A Westside apartment complex has to ramp up security or it could risk being shut down.
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The City of Jacksonville’s Public Nuisance Abatement Board (PNAB) deemed Valencia Way Apartments a ‘public nuisance,’ on Thursday. It cited 11 qualifying factors of violent incidents, not including the murder at the complex that happened last week.
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Chief Morris Halyard III with JSO said the property currently has one security guard on the property and most of the cameras are inoperable.
“We look out for ourselves,” Destiny said. She had family who lives at Valencia Way and visits often. “I don’t feel safe going outside with them [the kids]. It’s too much shooting, kids fighting, all that stuff.”
During the Thursday afternoon meeting, the PNAB took jurisdiction of the complex. According to property records, Millennia Jacksonville owns the property. The owner was not present, but his attorney, Christopher Walker, agreed to most of the stipulations by the PNAB and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.