he would throw it out, apparently under the belief discarding evidence would get him off the hook for open container consumption.

As it turned out, the officer discarded the liquor but, while writing a court summons for open container, dispatch advised a shooting had occurred at North Washington Boulevard and Fruitville Road, prompting the officer and partner to respond to the scene. Before leaving, the officers told the man to leave the restaurant staff and customers alone.