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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2002 B3
CENTRAL FLORIDA
The Area IIn Brief
Orange grants
$471,582 to
4 arts groups
Orange County commissioners
have awarded four arts groups with
grants, totaling $471,582, a portion
of the receipts from the county tour-
ist-development tax.
The Orlando Museum of Art will
receive $150,000 to help pay for an
exhibit in 2004 called "Monet in
Normandy."
The Association to Preserve the
Eatonville Community will receive
$150,000 to help present the 2003
Zora Neale Hurston Festival.
Enzian Theater has been award-
ed $146,282 to expand and further
market the 2003 Florida Film Festi-
val, and the Orlando International
Fringe Festival will get $25,300 for
expanded marketing of the 2003
Fringe.
The county still is working on cri-
teria to hand out a further $28,418 to
arts organizations in grants of $500-
$1,500.
SEMINOLE
Florida Power must pay city
SANFORD - A Seminole County
Circuit judge ordered Florida Power
Corp. on Thursday to pay
Longwood more than $773,000 in
uncollected franchise fees.
Citing a previous appeal court
ruling involving Winter Park, Cir-
cuit Judge Nancy Alley found in fa-
vor of Longwood.
Longwood and Florida Power
have been in court for more than a
year over the future of electric serv-
ice in the city.
Longwood has followed several
other Central Florida cities that are
trying to buy out the utility's power
grid within their city limits.
Florida Power stopped collecting
the franchise fee last year after the
city's franchise agreement expired.
In the meantime, the utility's
Longwood customers have not paid
the fee, which is passed through by
the utility.
It is unclear whether Florida
Power will be able to pass the costs
of the uncollected fees on to
Longwood customers.
Housing-aid seekers create jam
OVIEDO - A crowd of hundreds
that gathered outside the Seminole
County Housing Authority office
early Thursday in Oviedo created
major traffic problems for motorists
and schoolchildren trying to get to
nearby Jackson Heights Middle
School.
People began showing up over-
night to apply for 300 subsidized
housing vouchers the authority was
making available on a first-come,
first-served basis, said Oviedo Po-
lice Cmdr. Mark Beaulieu.
In the past, the process of giving
out the applications for the hard-to-
get subsidy went smoother because
applications were assigned by lot-
tery, Beaulieu said.
Quarrels broke out when some
who arrived later began to push
their way to the front of the line, he
said, adding that seven officers were
sent to handle traffic and the crowd.The traffic problems along Acad-
emy Street, Academy Place and
Doctors Drive were aggravated
IN YOUR COUNTY EDITION
In Lake
Lake County was supposed to fin-
ish construction on County Road
25 in September, realigning the
lanes and adding a much-needed
traffic light in front of the Water
Oak community, but officials say it
won't be done this year.
In Osceola
Employees at Kissimmee City Hall
breathed a guarded sigh of relief
after Tuesday's election, which re-
turned Wendell McKinnon to the
City Commission for a second
four-year term, virtually ensuring
that the current administration
will stay in place for at least two
more years.
In Volusia
Why did Big John lose? Observers
said the flamboyant incumbent
was kicked off the County Council
by newcomer Joie Alexander
through a combination of money,
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when a woman went into labor and
paramedics were called, Beaulieu
said.
By 11 a.m., housing authority of-
ficials decided to number the appli-
cations and have people fill them
out at home.
Police were sent out only to di-
rect traffic, and no arrests were
made, Beaulieu said.
Sex offender arrested again
SANFORD - A 54-year-old regis-
tered sex offender is
being held without
bail in Seminole
County Jail, accused
of a sexual offense
against a 3-year-old
girl.
Robert Edward
KESICK Kesick, 2317 Summer-
lin Ave., Sanford, was
arrested at his home Wednesday af-
ternoon, a few hours after the vic-
tim's mother reported the incident.
Kesick was visiting the girl's
home Tuesday and was alone with
the child in a bedroom, according to
arrest records.
State Department of Corrections
records showed Kesick was re-
leased from prison in March 2002
after serving nearly four years for a
sex crime in Indian River County.
VOLUSIA
Ballots of deceased rejected
DELAND - Officials in Volusia
County disallowed the absentee bal-
lots of at least eight people who died
before their votes could be tallied on
Election Day.
"It doesn't seem fair, does it?"
said Volusia County Judge Frank
Marriott, a member of the canvass-
ing board. "But it's the law."
According to Florida law, a ballot
cast at an elections office and fed in-
to an Accu-Vote machine by a per-
son who dies before Election Day
would count. Otherwise, there is no
way to know if the dead person ac-
tually filled out the ballot.
4 men accused in pit bull abuse
DAYTONA BEACH - Four men
have been charged with animal cru-
elty after Daytona Beach police
found them trying to entice four pit
bulls to fight.
The men, Alan C. King, 19; Jo-
seph Lee Johnson, 30; Brian J. Sims,
19; and Maurice Lanell Bryant, 20,
all of whom live in Daytona Beach,
were arrested Wednesday when in-
vestigators went to a house at 1022
Continental Drive looking for an-
other man wanted on unrelated
charges, investigators said.
All four men were charged with
animal cruelty, police said. Sims al-
so was charged with possession of
cocaine with intent to distribute, re-
sisting arrest, and two counts of vio-
lation of community control, police
said. Bryant also was charged with
giving a false name to police and vi-
olation of probation, police said.
Sims and Bryant both remained
in the Volusia County Branch Jail
Thursday, jail records show. Investi-
gators said all four dogs were taken
to the Halifax Humane Society.
ORANGE
Man held in roommate's deathOrange County deputies arrested
Jonathan Charest, 24, Thursday on
a charge of first-degree murder in
the death of Christopher Clay Rob-
erts, 24.
Sheriff's spokesman Carlos Tor-
res said a tip led Mount Dora police
to the Dora Rose Apartments,
where they captured Charest.
Investigators said the two room-
mates were arguing at 5425 Genoa
Lane when Charest fatally shot Rob-
erts on Wednesday afternoon.
Roberts will be booked into the
Orange County Jail without bail, au-
thorities said.
Elizabeth Maupin, Robert Perez, Gary Taylor,
Alicia A. Caldwell and Doris Bloodsworth of
the Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
Wire services also were used.Crotty sports win in new ride
By JON STEINMAN
SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
Nine days after winning a land-
slide election in September, Orange
County Chairman Rich Crotty did
what every elected county chairman
before him has done: He bought
some new wheels.
The 2003 Ford Expedition, with a
price tag to taxpayers of $28,807, is
less expensive than the cars of ei-
ther of his predecessors and about
the same price as Orlando Mayor
Glenda Hood's Crown Victoria.
Still, there have been roadblocks,
and the buy was a year - and an
election - in the making.
In August 2001, when the then-
appointed chairman first broached
the idea with county commissioners,
he was told to wait and see if he won
his first race for the seat this year.
He waited, he won, and as the
Buick Park Avenue he'd inherited
from former Chairman Mel Marti-
nez closed in on its 4th birthday and
37,846 miles, he bought.
Only one board member is both-
ered. Most just wish Crotty had told
them before he bought the Expedi-BEHIND THE WHEEL,
AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE:
" Orange County Chairman Rich Crotty -
Recently bought 2003 Ford Expedition, in
white, for $28,807.
" Former County Chairman Mel Martinez -
1999 Buick Park Avenue, in midnight pearl,
$31,413.
" Former County Chairman Linda Chapin -
1995 Buick Park Avenue, in jade, leased for
$35,343.
" Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood -2001 Ford
Crown Victoria, in blue, $28,595.
tion, even though he isn't required
to get approval for purchases less
than $100,000.
"I'll defer to the chairman, but I
want to make sure the old vehicle
continues to be used," said Commis-
sioner Ted Edwards, who had urged
Crotty to hold off heading to show-
rooms until after he won his elec-
tion.
Martinez's car, along with the
dents that it absorbed parked out-
side the former chairman's home, is
now in the county motor pool.
Commissioner Homer Hartagesaid he not only has a problem with
the new car, but he ties it to Crotty's
recent criticism of Lynx, the region-
al transit agency.
"The fact that this was bought
and not brought to the board is ques-
tionable," Hartage said. "This is a
big deal, especially in lieu of the fact
that he [Crotty] is beating up Lynx."
Lynx has come under fire after
sending 12 staffers and five Lynx
board members to a convention in
Las Vegas in September at a cost of
roughly $22,000. A local television
news crew surreptitiously filmed
many of them drinking and gam-
bling during convention hours, and
the political fallout has been mas-
sive. Crotty has threatened to dock
the agency the cost of the trip from
the county's annual contribution.
Crotty doesn't see the connection
between his car and the Lynx deba-
cle.
"Commissioner Hartage is en-
gaging in pettiness, silliness and
tom-foolery," Crotty said.
Jon Steinman can be reached at
jsteinman@orlandosentinel.com or 407-650-
6333.DENNIS WALL/ORLANDO SENTINE
Watery aftermath. A tractor-trailer sits in Lake Monroe at Sanford's waterfront Thursday after it collided with a van, killing the
driver, Edwin Brady, and his son, Connor. The driver of the truck was not seriously injured, police officials said.
Sanford crash claims dad, 7-year-oldBy GARY TAYLOR
SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
SANFORD - A 57-year-old Volu-
sia County man and his 7-year-old
son were killed Thursday when a
tractor-trailer slammed into their van
along the Lake Monroe waterfront.
After the impact, the truck, carry-
ing scrap wires and cables from an
electric plant, careened over the sea
wall into the water.
The grinding crash closed a sec-
tion of U.S. Highway 17-92 for more
than eight hours, much of the time so
workers could pull the truck and trail-
er from the lake.
The father was identified as Edwin
Brady of 1665 Beresford Road, De-
Land. His son was identified as Con-nor Brady.
Investigators think they were com-
ing from one of the medical offices
along the waterfront.
The 10:10 a.m. crash occurred at
Mangoustine Avenue in front of Cen-
tral Florida Regional Hospital.
Police said Brady was attempting
to go west on U.S. 17-92 from Man-
goustine and drove into the path of
the eastbound truck.
He was airlifted to Orlando Re-
gional Medical Center, where he was
pronounced dead.
The boy was riding in the back seat
and was restrained, Cohen said.
He was taken to the emergency
room at nearby Central Florida Re-
gional. Hospital officials planned to
send the boy to the Orlando hospital'sCop can't keep NAACP videog
By SHERRI M. OWENS burn keep his distance - at least 100
SENTINEL STAFF WRITER feet.LEESBURG - The phone calls
kept coming - young black men
reaching out to their advocate with
complaints about the Leesburg Police
Department.
"Sometimes I would get four or five
calls in a night," said Randall Hep-
burn, 46, a member of the legal re-
dress committee of the Tri-City
Branch of the NAACP in Lake County.
"I just started going out to see what
was happening. The police were doing
random [traffic] stops. They would see
a group of blacks and run up to them
and ID everybody. It was a bunch of
harassing."
Armed with his video camera and
training from the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, the retired school maintenance
worker went out to record what was
happening. What resulted didn't sit
well with some officers patrolling pre-
dominantly black neighborhoods in
Leesburg.
Officer Michael Neal said Hepburn
was creating a safety hazard, drawing
large crowds and inciting "near riots."
On Oct. 24, Neal asked Circuit Judge
G. Richard Singeltary to make Hep-The judge said no.
Singeltary explained that state stat-
utes require two incidents of violence
or stalking within six months in order
for him to grant the repeat-violence
protective injunction that Neal was
seeking.
Neal said Hepburn intentionally
bumped into him in a threatening way.
He said Hepburn twice told him that if
he removed his gun and badge he
would fight him. He also said Hepburn
has told him that he carries a weapon.
Singeltary said the evidence didn't
support Neal's request for an injunc-
tion.
Janice Orr, Hepburn's lawyer, ap-
plauded the judge's decision. Threat-
ening a police officer is against the
law, she said. If Neal felt threatened,
she said, why didn't he arrest Hep-
burn? She said maybe it was because
Hepburn hasn't done anything illegal.
"In my book, this is absolutely ap-
palling," Orr said. "He [Neal] is asking
a private citizen not to be on the
streets."
Neal regularly patrols west Lees-
burg, where Hepburn lives. If the in-
junction had been granted and their
paths just happened to cross, Hepburntrauma center, but they were not able
to stabilize his condition so he could
make the trip by helicopter, said
Sanford Police spokeswoman Cleo
Cohen.
The driver of the truck, Mark An-
drew Cooper, 46, of Boynton Beach
suffered only minor injuries.
A Boynton Beach company that
owns the truck sent crews to the
scene to clean the debris from the
lake and to clean up fuel that spilled
from the truck's tanks, Cohen said.
The state Department of Environ-
mental Protection supervised the
cleanup of the fuel, she said.Gary Taylor can be reached
at gtaylor@orlandosentinel.com
and 407-324-7293.rapper away
could have been arrested, she said.
Leesburg officers say Hepburn's
videotaping isn't the problem. The
problems come when the crowds
gather around and people criticize of-
ficers trying to make an arrest, the of-
ficers said.
"He drives up and makes com-
ments about racial profiling and calls
us a renegade police department,"
Neal told Singeltary in the injunction
hearing. A crowd gathers and chimes
in with complaints about the depart-
ment, he said.
"I not only have to deal with the
person I'm trying to arrest, but I've got
20 or 30 people screaming behind
me," Neal said. "My attention is divid-
ed. It's not safe."
But Hepburn said he and his neigh-
bors are doing nothing wrong. A vid-
eotape recorded by the police shows
Hepburn telling one irate neighbor to
come back to his side of the street so
the officers can do their job.
"My heart tells me that Mr. Hep-
burn means very well," said Lt. Bill
Chrisman, one of Neal's supervisors.
"But he is impeding us from doing our
job."
Sherri M. Owens can be reached at 352-742-5915
or sowens@orlandosentinel.com.4<
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