‘Hopefully it’s a start’: Lakeland home deemed a nuisance due to ‘violent activity’

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — The home at 1639 Norman Drive in Lakeland is off-limits for a year, even to its owner.

“No matter what the illegal activity is, no matter what the nuisance is, when you enable it by offering safe haven, that’s not going to work in this city,” said Lt. Joe Parker with the Lakeland Police Department.

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Lakeland police officers boarded up the home Friday. Its residents were already evacuated.

“When I first moved in this neighborhood, it was very quiet, and after the last year or so, there’s been a lot of shootings with young teenagers,” said Christine Derby, who lives nearby…

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