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Faces Allegations Go! Celebrity - It’s All Included Offer (Select Sailings Only) Book Concierge Class, AquaClass or Suite Class and receive the following three offers: BOOK ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ TODAY! ฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀ Call Keith Mangum 850-696-6636 | Toll Free: 800-675-5671 | [email protected] | sandycheekstravel.com June 25, 2015 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ City in Deputies ZOO search for a tight alleged spot faces molester BY MAT PELLEGRINO County takes Gulf Breeze News aim at city’s allegations [email protected] The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Of- TPGC promises fice was involved in a manhunt of an al- leged child molester over the last week. Meghan previously pled guilty to animal BY MAT PELLEGRINO The suspect, Derrick Christopher BY PAM BRANNON cruelty while director of the Reston Zoo in Gulf Breeze News Smith, was last seen fleeing the Navarre Gulf Breeze News [email protected] Vienna, Va. According to court records, she [email protected] area last Friday, possibly heading out of allegedly drowned a wounded wallaby in a the state. The Gulf Breeze Zoo came under fire last The discussion at the Santa Rosa bucket of water at the Virginia Zoo. She was SRSO Public Information Officer week after federal allegations against the fa- County Commission meeting Monday sentenced to a month in jail, and was later Richard Aloy said cility surfaced. concerning Tiger Point Golf Course transferred to the Gulf Breeze Zoo. Smith had a war- The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed a didn’t only involve golf and salary Some of the allegations state that attendants rant out on him for complaint on May 1 against Eric Mogensen, costs, but actually centered more around were not present when the public had contact molestation of a the owner and operator of the 50-acre zoo lo- rats and weeds and sewer costs. with some of the zoo animals. Because of this, juvenile under the cated on Highway 98, alleging a number of The final decision after the hour-plus a child was bit on the head by one of the zoo’s age of 12. violations including failure to provide animals discussion: Santa Rosa County will be camels and a short-tailed opossum also es- No further details with ventilation, shelter and clean food and using a state law to force the City into caped from an enclosure that was not covered, on the charges have water. The documents also alleged the work- Smith compliance with their conditional use the complaints state. The opossum was found been released. ers at the facility did not provide the animals agreement, or withdraw that agreement dead the next day. Deputies searched throughout the with proper veterinary care including giving — which could end up costing City of People for the Ethical Treatment of Ani- weekend and into this week for the man, the animals expired medications. The allega- Gulf Breeze at least $10 million. mals (PETA) released a statement regarding who law enforcement believes has fled to tions violated the Animal Welfare Act. The county will be sending a formal the allegations brought on by the USDA ear- Tallahassee or North Carolina. Accord- The agency also cited Mogensen’s daughter letter to the City of Gulf Breeze within lier this week. ing to Aloy, Smith’s bond is $500,000 Meghan Mogensen. Both Eric and his daugh- the next week to inform them that they “It should come as no surprise that the USDA for the alleged crime. As of press time, ter are operators of the company that manag- are out of compliance with an agreement needed 18 pages to document the abuses perpet- the suspect is still on the loose. es Virginia Safari Park, Reston Zoo and The uated at all three roadside zoos operated by Eric Smith was last seen bald and clean Gulf Breeze Zoo. See County Page 2A » Mogensen and his daughter Meghan—who’s shaven. Anyone with information on the The allegations also cited issues at the oth- whereabouts of Smith is asked to call er parks the Mogensens own. See » Owners Page 3A the SRSO’s Crime Stoppers Program at Local 850-437-STOP. lawyer Sharks spotted in Villa Venyce showed up in the neighborhood BY MAT PELLEGRINO Gulf Breeze News waters causing a huge concern. indicted [email protected] Villa Venyce resident Terry Gross let a few neighborhood teenagers BY MAT PELLEGRINO Neighbors in Villa Venyce fish off of his dock last Monday. Gulf Breeze News have noticed a big change in the What they pulled up out of the water [email protected] waters that encompass and run at 10 p.m. that night ended up being through their neighborhood over quite a shocker for the resident. A Gulf Breeze lawyer and Pen- the last several years. After a net On the end of their line was a 7 sacola Beach resident was arrested ban went into effect, more under- foot long bull shark. Submitted Photo Friday morning after an investigation water visitors are appearing in the “This is a new phenomenon,” determined the 54-year-old committed waterways in the neighborhood. Gross said. “I’ve lived in this house This 7 ft. bull shark was More recently, sharks measuring caught off of Villa Venyce See » First Page 3A roughly 6 to 7 feet in length have See Resident Page 3A » resident Terry Gross’ dock. Calendar . 2A Movie Listings . 7A Mailing Statement END FRI 06/26 SAT 06/27 SUN 06/28 Classifieds . 7B Talk of the Town. 4A on Opinion Page WEEK T-STORMS T-STORMS T-STORMS Crossword Puzzle. 6B Sports . 1-7B TWO SECTIONS, Weather-plus hi 91/lo 80 hi 91/lo 77 hi 85/lo 76 Arrests and DUIs . 2A City . 3A 16 PAGES rain: 60% rain: 60% rain: 60% Obituaries . 5A Honor Rolls. .5B, 7B VOL. 15, NO. 26 JUNE 25, 2015 home! your directly to Call 850-932-8986 today Enjoy your community paper mailed GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2A June 25, 2015 GULF BREEZE NEWS County: City going back on June Calendar of Meetings Thursday Commissioner Regular 25 9 a.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board Room promises to TP residents GBA Chamber Governmental Affairs Meeting noon - 1 p.m., GBA Chamber Conference » Continued from Page 1A Room Special Local Mitigation Meeting made in 2012 concerning the We turned down the offer to buy it over and over. But 1:30 p.m., Public Services Conference Room Tiger Point Golf Course. The GBA Chamber Business After Hours county is now planning to pass when a gun was basically put to our heads and we werewer 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Coins, Sportscards & a resolution at its regular meet- threatened that it was going into receivership, we didn’t Racing Collectibles ing today (Thursday) falling Commission Special - Rezoning back on a Florida statute that really have time to do out due diligence and we bought the 6 p.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board allows the county to start a pro- course. We were told by the company that owned it – and Room cedure outlined in the Govern- we were given documentation – that this was a break even SRC School Board Meeting ment Conflict Resolution Act 6:30 p.m., SRC School Board Room to try to come to an agreement business. It was not. with the City and bring them Friday Optimist Club Breakfast into compliance — or withdraw – Edwin “Buz” Eddy 26 6:30 a.m., GB Hospital Cafeteria the conditional use agreement. City Manager of Gulf Breeze on Tiger Point Golf Course purchase Commissioner Lane Lynchard, a Monday SRC Civil Service Board Tiger Point resident, said Mon- 29 9:30 a.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board day during the county’s meeting, Room “For me it is a matter of credibil- closed is a problem for their when we are not making a profit that if the City does not want to July ity. Promises were made to the property values. on one we have open?” he said. back up its commitments made Gulf Breeze Toastmasters Club Meeting residents living along the golf Wednesday In the past, the City blamed Lynchard said, “That is one in 2012, then the county should 1 noon, Dining Hall First Baptist Church of Gulf course and commitments made the debt the course has put it in way to look at it. But another way back off from the conditional Breeze, 555 Fairpoint Drive that are not being kept.” on the main reason why it’s not to look at it is you spend $3 mil- use agreement. For the 100-plus Executive Committee Meeting The county commission dis- rebuilding the west course. The lion now to save over $10 million people who live along that west 6:30 p.m., Gulf Breeze City Hall, Council cussed and listened to discus- city even brought in a consultant in five or six years, and to keep course, closing it was devastating Chambers sions from residents for over to see if its financially feasible promises made to residents. So, because of property values, and it an hour Monday during its to rebuild the course. The city you re telling me that the City has has only gotten worse.” Commission Committee of the lost over $1 million since tak- now moved to using Tiger Point Only Commissioner Bob Cole Whole concerning Tiger Point ing over the golf course in 2012. Golf Course as a profit entity – and Commissioner Rob William- Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report Golf Course. Lynchard said he City leaders also sunk hundreds no longer a utility interest as was son spoke to the issue, along with Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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