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Author: commtims
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Services have been set for the late Carlton Moore, longtime Fort Lauderdale city commissioner and activist.
The viewing will be held Sunday, April 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
Mizell-Kurtz Funeral Home, 1305 NW 6th St. in Fort Lauderdale.
Services will be held Monday, April 7, at 1 p.m. at New Mount Olive Baptist Church, 400 NW 9th Ave., Fort Lauderdale.
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It was a most exciting week in Fort Lauderdale politics.
Mayor Jack Seiler, counter to what most thought, entered the race for Governor of the State of Florida!
Immediately after the announcement, both Commissioner Bruce Roberts, and Commissioner Romney Rogers announced they would run for the Mayor’s seat!
Hearing the news, and feeling somewhat left out, Commissioner Bobby Dubose held a press conference to remind everyone that he was still running for the State House!
And lastly, Commissioner Dean Trantalis …… just opposed!
April Fools !! (well maybe) ….
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One of the oldest houses in Fort Lauderdale is …..
The Annie Beck House, 1915, was saved twice from the wrecking ball. It was originally located at 334 Las Olas, then moved off Las Olas to SE 11th Ave, then moved again all the way across town to the Middle River Terrace Park.
house on Las Olas – Annie and husband Alfred / 1916
The Broward Trust for Historic Preservation owns the house, but recently gave up management of the house to the 13th Street Alliance ( a group of area neighborhood associations).
The new group has wasted no time in repairing, repainting, and making new plans for the most historic house. The Alliance has offered meeting space to non-profits in the area, and is planning fun events at the house including a reprise of the play –
A History of Fort Lauderdale
….which will take place at the house sometime this spring……
Annie would be proud !
/You might remember, that a little over a year ago, a part of our precious beach front, ….. north of Sunrise Boulevard, went out with the tide !!!
Giving our City Manager Feldman, and our Mayor Seiler, credit, – they swooped in and got a gob of money from the State of Florida to put Humpty Dumpty back together again!
And looking at the beach this past week, a little over a year later, there is only one thing that is still left missing – …
the Beach ….. !
/From the last post, you know there is a real serious problem with juveniles breaking into our homes! But there does appear to be good news on the horizon –
……… I’ll get to that in a second!
You also should know that most of the times, when juveniles crawl into your homes to steal your things, there is very little punishment for the juveniles.
Look at the record below, and see how long it took – how many victims there were, before Cedric was finally given 6 months in a facility in North Florida [bad news – he was just released, probably headed back into our community!]
Charge Disposition
Burglary Closed with a diversion program
Battery Closed non-judicial
Burglary Vehicle Committed to Program (Level 6)
L&P Other judicial disposition
False Name to LEO Other judicial disposition
L&P Other judicial disposition
Resisting w/o Other judicial disposition
Burglary Tools Non-file
L&P Other judicial disposition
Poss. Of Marijuana Other judicial disposition
L&P Non-file
Robbery Committed to program (Level 6)
Burglary Dwelling Committed to program (Level 6)
Burglary Structure Committed to program (Level 6)
Burglary Structure Committed to program (Level 6)
Poss. Of Marijuana Given a Judicial Warning
Petit Theft Committed to program (Level 6)
L&P Non-file
Robbery Committed to program (Level 6)
Robbery Non-file 12-134820
Burglary Dwelling Committed to program (Level 8)
Resisting w/o Committed to program (Level 8)
But here is the good news
…….. Incessant complaining may be working!
Lots of city residents in the affected areas have been waging a battle to get relief for some years….. ( special th
anks to Sal) ….. They have called Police 1000’s of times – complained to their City Officials, City Commissioners – the Mayor, the State Attorneys, and fought the re-election of too lenient Judges ( and kept one off the bench!)….
…….. and today, I hear that important people are listening! –
Assistant State Attorney Maria Schneider told me today that new rules for these juveniles are being processed and are expected to be unveiled “in days”.
The Fort Lauderdale City Manager Lee Feldman says that a recent meeting he had with Schneider, the Mayor, and City Commissioner Trantalis seems to be producing results.
Tougher sentencing standards for multiple offender juvenile burglars seems to be on the way …….
Stay Tuned …. Tim
/This is a compelling post.
You should go get a cup of coffee, or a beer, and come back and settle in!
Last year, burglaries were rampant in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Though the whole city had a serious problem, the areas off 13th Street/Andrews Ave./ Sunrise Boulevard were completely out of control!
Five adjacent neighborhoods there had an amazing 859 residential and car burglaries in 2013. The neighborhoods continually complained to City Hall and the FLPD, but the Police were adamant that much of the problem was due to juvenile burglars that were sent through the proverbial revolving door – straight back into the community, again and again – to burgle again. – again and again!
So, I submitted a public records request of all juvenile burglary cases in that area for 2013, and amazingly, I got back a thick stack of Juvenile Burglary records, and the 45 cases tend to back up the Police –
………….. this is that story!
Case #1
Defendant :Marc ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age : 15
Father : no info
Mother : Marie
School : Grade 10 – Fort Lauderdale High School
…… The defendant made entry by busting out a rear window. Defendant was arrested for another burglary and wanted to confess to this burglarie and others. He stated that he was the lookout on the other burglary, and that “Ryan” used a screwdriver and paid him $50 for helping….. Marc advised he had done four burglaries in all.
Detectives drove Marc around for him to point out the four burglaries. At the first house he stated that he broke in but “didn’t take anything because they did not have anything”. He took detectives to another house and stated that he broke in there ” and stole jewelry”.
Case #2
Defendant: Alan ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age : 15
Father : no info
Mother : Elaine
School : Mavericks
Police were called to North Side Elementary where, in a burglary the night before, a total of 16 Apple I Books were stolen. Total loss estimated at $22,000.
It appeared culprits pried window open …checked the school video, but monitors were not working……. Prints were lifted…. had a positive match with defendant ….Defendant implicated himself in the burglary.
Case #3
Defendant: Kenerve ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age: 15
Father : No info
Mother: Ketely
While working K-9, I responded to a foot pursuit of a burglary suspect …the felon fled eastbound through a day care playground …. defendant jumped fence …I advised I was K-9 and that he was under arrest, and he complied to my command.
Case #4
The culprits crawled through the doggie- door. They then broke window into a locked bedroom door. …. stole laptop ….. A spot of blood was recovered under the broken window and sent for DNA identification. Juveniles arrested….
Case # 5
Defendant: Chris _____ and Mike _______ Race/Sex B/M
Ages: 16
School: Lauderdale Lakes Middle School
Upon arrival, Officers met with Fred, who stated he witnessed two black males carrying a 55 inch TV set from a home on NE 1 Ave. Suspects hid TV in an alley. Officers saw suspects approach the hidden TV and say “You man, it’s still here, it’s still h
ere”. Defendants arrested.
Case # 6
Defendant: “Mook” ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age : 16
Father: no info
Mother: Shante
School : Lauderhill Middle School
Officer made contact with “Mook” who appeared to be of school age but was not in school. Defendant seemed to be “scouting” home for possible burglaries in an area that has had several burglaries. I observed defendant reaching his hands under his sweatshirt hoodie. I retrieved a screwdriver and a window punch.
Defendant admitted he was on “burglary probation”, and stated that he was going to “do a lick, but did not”. Defendant said he had a pain in his arm and was taken to Broward General Hospital for clearance. He began to speak very loud and called the Officers “crackers”.
When the suspect was uncuffed, he attempted to punch detective and escape. Officer tackled the suspect and suspect injured his face and broke a tooth. Suspect made violent threats, pointed his finger pretending to shoot us, and stated “I’m going to kill you”, then flicked us off and said “fuck you”.
Case # 7
….. juvenile culprits broke through a rear window that was unlocked … victim was inside the residence and scared the burglars away…. video shows 4 black males entering through the window and out the front door…
Case #8
Defendant: Devante ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age: 17
Officers responded to a burglary call when victim stated that when he opened the door to get his roommate’s wheelchair he noticed the house had been trashed. Victim noticed a B/M appear from the side yard of the house and head northward. The home had drawers and cabinets rummaged and emptied onto the beds.
Victim stated that he sells peanuts and keeps cash in the house. Latent prints taken at the scene identified juvenile suspects.
Case # 9
Defendant: Xzavier ______ Race/Sex B/M
Age : 12
Father : Xavier
Mother: Jamine
School: Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Ginell further stated that she left her front window open while she was in the shower, and she locks it when she leaves the home, so the culprit must have entered while she was in the shower.
Case #10
Defendant: Devon_____ Race/Sex B/M
Age: 14
Father : Unknown
Mother: April
School: Maverick High School
While working as a Truancy Officer, Ofc. Cranmer and I observed three black males of school age … Ofc. Cranmer and I attempted to go out with the males but they fled…. Ofc. Cranmer radioed for more officers …. I was able to order Devon to the ground and I asked “why are you running?”, and he stated “I’m on probation on a robbery”…. I placed Devon in the patrol car and he uttered ” Is this because of the burglary I did?” …. I asked ” where is the burglary located?”, and he stated “back behind Fort Lauderdale High School, I don’t know where, but I can take you there”…..
…. we need changes ….. more later ! …. Tim
/This is an update to a post we did some months back about a lawsuit against a civic group, ( the Central Beach Alliance) that represents the residents of the Fort Lauderdale Beach.
The CBA is being sued by a developer that is trying to build a condo on the beach, but is being thwarted by some beach residents that don’t want it to be built.
The odd thing is – the group that is trying to stop the new condo is not the CBA, but a condo adjacent to the proposed condo that fears losing views, having heavy traffic, etc., – the RRG.
That group, that named itself the RRG, (residents for responsible growth), is represented by Roth Davies, LLC, and has been reported to say that they can sue and hold up the new proposed condo for 3 to 5 years just by filing a lawsuit.
Schiller
So, the CBA has been brought into the suit, and is crying foul, because although they initially joined the suit as a complainant, dropped their involvement just days after joining the suit.
Their President, John Weaver, has asked the City Commission to hold up a request by the developer, to deny an extension to the developers approvals at this Tuesday’s CC meeting, unless the lawsuit against the CBA is dropped ….
…… lots of drama, and confusion – I’ll keep you informed …. Tim
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It happens monthly on the streets of Fort Lauderdale.
/The Howard Johnson’s restaurant had been on the Fort Lauderdale Beach for decades, but had closed some years back and began to deteriorate.
Beach residents were apoplectic. They demanded it be torn down, and yesterday, it finally was.
Here is the aftermath
If you missed the implosion (and my post yesterday), or if you just can’t get enough, click on the link below !
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Finally …. Hojo’s goes boom boom at the beach !!!
(If a picture with YouTube arrow doesn’t appear below, click on this link instead – blog.timsmith.com – and turn up your speakers!)
……. it’s worth it !