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Special Magistrate Imposes $15,000 Fine After Hearing on Repeated Loud-Party Nuisance
Summary
A Fort Lauderdale special magistrate found the owner responsible for a repeated loud-party nuisance at 2409 DeSoto Drive and imposed a $15,000 fine after hearing city evidence and neighbors’ video and police response.
A Fort Lauderdale special magistrate on March 11 found the owner at 2409 DeSoto Drive guilty of maintaining a public nuisance related to loud parties and imposed a $15,000 fine.
The city presented video, photographs and officer testimony showing amplified music and vehicles blocking the right of way on multiple occasions. Inspector Robert Crock, presenting for the city of Fort Lauderdale, said the property produced loud music and parking problems that required police response and made the music “plainly audible” from far beyond the property line. Crock described repeated inspections and a prior 2022 enforcement action at the…
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