The Sheriff’s blotter shows four arrests in the past few days. All of them are for battery, which seems to be the most common charge we see. Battery cases in West Boca usually are domestic incidents, or at least the cases are handed in the domestic violence section of the courts. James Hasson (51) of…
All arrestees are innocent until proven guilty. We have a second arrest this week that seems like a bigger deal that the usual stuff. Earlier this week we reported on a case with numerous counts of sexual assault on a 12-year-old. Now we have a major grand larceny case. Mr. Franco Nicolas Abugattas (age 21)…
Note: All those arrested are innocent until proven guilty. Nakia Gordon (above left, 33) was arrested early this morning on many counts of sexual assault on a minor. He’s being held on bond of $50K per count, which adds up to well over $1 million total. The charges are not completely clear. As written, it…
West Boca resident Serge Sando was arrested by Boca Raton city police last night on marijuana and other apparently minor drug charges. He was released early this morning. A black man spending time in jail on Martin Luther King Day is just one more example of the negative consequences of the War on Drugs. From…
A SWAT raid is news anywhere, especially in a suburb like West Boca. A reader notified us of a raid. When we posted on Facebook about what was then an unconfirmed rumor, two other readers commented guessing correctly that a man named Nick, who has a twin brother, must have been involved. After our investigation,…
