Saturday, November 21, 2009

KEY WEST

Police ID man's body

It was the body of Dana Earl Moore, 43, that a passerby found Tuesday near the bridle path in the mangroves off South Roosevelt Boulevard, police said Friday.

Police said Moore died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That determination was made after an autopsy and subsequent investigation, said Alyson Crean, police spokeswoman.

Detectives suspect Moore has been dead for five or six weeks, judging from the condition of the body, reports say.

Moore, of Gainesville, was a former Key West resident who worked at the now defunct Records and Rogues store on Truman Avenue.

MARATHON

Ex-city managers reapply

Two former Marathon city managers have applied for their former job since the most recent city manager, Clyde Burnett, resigned amid allegations of harassment.

Both Scott Janke and Mike Puto are among the 60-plus applicants for the position. Janke was the city's first in-house city manager, but resigned in 2004 after council members questioned his leadership. He then was town manager for Fort Myers Beach, but fired earlier this year when his wife was outed as an adult film star. The firing drew national attention. Puto took over for Janke in Marathon, but resigned in 2008 after having his own differences with the City Council.

City Planning Director George Garrett and former Monroe County Administrator Tom Willi also have applied.

KEY WEST

Certificate of occupancy revoked

City officials will revoke the certificate of occupancy for an apartment house at 629 Caroline St. today at 6 p.m.

The move comes after a "series of actions by the city and expiration of a grace period for necessary repairs," says the city's press release.

"Our chief building official has a responsibility to the public's safety," said City Manager Jim Scholl.

"There are some very serious safety issues that must be addressed before this structure can be considered habitable."

Scholl and city staff met with the four current tenants on Friday to make sure they're not left homeless.

A complaint was lodged in early August. The owners of the structure failed to fix serious fire and structural safety issues within the city's time frame, the release says.