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Magistrate denies Daytona Beach trespass appeal; city offers waiver if resident completes 50 hours of community service
Summary
Special Magistrate Robert Riggio denied Galen Jones’s appeal of a trespass warning for the John H. Dickerson Community Center on Aug. 26, 2025, but city officials told the hearing they would remove the warning if Jones documents 50 hours of community service by Nov. 1.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Special Magistrate Robert Riggio on Aug. 26 denied the appeal of Galen Jones of a trespass warning issued for the John H. Dickerson Community Center, but city officials offered to lift and remove the warning if Jones completes 50 hours of community service at a recognized nonprofit by Nov. 1.
The hearing addressed a trespass warning tied to city code enforcement at 308 South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Sergeant Shawna Connolly of the Daytona Beach Police Department told the hearing that Jones was found on city property “outside the posted hours,” and said, “the trespass stays in place for a period of 1 year.”
The city identified the relevant local rules as city code sec. 86-43 (trespass warnings on public property) and sec. 86-34 (violations of code, ordinances or regulations on…
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