Oct 21, 2020 Special Magistrate Hearing

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> FRAN ROSS: THE SPECIAL IMAGINE STATION MEETING, OCTOBER 21, 2020 NOW CALLED TO ORDER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER

GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> FRAN ROSS: THANK YOU.

ADMINISTRATIVE? >> COLLEEN, DO YOU WANT TO SWEAR IN AS THEY COME UP?

WOULD YOU PREFER THEY SWEAR IN AS THEY COME UP? >> YES.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, TO IDENTIFY CASES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO RECALL.

[B. IDENTIFICATION OF CASES IN COMPLIANCE OR RESCHEDULED]

>> THESE CASES HAVE BEEN PAID. 4C, 20-1542 WILSON.

CASE D, 20-1482, BOGLE. 4E, CASE 20-1546, SEIDEL. CASE 20-1479, OSWALD.

4K, CASE 20-173, CLM MORRIS TRUCKING LLC. WE ARE RESCHEDULING CASE 20-327, SANTANA. COMPLIED IS CASE 20-626, ADAMS. PAID IS 4Q, CASE 20-795, HERNANDEZ. AND 20-826, HERNANDEZ.

COMPLIED ALSO IS 10H, CASE 20-518, STEAK AND SHAKE OPERATIONS.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WE WILL CALL THE CASES THAT ARE HERE AND THEN GO BACK.

SO IT IS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER. IT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO SHOWED UP TODAY. WE HAVE CASE NUMBER 20-847, 1606 CITRUS AVENUE, STONE.

[S. 20-847 AC 1606 Citrus Avenue Stone, Judy Ricardo Pellott ]

[T. 20-887 AC 1606 Citrus Avenue Stone, Judy Ricardo Pellot ]

[U. 20-888 AC 1606 Citrus Avenue Stone, Judy Ricardo Pellot ]

RICARDO, WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD. >> RICARDO PELLOT. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE

TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> YES.

>> MA'AM, WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

THANK YOU. >> MA'AM, YOU CAN GO TO THE PODIUM.

>> OKAY. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, CAN I PROCEED WITH QUESTIONING AND

OFFICER PELLOT WITH 20-847? >> FRAN ROSS: YES, PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING. >> WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THAT CASE NUMBER I JUST READ?

>> YES. >> WHEN WAS THAT CASE INITIATED?

>> JULY 4TH, 2020. >> WHAT WERE THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS YOU OBSERVED AND

NOTED ON THAT DATE? >> IT WAS A NO RABIES, NO CITY REGISTRATION, ANIMAL RESTRAINT.

DOGS AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE IN BOXES. >> ARE THOSE THE CITATIONS

THAT ARE NOTED ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING? >> YES.

THREE CITATIONS FOR THREE DOGS. >> DID YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH

THE RESPONDENT ON THAT DATE? >> I DID SPEAK WITH HER. SHE JUST CAME TO THE DOOR AND SHE CALLED HER SON. HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY OWNS THE DOGS.

SHE LIVES IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND SHE IS AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOGS AS THE ACTUAL OWNER.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT BEHAVIOR YOU NOTED WITH REGARD OR WHAT YOU SAW WITH REGARD TO

THE ANIMAL RESTRAINT COUNT IN PARTICULAR? >> YEAH.

THE CAGES WERE WHAT WE CONSIDERED HOT BOXES. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE CHAIN LINK, BUT SEPARATED BY PLYWOOD SO THE AIR CAN'T FLOW THROUGH.

I BELIEVE THE CAGES ARE A LITTLE SMALL, BUT HE DOES KEEP THEM CLEAN.

>> SO BASED ON WHAT YOU OBSERVED THEY WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE?

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>> NO, AT THAT TIME THEY WEREN'T. >> AND NO ONE AT THAT TIME WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE ANY EVIDENCE OF RABIES VACCINATION OR PROPER REGISTRATION, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> HAVE YOU SINCE RECEIVED ANY UPDATES ON THAT?

>> NO. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME WE HAVE WRITTEN CITATIONS BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE CAME HERE AND SAID HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY HIM, BUT THEY SENT US

TO COURT, SAINT LUCIE COUNTY COURT -- >> I AM GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WANT US TO FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT.

DID YOU TAKE ANY PICTURES THAT DAY? >> YEAH.

I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME RIGHT NOW. >> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU

WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE INCIDENT? >> YEAH.

I DID SPEAK TO HER SON ON THE PHONE AND I MADE HIM AWARE OF EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. HE DID REMOVE THE PLYWOOD BETWEEN THE DOG -- BETWEEN THE CAGES. THE CAGES ARE STILL A LITTLE SMALL.

THERE IS A CERTAIN LENGTH THEY HAVE TO BE DEPENDING ON THE WEIGHT OF THE DOGS.

>> SO THE CAGES ARE STILL TOO SMALL. >> THEY ARE A LITTLE TOO

SMALL. >> IN PROPORTION TO THE WEIGHT OF THE DOGS?

>> YES. >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, THAT'S IT.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THE THREE DOGS WERE ADDRESSED AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE CAN DO ONE CASE FOR EACH DOG, BUT IF WE CAN DO ALL THREE THROUGH THE OFFICER BEFORE THE RESPAWN -- RESPONDENT SO IT IS CHANNELLY THE -- IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL

THREE GET THE SAME. >> LET ME GO IN ORDER HERE. OKAY.

SO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER PELLOTT, THE TESTIMONY IN THE CASE OF 20-847, IS THAT THE

SAME TESTIMONY YOU GIVE IN REGARD TO 20-887 AND 20-888? >> YES.

IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THOSE TWO CASES THAT FOLLOW, OR IS IT JUST THAT

THERE WERE THREE DOGS. >> THREE DOGS. >> SO ONE CASE PER DOG?

>> YES. >> THREE DOGS, THREE CAGES? >> YES.

ACTUALLY ONE BIG CAGE THEY DO SIDED -- DIVIDED INTO THREE. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

FURTHER EXCEPT REBUT TALL. >> YOU'VE BEEN SWORN? >> WE HAVE WRITTEN TO THE COURT AND THEY DISMISSED THESE CASES OF MINE. THE FIRST TIME WE WENT I SIGNED SOME CITATIONS FOR THE DOG. SO THIS TIME HE DIDN'T -- HE ASKED ME IN A WAY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T LIKE TO SIGN THE PAPER.

I TOLD HIM I WASN'T GOING TO SIGN NOTHING. THOSE ARE MY SON'S DOG.

MY SON HAD JUST LEFT AND HE -- IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY TIME I AM HOME BY MYSELF HE WOULD COME AND BANG ALL ON THE DOOR. I TOLD HIM THAT THOSE ARE MY -- WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE THEY GAVE MY SON 25 AND 75 TO PAY IN 90 DAYS, FOR EACH DOG HE PAID 25 AND THEY DISMISSED IT FOR ME. HE SHOULD BE TALKING TO MY SON INSTEAD OF TALKING TO ME.

I NO LONGER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS CASE. HE GOT THE THREE CAGES.

THEY ARE TOGETHER, BUT THEY GOT A ROOM IN THE BACK AND THEY ARE UP OFF THE GROUND WHERE IF IT RAINS IT WON'T GET WET. IN THE BACK OF THE -- IN THE BACK THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO IN THE DAYTIME. THEY ARE UP FRONT AND THEY ARE FENCED IN AND THEY CAN BREATHE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE REGISTRATION OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.

HE HAVE TO TALK TO MY SON ABOUT THAT. OTHER THAN THAT I JUST DON'T -- THEY TOLD ME TO -- MY SON TO PAY -- HE HAD TO PAY FOR THAT AND HE TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO COURT FOR THIS. MR. RICARDO, THAT'S YOUR NAME? HE CAME AROUND TO THE HOUSE AND HE TALK TO ME AND HE TRIED TO DEMAND ME TO DO THIS AND DO THAT. I TOLD HIM I WASN'T GONNA DO IT. MY SON GOT OFF BEFORE 5:00. IF HE WANTED ANYTHING TO DISCUSS WITH MY SON HE SHOULD TALK TO HIM. IF NOT, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I SIGNED THE FIRST CITATION, BUT

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THEY DISMISSED ME FROM COURT. OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM DOWN HERE.

>> YOU ARE JUDY STONE, CORRECT? >> YES.

>> SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE DOGS? >> SHE IS ON THE PROPERTY.

>> AND DOES YOUR SON RESIDE THERE? >> HE GOT A ROOM IN THE BACK

OF THE HOUSE. >> NO, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE UNLESS THEY WANT TO ADD

ANYTHING. >> JUST A QUESTION. WE DO NOT HAVE A RECORD OF ANY CITY REGISTRATION OR RABIES BEING ISSUED. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO

PROVIDE? >> I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO ASK MY SON ABOUT THAT.

I ASKED HIM AND HE GAVE ME THIS PAPERWORK RIGHT HERE. THIS IS ALL THAT I GOT.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE HOLD ALL PARTIES THAT ARE ADULTS THAT RESIDE IN THE HOUSE AS JOINT OWNERS. WE DON'T SPECIFY WHICH ADULT OWNS IT.

IF THERE IS AN ADULT IN THE HOUSE THEY ARE JOINT ANIMALS OF THE -- JOINT OWNERS OF THE ANIMALS AND RESPONSIBLE. THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENT WHEN WE DELIVER THE CITATION IS THE

PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE CITATIONS. >> MA'AM, YOU HAVE NO

INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED? >> NO, I DON'T.

MR. RICARDO CAME TO MY HOUSE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AGO AND I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO TALK TO MY SON ABOUT IT WHEN HE COME OUT THERE. HE SEEMED LIKE HE ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL MY SON GOES TO WORK WHEN HE BANGS ON THE DOOR. IF HE WANTS TO, MY SON HAS HIS PHONE NUMBER AND I CALL MY SON SO HE CAN TALK TO HIM. HE WON'T PICK UP THE PHONE.

THIS IS WHERE I AM AT TODAY. >> WELL, IF YOUR SON HAS EVIDENCE THAT RABIES SHOTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN HE NEEDS TO BRING THEM IN OR GIVEN THEM TO YOU TO BRING IN.

>> WELL, THAT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY. HE DIDN'T GIVE ME.

THIS IS ALL HE GAVE ME. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD THEJ REGISTERED -- HAD

THEM REGISTERED OR NOT. >> CAN YOU SHOW IT TO -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOT.

IF YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH TODAY.

>> THESE ARE JUST PAPERS FROM SAINT LUCIE COURT. >> OKAY IT IS A PREVIOUS

CASE. >> TODAY IS THE DAY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN

EVIDENCE THAT THESE VACCINATIONS -- >> THAT'S ALL HE GAVE ME, YOUR

HONOR. >> WELL, YOU NEED TO TELL HIM THAT I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION STILL EXISTS. FAILURE TO PAY THE FINE WILL RESULT IN THE CITATION BEING

FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. >> SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE.

>> IF HE DOESN'T -- HE NEEDS -- HE HAS SHOWN NO EVIDENCE THAT HE HAS DONE WHAT HE IS REQUIRED TO DO. I AM GOING TO FIND THAT THE VIOLATION DOES EXIST AND IF HE DOESN'T ADDRESS IT AND PAY THE FINE IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE JUST TO CONFIRM THE RULING APPLIES TO

THE THREE CASES? >> THE THREE CASES BECAUSE THEY ARE -- EXACTLY.

PELL

>> THAT WAS IT. >> OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE TWO CASES. 20-986 AND 20-933, 1609 JUANITA AVENUE, ROSS.

[V. 20-986 AC 1609 Juanita Avenue Ross, Lance Kenneth Nelson ]

[W. 20-993 AC 1609 Juanita Avenue Ross, Lance Kenneth Nelson]

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>> KENNETH NELSON. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO

GIVE IS THE TRUTH? >> YES. >> AND FOLKS I NEED TO SWEAR YOU ALL IN. WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME

FOR THE RECORD. >> LANCE ROSS. >> LONS?

AND MA'AM? >> SVETLANA ROSS. >> OKAY.

AND DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> THANK YOU. CAROLINA

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, SIMILAR TO THE LAST CASE WE WILL ASK THIS TESTIMONY APPLIES TO BOTH CASE NUMBERS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING FOR THESE SAME RESPONDENTS.

MAY I PROCEED WITH QUESTIONING? >> YES, PLEASE.

>> AND SO GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THE

CASE NUMBERS THAT WERE JUST READ? >> YES, MA'AM.

IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED FOR THE DOGS RUNNING OUT LOOSE AND THEY ASKED US TO FOLLOW-UP THE NEXT MORNING.

>> WHEN WAS THE DAY YOU INITIATED YOUR INVESTIGATION? >> WE WERE OUT THERE ON

5/20-2020. >> AND WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE REPORT YOU RECEIVED FROM

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? >> LARGE BLACK DOGS RUNNING LOOSE.

>> WHAT DID YOU FIND WHEN YOU GOT THERE AND DID YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION?

>> WE WENT AND TALK -- TALKED TO MR. ROSS ABOUT IT AND HE ADMITTED THEY WERE OUT.

>> HAD THE DOGS BEEN SECURED BY THE TIME YOU ARRIVED? >> YES.

HE GOT THEM BACK IN THAT NIGHT. >> SO HE ADMITTED THAT THE

DOGS WERE OUT THE NIGHT BEFORE. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> AND HOW MANY DOGS WAS IT? >> TWO. >> IS THAT WHY WE HAVE TWO

CASE NUMBERS THIS MORNING? >> YES, MA'AM. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU OBSERVED OR THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SHOULD KNOW?

>> NOT FOR THIS ONE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE FOR THE DOGS.

>> SO THERE WERE SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS, BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE INCIDENT THAT

OCCUR IN RELATION TO THESE PARTICULAR CASE NUMBERS. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THOSE? >> HE DID GET EVERYTHING, THE RABIES AND THE REGISTRATION. IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE HEARD ANYTHING.

HE FINALLY GOT -- I GUESS THE DOG WAS DONE AND EVERYTHING. >> THE ONLY ISSUES ARE THE

ONES THAT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING? >> CORRECT.

>> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. >> OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TESTIFY?

>> YES. I ADMIT THAT MY DOGS, THEY ARE REAL YOUNG SO THEY ARE LOOSE AND THEY GOT OUT A COUPLE TIMES. SINCE THEN WE SECURED THE MAIN FENCE AND I SECURED THE DOG KENNEL WHICH I GOT PICTURES OF AND WE REDID THE DOG KENNEL SO THERE IS NO WAY TO HAVE THEM GET OUT UNLESS WE LET THEM OUT.

THEY GOT THEIR RABIES SHOTS AND THEIR VACCINATIONS AND REGISTRATION AND EVERYTHING.

>> SO THEY WERE OUT? >> YES, THEY DID GET OUT. >> THEY WERE OUT, BUT YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT FROM NOW ON AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

>> YEAH. I THINK I EVEN SENT -- I THINK -- RICO, DIDN'T I SEND YOU PICTURES OF THE KENNEL SINCE WE REDID IT? I SENT SOMEBODY SOMETHING.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, IF I CAN ASK A QUICK QUESTION OF ANIMAL CONTROL? THERE WERE CITATIONS FOR THE SECOND RUNNING AT LARGE EVENT?

>> THEY ARE NOT IN HERE. >> AND THEY ARE STILL PENDING?

>> YEAH. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE WILL ASK WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE SECOND CITATIONS COME ABOUT AND THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION BY THAT TIME.

WE WILL ASK THAT THIS BE POSTPONED SO WE CAN COMBINE THE TWO CASES TOGETHER.

>> DO YOU UNDERSTAND? >> YES. >> 30 DAYS?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE NEXT ARE SCHEDULED, BUT WE WILL NOTIFY THEM SO WE CAN COMBINE

BOTH CASES TOGETHER. >> THEN THEY WILL BE POSTPONED.

[E. 19-3105 AC 1402 Georgia Avenue Rosario, Zulma Kenneth Nelson ]

[F. 20-0007 AC 1402 Georgia Avenue Rosario, Zulma Kenneth Nelson ]

>> WE HAVE TWO CASES AGAIN. CASE 19-3105 AND CASE 20-0007142 GEORGIA AVENUE, ROSARIO.

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>> KENNY, THESE ARE TWO INCIDENTS, CORRECT? IT IS NOT THE SAME DOG ON THE SAME DAY BECAUSE THE DATES ARE DIFFERENT. WE WILL ADDRESS THESE SEPARATELY. SAME OWNER, BUT THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE CASES.

>> LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET HER SWORN IN. WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR

RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> ROSARIO.

>> AND DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH?

>> YES. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. LET'S START WITH CASE NUMBER 9

TEEN-3105. WHEN WAS THAT CASE INITIATED? >> NOVEMBER 13TH, 2019.

>> AND WHAT WERE THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS YOU NOTED ON THAT DATE?

>> ACTUALLY WE WERE CALLED BY THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE DOGS RUNNING LOOSE.

THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO THE YARD AND GOING TO THE BATHROOM ON THEIR PROPERTY.

>> WE COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT WHERE THE DOGS LIVED AT THE TIME.

FINALLY WE WENT TO THE HOUSE AND FOUND THEM. >> SO ON THAT DATE THE DOGS WERE RUNNING AT LARGE OR WERE YOU RESPONDING TO EARLIER COME -- COMPLAINTS?

>> THAT DAY TOO THEY WERE RUNNING LOOSE. >> AND YOU CONFIRMED THAT

YOURSELF? >> YES, MA'AM. >> WHEN YOU MADE CONTACT WITH MISS ROSARIO DID SHE HAVE PROOF OF RABIES VACCINATION OR REGISTRATION?

>> IT WAS EXPIRED. >> SO SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. ARE -- WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR DATE ARE THERE PHOTOS OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> THERE ARE NO PHOTOS OF THE DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE. THEY RAN RIGHT BACK TO THE HOUSE. SHE DID HAVE A FENCE IN THE BACK BEHIND HER HOUSE, BUT ACTUALLY WHILE WE WERE THERE, I GUESS THE SONS OR SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE PUT THEM BACK IN THERE. THAT WAS WHILE I WAS TALKING TO THEM.

>> SO THEY GOT OUT WHILE YOU WERE INVESTIGATING? OKAY.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING LITTLE YOU WANT TO ASK? >> YES.

DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE TWO CHARGES OF RUNNING AT LARGE, BUT THREE OF

THE RAY BEES AND REGISTRATION? >> ONE DIDN'T RUN LOOSE.

>> SO THERE ARE THREE DOGS IN THIS CASE, BUT TWO RUNNING LOOSE?

>> YES. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

FURTHER AS TO THIS PARTICULAR CASE. >> MA'AM?

>> MY ENGLISH NOT SO GOOD. EVERY TIME WE GO AND LOOK FOR THE DOG.

IT IS NOT MY DOG EVERY TIME. I GOT MY DOG SOMETIMES WHAT HE SAY RUN ABOUT.

OTHER TIMES HE GO TO MY DOOR AND HE IS LOOKING FOR THE DOGS.

THEY ARE NOT TAKING MY DOGS. I CALLED. THAT MAN OVER THERE TOOK MY DOGS. I CAN'T DO MY -- I TRY. GO TO MY HOUSE AND ALL THE TIME MY DOGS. PROVE WITH A PICTURE. PEOPLE CAN SHOW PROOF.

NO. HE ISSUED -- IT IS NOT ONLY MY DOG.

IT IS A LOT OF DOGS OUTSIDE RUNNING EVERYWHERE AND HE JUST , MY DOG.

JUST MY DOOR. HE GOES TO MY HOUSE. [INAUDIBLE].

A LOT OF TIME HE AT MY DOOR. HE DON'T TAKE PICTURE AND SHOW PROOF IT IS MY DOG.

NO, IT IS YOUR DOG. ANYTIME SNB -- SOMEBODY CALL, HE DON'T SHOW PROOF IT IS MINE. I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY GET OFF THE LEASH.

IT IS OTHER DOGS RUNNING IN THE YARD. I GOT MY DOG TOO.

ALL THE TIME IT IS MY DOG. >> YOU HAVE TWO DOGS? >> I HAVE FOUR OR FIVE.

THEN, THREE. I CALLED THAT MAN OVER THERE, TAKE IT.

OTHER TIMES -- THE LAST TIME I SAY TO HIM I NOT GONNA SIGN NOTHING.

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THERE ARE OTHER DOGS IN THE STREET. AND HE GOES TO MY HOUSE AND YOU AND YOUR DOGS AND HE SAY THAT TO ME. THAT MAN KNOW IT.

>> WE WERE CALLED ABOUT HER DOGS BY THE NEIGHBOR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE DOGS IN HER YARD. EVERY TIME I WENT OVER THERE, THE DOGS WERE EITHER ON THE SIDEWALK BY THE ROAD OR AS SOON AS THEY SEE MY TRUCK THEY RUN BACK TO HER HOUSE.

>> I RESPECT YOU, SIR. YOU DO YOUR JOB. YOU ARE HERE RIGHT NOW FROM THE DOGS. HOW MANY TIMES YOU GO OVER THERE AND SAY IT IS MY DOG.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW PROOF. I SAID WHY EVERY TIME I HAVE TO SIGN A PAPER.

A COUPLE TIMES, SIR, [INAUDIBLE]. IT IS MY DOG.

I OPEN THE DOOR AND SEE MY DOGS INSIDE. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE INSTRUCT THE WITNESSES TO ADDRESS TO YOU AND WE GO IN ORDER SO IF WHEN MS. ROSARIO IS FINISHED TO HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE STAFF GIVE RU -- REBUT TALL. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE

TO ADD? >> I JUST SAY THE TRUTH. HE DO THE JOB, BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE CAN CALL AND SAY MY DOGS ALL THE TIME MY DOGS, MY DOG, MY DOG.

SIR, TAKE A PICTURE AND SHOW PROOF. HOW I PAY FOR ALL THE DOGS?

JUST MY DOGS. >> SO YOU HAVE TWO DOGS NOW? >> NO.

>> SHE DID TURN THE DOGS IN. >> I CALLED. BECAUSE EVERY TIME DOGS, IT IS

MINE. I PAY. >> NUMEROUS TIMES WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, A LOT OF TIMES WE DIDN'T WRITE CITATIONS. WE WOULD JUST TELL THEM TO PUT THE DOGS BACK. WE KNOW THEY WENT WITH UNITED FOR ANIMALS.

SHE IS SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH SUSAN TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT UPDATED AT THE TIME AND

NOTHING WAS DONE. >> EXPLAIN TO ME UNITED FOR ANIMALS?

>> THEY DO SPAY AND NEUTERING AND THE RABIES PROGRAM. THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

>> BUT SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW-UP. >> SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW-UP WITH THE SHOTS AND STUFF.

>> I'M SORRY. >> OKAY. MR. -- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?

>> BASED ON THE FACT THE ANIMALS WERE TURNED IN, STAFF IS REQUESTING 86970 BE WAIVED. BUT THE RUNNING AT LARGE WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENED AND

STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT CHARGE BE UPHELD. >> DID YOU HAVE FURTHER

QUESTIONS? >> WERE YOU ABLE TO VERIFY ON THAT DATE THAT THE DOGS THAT WERE RUNNING AT LARGE BELONGED TO THE ADDRESS OF MS. ROSARIO.

>> EVERY TIME I WENT THERE THE DOGS TOOK ME RIGHT BACK TO THE HOUSE.

>> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. >> THE CITY IS WAIVING THE TWO -- THE RABIES --

>> WELL THE RABIES -- >> NO. THEY ARE DROPPING THEM.

THE ONLY ONE LEFT IS RUNNING AT LARGE. I AM FINDING THAT THE DOGS WERE RUNNING AT LARGE SO THAT THE -- I FIND THAT VIOLATION EXISTED.

THAT THE FINE, WHICH IS TOTAL $115, THAT'S FOR -- >> TWO DOGS.

>> TWO DOGS PLUS THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND SURCHARGE.

I FIND THAT THAT BE ASSESSED. FAILURE TO PAY WILL RESULT IN THE CITATION BEING FORWARDED

TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. >> FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT IS 30 DAYS ?

>> YES. >> HOW MUC HAVE TO PAY? >> 30 DAYS.

>> HOW MUCH? >> $115. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING? >> THERE IS ANOTHER CASE TO

ADDRESS. >> MA'AM, YOU ARE NOT DONE. >> OH.

>> SPECIAL IMAGINE STATION THIS IS 20-07 AND THIS IS A SECOND OCCURRENCE.

>> SO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NELSON, WERE YOU ASSIGNED ALSO TO 20-07?

>> YES, MA'AM. WENT BACK OUT FOR THE DOGS RUNNING AROUND AGAIN.

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>> WHEN WAS THAT INVESTIGATION INITIATED? >> JANUARY 3RD, 2020.

>> AND HOW MANY DOGS WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT? >> TWO.

>> WERE THEY THE SAME DOGS AS THE 20-19 INCIDENT OR DO YOU NOT RECALL?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY WERE THE EXACT SAME TWO. >> DID YOU VERIFY ON THAT DATE THAT THE DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE WERE CONNECTED TO THE ADDRESS OF THE INVESTIGATION?

>> YES, MA'AM. MYSELF AND OFFICER OLSON WAS OUT THERE.

>> TELL US WHAT ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THE DOGS WERE RUNNING

AT LARGE ON THAT PARTICULAR DATE. >> WENT TO THE HOUSE AGAIN AND DOGS WERE RUNNING LOOSE AND THEY RAN BACK INTO THE YARD. MR. ROSARIO CAME OUT TALKING ABOUT THE DOGS. I TOLD HER BEFORE. YOU HAVE TO KEEP THESE DOGS TIED UP, IN THE PEN OR IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN SHE GOT ALL UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE SHE KNEW I WAS GETTING READY TO WRITE CITATIONS AND SHE REFUSED TO SIGN THEM. ACTUALLY OFFICER OLSON WENT OVER THERE WITH THE BOOK.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT DAY OR THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT?

>> RUNNING LOOSE AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? THIS WAS AFTER THE FIRST CITATIONS WERE ISSUED? THE SAME DOGS WERE RUNNING AT LARGE AGAIN? I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION DID EXIST AND THAT THE VIOLATOR BE ASSESSED THE TOTAL DUE WHICH IS $115. FAILURE TO PAY WOULD RESULT IN THE CITATION BEING FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ALLOWS MORE TIME.

>> 60-DAYS FOR THE SECOND. >> FOR THIS ONE, 60-DAYS TO PAY.

>> HOW MUCH? >> 115. SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE DO YOU IN FIRST ONE. AND THIS ONE WOULD BE DUE IN 60-DAYS.

>> THANK YOU. >> HAVE I TO SIGN SOMETHING? >> YOU -- I HAVE TO SIGN

SOMETHING? >> YOU WILL GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL.

>> I APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD DAY, EVERYONE. >> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE -- YOU'RE DONE. THANK YOU, KENNY. DON'T GO.

YOU MIGHT -- STAY. SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST HEARING SINCE WE HAVE INITIATED OUR COVID EMERGENCY DECLARATION HERE AT THE CITY.

AND BASED ON THAT EMERGENCY DECLARATION, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT CASES HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CONTACT US FOR AN ALTERNATE WAY TO ATTEND OR TO ATTEND IN PERSON. SO COLLEEN, IF YOU COULD READ THE CASES THAT ARE HERE FOR THEIR FIRST READING THAT DID NOT APPEAR AND WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST AS A BLANKET THEY BE POSTPONED FOR 30 DAYS OR TO THE SECOND HEARING IN NOVEMBER.

[A. 20-1545 PK 1826 Orange Avenue Willie's Car Care Isaac Saucedo]

>> OKAY. THIS IS CASE 20-1545, WILLIE'S CAR CARE.

[B. 20-1543 PK South Causeway Park Hopkins, Ashley T Isaac Saucedo]

[G. 20-1540 PK South Causeway Park Timmons, Joyce Marie Hicks, T'keya Lache Isaac Saucedo ]

[I. 20-1793 PK 3101 Oleander Avenue Williams, Leighton St Clair Isaac Saucedo]

[J. 20-1477 PK South Causeway Park Stockard, Jeffrey Allan Isaac Saucedo]

[M. 20-814 AC 2819 Oleander Blvd Boston, Latonia Ricardo Pellot ]

[N. 20-813 AC 2819 Oleander Boulevard Boston, Latonia Ricardo Pellot ]

[O. 20-721 AC 1333 Peppertree Trail, Unit A Bompartitoi, John Kenneth Nelson ]

>> WE HAVE THE TELEPHONE CONFERENCE AFTER THIS. SO IT IS 20-1183, MORALES.

[C. 20-1183 CE 1123 S 7th Street Morales, TJesus J Isaac Saucedo]

AND IT IS 20-2309RDER -- REEDER. >> I HAVE 20- -- 20-1794,

[H. 20-1794 PK 3101 Oleander Avenue Torres, Juan Hector Isaac Saucedo]

[D. 20-2309 CE Appeal 200 Block N 2nd Street Reeder, Mark Bridgen, Donna Heather Debevec]

TORRES. >> I MISSED THAT ONE. >> AND ONE MORE -- NO.

YES, 262626 -- >> THAT IS COMPLIED. >> I MISSED THAT ONE.

WE REQUEST THE CASES JUST CALLED BE CONTINUED TO THE SECOND HEARING IN NOVEMBER.

>> SO ORDERED. AND WE HAVE A TELEPHONE HEARING?

>> LET'S DO THE OLD CASES FIRST SO WE CANDICE MISS OUR AN -- CAN DISMISS OUR ANIMAL

CON TROUGH -- CONTROL OFFICERS. >> THESE ARE CASE THAT'S ARE

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19-2701, BROWN. , 20-1128 CAMPBELL. >> HOLD ON, COLLEEN.

[A. 20-0444 PK 2517 US Highway 1 Moody, Rohana Beth #8881 Gray]

>> 20-444, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, THEY ARE ASKING THAT CASE BE DISMISSED.

>> 20-0444 WILL BE DISMISSED. >> AND 19-2701, WE REQUEST THAT CASE BE DISMISSED.

[B. 19 -2701 PK 420 Seaway Drive - Cit 2904 Brown, Cyneetha Ann 8887 - Franklin]

>> SEAWAY DRIVE WILL BE DISMISSED. >> AND THEN COLLEEN WE WILL

READ THE OTHER ONES IN. IF YOU WANT TO CALL C. >> READ IT IN?

>> YEAH. >> CASE 10C, 20-1128, CAMPBELL.

[C. 20-1128 PK Causeway Park Campbell, Kelli Heather Debevec]

>> SIT OVER THERE. YOU ARE FINE. >> I THINK HEATHER HAS TO BE

SWORN, RIGHT? >> YES. >> HEATHER, WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> HEATHER DEBEVEC. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO

GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> THIS IS CASE NUMBER 20-1128. >> HEATHER, HANG TIGHT. >> IT'S OKAY.

CLEARLY YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO THAT CASE NUMBER, CORRECT? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WHEN DID YOU INITIATE THE CASE? >> MAY 9TH OF THIS YEAR.

>> AND WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF FORT PIERCE? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WHERE? >> CAUSEWAY PARK. >> WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE

VIOLATION? >> IT WAS A PARKING INFRACTION FOR PARKING IN A NO PARKING

AREA POSTED. >> DID YOU TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT DAY?

>> I DID TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH. AS I RECALL THE YOUNG LADY HAD COME UP AND SPOKE WITH ME AND I DIRECTLY HANDED HER THE CITATION. I HAD ALREADY TAKEN AT LEAST ONE PHOTO OF THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH THE NO PARKING SIGN THAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

>> AND IT FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICTED WHAT YOU SAW?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> AT THIS TIME WE MOVE THE PHOTOGRAPH IN AS CITY'S

EXHIBIT ONE. >> AND NO RESPONDENT PRESENT THIS MORNING.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE PHOTO PRESUMING IT IS

ADMITTED? >> YES. THIS IS ADMITTED AS CITY'S --

>> NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS AND THE VIOLATOR BE ASSESSED THE TOTAL INDICATED ABOVE WHICH IS $50. FAILURE TO PAY THE FINE RESULTS IN A CITATION BEING FORWARDED TO THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.

>> AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, 30 DAYS, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? >> YES.

30 DAYS. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> I FORGET TOO.

>> OKAY CASE 19-366, 4326, GATOR TRACE CIRCLE, MORINE. >> I'M SORRY.

[D. 19-3066 AC 4326 Gator Trace Circle Morine, Crystal Kenneth Nelson]

I WOULD LIKE TO BE SWORN IN FOR THIS ONE. >> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR

THE RECORD? >> MARGARET. >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT

THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH? >> YES.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD? >> I WAS PRESENT.

SO IN CASE I NEED TO ADD ANYTHING. >> I COME BACK TO YOU THEN.

>> ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER NELSON, WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE NUMBER THAT WAS JUST

READ? >> YES. >> AND WHEN WAS THE DAYS

INITIATED. >> NOVEMBER 7, 2019. >> WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE

VIOLATIONS YOU OBSERVED ON THAT DATE? >> WE WERE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT CATS RUNNING AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, AROUND THIS RESIDENCE AND THE ODOR COMING

FROM THE HOUSE. IT WAS VERY STRONG. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE

CONDITIONS THAT YOU OBSERVED WHEN YOU ARRIVED? >> DISGUSTING.

IT WAS JUST FECES ALL THROUGH THE WHOLE HOUSE. >> SO WITH REGARD TO CITATION

NUMBER 866AC THERE WERE 20 CATS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> AND YOU PERSONALLY COUNTED 20. >> THAT'S HOW MANY WE TOOK.

OR THAT'S HOW MANY WE SEEN AT THE TIME. THERE WAS MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE GOT A CALL A COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT THERE ARE MORE RUNNING LOOSE.

>> BUT WE CITED 20 THIS MORNING? OKAY.

WAS THERE EVIDENCE THE CATS WERE BEING PROVIDED PROPER FOOD?

>> NO, MA'AM. >> WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? >> JUST THE WAY THE CONDITIONS

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>> WITH REGARD TO OTHER EXAMPLES OF NEGLECT, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON

WHAT YOU SAW? >> THE CATS HAD TO WALK THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF.

THE FEW PLACES THEY HAD LITTER BOXES THEY WERE FULL AND I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT STUFF.

>> DID YOU TAKE THE PHOTOGRAPHS? DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW? DO THEY FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU SAW?

>> I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. >> DO THE PHOTOS FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY DEPICT WHAT YOU

SAW. >> THEY DO. >> SO NOTING NO RESPONDENT TO OBJECT WE ASK TO MOVE THE PHOTOS IN AS CITY'S COMPOSITE 1.

>> PHOTOS ARE ADMITTED AS CITY'S COMPOSITE NUMBER ONE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PHOTOS.

>> AND SO THE PHOTOS DISPLAY BASICALLY THE CONDITIONS THAT THE CATS WERE IN AND THE

CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WITH REGARD TO CITATION NUMBER 867AC, THAT APPLIES TO 15 CATS, CORRECT?

>> IT IS OVER THE LIMIT OF CATS. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LIMIT

AND EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? >> THE LIMIT IS 5.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. REYES, IS -- MS. REYES IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO

ADD? >> I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE CONDITIONS WERE DISMAL.

THE ONLY WATER I SAW AVAILABLE DURING MINE WAS ACTUALLY A BASIN THAT WAS CATCHING DRIPS FROM A LEAKING CEILING. THERE WAS FECES THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOUSE INCLUDING ON THE BEDDING AND ON THE FURNITURE AND ON THE KITCHEN CABINETS. IT WAS ON THE COUNTER TOPS.

THERE WAS NO SURFACE THAT WAS NOT CONTAMINATED WITH FECES. THE HOUSE WAS INFESTED WITH ROACHES AND BUGS. THERE WAS SOME DRIED FOOD ON A PLATE I THINK ON THE BACK PORCH. THERE WAS NO FOOD BEING PROVIDED AND THERE WAS NO CARE OR SHELTER OR ANYTHING AND THERE WERE 20 CATS COUNTED THAT DAY THAT WERE REMOVED

FROM THE PROPERTY. THEY ARE CRATING UP THE CATS. >> ANYTHING ELSE THAT EITHER

OF YOU WANT TO SAY? >> I MEAN, THE PICTURES PRETTY MUCH SHOW EVERYTHING.

>> HAVE I NOTHING FURTHER -- I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

>> THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE CASES. I FIND THAT THE VIOLATION EXISTS ON 866AC AND 867AC AND THE AMOUNT ASSESSED FOR THE FIRST 866 IS A TOTAL OF $5,015. THAT'S 20 AT 250 EACH AND 867 IS $1,515 WHICH IS 15 AT 100 EACH. THE TOTAL FOR BOTH BEING $6,530.

FAILURE TO PAY THE FINE WITHIN 30 DAYS WILL RESULT IN THE CITATION BEING FORWARED TO

THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

[G. 19-3286 AC 221 Osceola Avenue Sue, Carroll Ricardo Pellot ]

>> NEXT WE HAVE CASE 19-3286, 221OSCEOLA AVENUE, SUE. >> KENNY.

KENNY, THANK YOU, YOU'RE DONE. >> SO ANIMAL CONTROL PELLOT,

WERE YOU ASSIGNED TO THE CASE NUMBER JUST READ? >> YES.

>> WHAT DATE WAS THE CASE INITIATED? >> DECEMBER 4TH, 2019.

>> WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS YOU OBSERVED AND CITED THAT DAY?

>> WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN OFFICER THAT THE DOG ON THE PRIOR DAY -- WE DON'T WORK ON SATURDAYS, HAD GOTTEN OUT AND ATTACKED THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG. ON THE MONDAY FOLLOWING I WENT THERE AND WE NOTICED THAT THE DOG WAS ALSO TIED UP OUT BACK.

WE WROTE A CITATION FOR THE DOG BEING TETHERED. WE WROTE A CITATION FOR THE DOG RUNNING LOOSE. THERE ARE NO RABIES AND REGISTRATION.

>> SO THE RUNNING LOOSE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE WHICH IS WHAT

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BRAILT -- BROUGHT YOU TO THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? >> YES.

>> WHEN YOU GOT THERE YOU FOUND THE ANIMAL WAS IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED,

CORRECT? >> YES. IT WAS TETHERED IN THE

BACKYARD WITH NO SHELTER. >> AND WHEN YOU SPOKE TO THE RESPONDENT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE OF REQUIRED VACCINATIONS OR REGISTRATION, CORRECT?

>> YES. >> DID YOU TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OR IS THERE

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD WITH REGARD TO THIS CASE? >> NO.

WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DOG BITE OR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT HAPPENED THE PRIOR

DAY. >> DID THE RESPONDENT SAY ANYTHING TO YOU TO INDICATE IT

WASN'T THEIR DOG OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? >> I GUESS THE -- THEY RENT ROOMS OUT. THEY RENTED A ROOM TO THE LADY AND HER BOYFRIEND AND THE LADY WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT HER BOYFRIEND WAS THERE. HE IS ILLEGAL AND HAD NO PAPERS SO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WOULD TAKE THE CITATIONS.

>> SO SHE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO ACCEPT THE CITATIONS? >> YES.

>> BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT BASED ON YOUR INVESTIGATION THAT THE DOG THAT YOU -- THAT THE DOG THAT WAS RUNNING AT LARGE THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS THE DOG ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADDRESS

WHERE YOU BEGAN AND ENDED YOUR INVESTIGATION, CORRECT? >> YES.

THEY ADMITTED IT. >> I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. >> AND THIS IS ONE DOG?

>> YES. >> THEY DID NOT APPEAR SO THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT THE OFFICER SAID. I FIND THE VIOLATIONS EXIST AND THAT THE VIOLATOR BE ASSESSED THE TOTAL DUE AS INDICATED WHICH IS THE TOTAL OF $710 BASED ON THE VIOLATION OF $759 WHICH IS THE RABIES VACCINATION WHICH IS $115, 760 REGISTRATION IS $25 AND THE ACCOMPANYING REGISTRATION FEES RUNNING AT LARGE, 761AC AND 762AC, THE ANIMAL RESTRAINT AND TETHERING WHICH IS $265. THE AMOUNTS -- THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE OF $710 IS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS. FAILURE TO PAY IT WILL RESULT

IN THE ACTION BEING FORWARDED TO COUNTY COURT SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CASES DONE BY TELEPHONE, CORRECT, COLLEEN?

>> TWO SEPARATE CASES, BUT ONE PERSON. >> GOOD MORNING.

>> HI, THIS IS PEGGY WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WHO AM I SPEAKING WITH?

>> KELLY. >> MS. KELLY YOU ARE ON THE SPEAKER PHONE WITH SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PELLITIER PRESIDING AND SHE IS READY TO HEAR YOUR CASE.

[A. 20-0883 CE 2608 S US Highway 1 Kelly (TR), Mary TELEPHONE 772-267-7708 Heather Debevec]

[B. 20-0970 CE 2608 S US Highway 1 Kelly (TR), Mary TELEPHONE Heather Debevec]

DOES THAT, OKAY? >> OKAY, I THINK. OKAY.

>> OKAY. THIS IS CASE 20-883, 2608, SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1, MARY KELLY. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> YES. MY NAME IS MARY KELLY. >> AND DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM

THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH? >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

THIS IS CASE NUMBER 20-883. IT IS 2608, SOUTH U.S. HIGHWAY 1.

THE CASE WAS INITIATED ON APRIL 24TH OF THIS YEAR FOR SECTION 22-187, SUBSECTION 13, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, SECTION 1646, 1647, 1648 FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.

IT IS REQUESTED THEY REMOVE FROM THE CURBS AND REMOVE DEAD DEBRIS FROM THE LOT.

REMOVE AND BRING IN TIRES, TOOLS, BUCKET, PILLOWS, BLANKETS, CLOTHES, TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY. THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT THE -- THE CITY REQUESTS IF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINDS VIOLATIONS THE VIOLATOR BE GIVEN 30 DAYS TO COMPLY OR A FINE OF $50 A DAY ASSESSED. IT IS NOTED THAT THERE HAS

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SUBMIT. >> DID THE RESPONDENT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE PHOTOS

PREVIOUSLY -- PRIOR TO TODAY? >> I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO E-MAIL THEM TO

HER, BUT HEATHER DID YOU? >> NO. >> SO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE UNLESS THE RESPONDENT STIPULATES TO THEM BEING ENTERED, I WOULD HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT BASICALLY SEEING THEM EX-PARTE. SO AT THIS TIME --

>> OKAY. MS. KELLY, THERE ARE PICTURES THEY TOOK, BUT THEY WON'T BE ADMITTED SINCE YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEM FIRST.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND? >> OKAY. WERE THEY JUST TAKEN?

>> SOME OF THEM ARE RECENT. THEY ARE FROM WHEN I OPENED THE CASE AND THROUGH I BELIEVE

IT WAS FRIDAY MY LAST SET. >> OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME I HOLD ON TO THEM. WE ARE ON -- WE ARE NOT GOING TO ADMIT THEM.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY THOUGH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE?

>> NO. >> ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? >> YOU CAN -- YES.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING NOW. >> I'M SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, DO THE PICTURES SHOW TIRES ON THE LOT ON THE PROPERTY?

>> SO THE PICTURES ARE NOT IN EVIDENCE. WE ARE NOT --

>> AS -- WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PICTURES, BUT YOU CAN ASK IF THEY WERE STILL

THERE ON FRIDAY, IF THE TIRES WERE STILL THERE ON FRIDAY. >> YES BECAUSE I WAS PAID TO

HAVE THEM HAULED OUT IS WHY I AM CURIOUS. >> THE DUMPSTER OF TIRES WAS GONE, BUT THERE WAS STILL I THINK ONE OR TWO TIRES LEFT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE BASE.

>> YEAH. THAT'S GOT TO BE THE GUY NEXT DOOR.

OKAY. I PAY THE GUY. EVERYTHING WAS GONE.

WHATEVER. OKAY. >> WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?

WHEN WERE THEY REMOVED? >> MAYBE THREE WEEKS AGO? AND THERE WAS NO TIRES IN FRONT OF THE BAY DOORS. I GOT IF TOUCH WITH THE DUMPSTER PEOPLE AND THEY CAME AND TOOK EVERYTHING. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TWO TIRES -- I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, TWO SHOW UP. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE I HAD THE BUILDING PAINTED AND WE TOOK PICTURES AND THE GENTLEMAN SENT ME

PICTURES AND THERE WAS NO TIRES. >> MS. KELLY, THIS IS PEGGY ARAIS. HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH OFFICER DEBEVEC AT THE

PROPERTY. >> NO, I HAVEN'T. >> WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO

THAT? >> OH YES. I WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL IT

IF THERE WAS A BUYER ON IT. BUT HE GOT COVID -- >> THE QUESTION IS ARE YOU

WILLING TO MEET? >> YES. YES.

WITH HEATHER? >> YES. >> YEAH.

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, I THINK WHAT STAFF WILL REQUEST IS WE HAVE TO POSTPONE THIS FOR 30 DAYS, ALLOW MS. KELLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ON SITE WITH THE CODE OFFICER SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE FULLY IDENTIFIED OF WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> OKAY. THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME. OKAY.

IF YOU CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET WITH HET EITHER -- WITH HEATHER AND THE CASE WILL

BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT HEARING DATE. >> IT WILL BE POSTPONED TO THE SECOND HEARING IN NOVEMBER. OF COURSE IF IT IS IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE THAT WE

DON'T NEED THE SECOND HEARING. >> DID YOU HEAR ALL THAT.

>> YES, I DID. IS HEATHER THERE OR DO I CALL HER?

>> MA'AM, I AM SITTING HERE, BUT I CALL YOU AFTER THIS AND WE WILL -- WHEN WE GET OUT OF

HERE WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE FACT. >> ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GREAT. >> HEATHER, THERE WAS A SECOND CASE, 20-970.

IS THAT ANYTHING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED? DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU MEET WITH HER?

>> WE CAN DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE ONLY THING LEFT WITH THIS ONE WAS THE SIGN OUT BY U.S. 1 WHERE SHE WAS STILL TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO --

>> SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WE REQUEST 20-970 BE CONTINUED TO THE SECOND MEETING AS WELL TO ALLOW THE OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CODE OFFICER.

>> SO 20-0883 AND 20-0970 WILL BOTH BE POSTPONED. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU, MS. KELLY. OFFICER DEBEVEC WILL BE IN

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TOUCH WITH YOU AFTER THE HEARING TODAY. >> THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. BYE-BYE. >> BYE-BYE.

>> I THINK -- ARE THERE ANY OTHER CASES TO BE CALLED OR PHONE HEARINGS?

>> NOT THAT I KNOW OF. COLLEEN, WE GOT THEM ALL? >> I HAVE EVERYTHING THAT'S ON

HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THEN WE WOULD JUST ASK SPECIAL MAGISTRATE THAT WE HAVE A READING AS TO HOW THE INDIVIDUALS WHO FAILED TO

APPEAR TODAY WERE NOTIFIED. >> OKAY. COLLEEN WILL DO THAT.

>> FOR CASES REQUIRING A HEARING PER STATE STATUTE OUT 16212, A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR CERTIFIED MAIL. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED SIGNED IT IS PLACED IN THE FILE. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGNED OR UNCLAIMED AN AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING WITH A NOTICE OF HEARING ENCLOSED IS SENT TO THE VIOLATOR REGULAR U.S. MAIL. 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN CITY HALL.

A NOTICE OF HEARING IS ALSO POSTED AT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING. IF THE GREEN CARD IS NOT RETURNED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE HEARING THE POSTING IS COMPLETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE CARD WAS RETURED UNCLAIMED. FOR CASES NOT MANDATED BY STATE STATUTE OUT, THE MAILING OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING ARE HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER STATED PRIOR. IF THE GREEN CARD IS RETURNED UNSIGN -- UN -- UNSIGNED, UNCLAIMED OR NOT RETURNED IN 10 DAYS OF THE HEARING A NOTICE OF HEARING IS POSTED ON

THE BULLETIN BOARD IN CITY HALL. >> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> JUST ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

UNDERSTANDING THIS IS YOUR FIRST HEARING SINCE COVID, IT IS ACTUALLY THE -- IN JULY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES WAS ADOPTED A NEW VERSION OF THE -- A NEW VERSION OF CODE OF ORDINANCES WAS ADOPTED. YOU RECEIVED YOUR BOOK TODAY. YOU WILL SEE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERING. IT MIGHT BE -- WE ARE GETTING TO THE PART WHERE CASES WILL COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WITH NEW CODES AND THEY MAY BE IN WITH OLD CODES. YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERING BECAUSE THE NUMBERS WERE CHANGED AND THE CODE WAS CLEANED UP. THAT'S ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.

THERE MAY BE ONE CASE WITH THE OLD NUMBERING AND ONE CASE WITH THE NEW NUMBERING.

WE ARE GETTING INTO THE TRANSITION PHASE. JUST AN EXPLANATION WHY THAT

MIGHT OCCUR. >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> THEN THE HEARING IS ADJOURNED. >> THANK YOU.

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