A loud, confrontational condo board meeting at the sprawling Commodore Plaza community in Aventura ended this week with the arrests of two unit owners. Stanislav Teplyakov and Espana Aristy, a former board member, were arrested for trespassing after repeated warnings.
The two owners said they have been trying to get financial questions answered, worried about the cost of likely assessments that they fear will run into tens of thousands of dollars for residents. The complex is nearly 60 years old and is undergoing a 50-year recertification that requires major structural work.
“They asked me to leave. I said no, I have a unit here,” Teplyakov explained. Aristy claimed that as owners ask questions about how money is spent, the board “makes it hard to get records.” Teplyakov said he spent 15 hours in jail, and Aristy reported that her son had to bail her out…