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Code Enforcement Detail
Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number CE07110093 complainant  
Case Date 11-14-2007 address  
Origination PHONE - TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED Status C - CLOSED
Operator bsingley Officer WEST
Fines Balance $0.00
Lien Balance $0.00
Total Balance $0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR C-26-34-28-A00-0100-0000 Owner SEBRING RETAIL ASSOC LLC
Unit   Owner Address 3610 NE 1ST AVE
Property Address 1696 US 27 City/State/Zip MIAMI FL 33137
City/State/Zip SEBRING FL 33870- Phone  
Case Description
BOOKS A MILLION STORE IS SELLING ADULT SEXUAL
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES IN THE STORE, NOT BEHIND THE
COUNTER.
Inspections/Events Detail
DATETIMEINSPECTION / EVENT TYPEINSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
12-31-201202:39 PMUPDATE/NOTES12-31-12 CASE HAS BEEN SENT TO
RETENTION, BSS
06-09-200810:30 AMCLOSE COMPLAINTCASE CLOSED BY BSINGLEY
06-09-200810:04 AMREINSPECTION6-9-08 THIS CASE HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO
THE STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICE PER MIKE
DURHAM AND HE HAS SENT A LETTER TO MR.
POLATTY STATING THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO PROCEED WITH THE CASE. MR. POLATTY
HAS A COPY OF THE LETTER. BEV
04-28-200809:14 AMUPDATE/NOTES4-28-08 PER JIM POLATTY, HE ASKED ME TO
SEND AN EMAIL REGARDING THE CONVERSATION
WITH MIKE DURHAM WITH THE SHERIFF'S
DEPT. HAVE EMAIL MIKE FOR DIRECTIONS,
WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM HIM, BEV
02-01-200807:57 AMUPDATE/NOTES2-1-08 SENT JIM POLATTY REGARDING FOLLOW
UP ON THIS CASE AND WHERE TO GO FROM
HERE. WILL WAIT FOR RESPONSE, BEV
01-30-200811:49 AMREINSPECTION1-30-08 INSPECTION FOUND THAT NO BOOKS
HAVE BEEN REMOVED OFF THE SHELVES, THE
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ARE ALL SELF HELP.
TOOK PHOTOS. SPOKE TO GARY WILSON THE
MANAGER, HE WAS IN THE STORE. HE SAID
THAT HE ORDERED THE RACKS BACK WHEN WE
WERE THERE IN NOVEMBER. THEY HAVEN'T
COME YET AND HE HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING
FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT SO HE THOUGHT THE
ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. HE ALSO TOLD ME
THAT HE HAS BEEN IN MANY OTHER STORES
(POLK COUNTY) THAT THE MAGAZINES HAVE TO
BE BEHIND THE COUNTER, BUT NOT THE BOOKS
FROM THE SEXUALITY SHELF. EXPLAINED TO
HIM THAT I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO CURTIS
FROM LOSS AND PREVENTION AND SOMETHING
HAS TO BE DONE. BEV
01-29-200803:18 PMUPDATE/NOTES1-29-08 SPOKE TO JIM POLATTY REGARDING
THE CONVERSATION TODAY WITH CURTIS. HE
EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HE, BOARD
ATTORNEY'S ROSS MACBETH, ELIZABETH
LENIHAN, SHERIFF'S DEPT. ATTORNEY, MIKE
DURHAM HAD A CONFERENCE CALL REGARDING
THIS CASE. MIKE DURHAM SAID THAT IF THE
SHERIFF'S DEPT. NEEDS TO GET ENVOLVED TO
LET HIM KNOW AND HE WILL PLACE A DEPUTY
ON THE CASE. ELIZABETH IS REVIEWING THE
ORDINANCE AND WILL GET BACK WITH JIM OR
CODE ENFORCEMENT. BEV
01-29-200801:51 PMUPDATE/NOTES1-29-08 CURTIS FROM LOSS PREVENTION
CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT HE HAS
SPOKEN TO SOMEONE IN MERCHANDISING AND
SHE TOLD HIM THAT THE MAGAZINES WERE
MOVED. ASKED HIM IF THE OTHER ITEMS
SUCH AS SEXUALITY SECTION WITH
PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN MOVED, HE DIDN'T
THINK SO. HE SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER
ENCOUNTERED THIS SITUATION BEFORE IN THE
STORES IN ANY STATE OR EVEN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD GO
BACK OUT TO BOOKS A MILLION STORE AND DO
AN INSPECTION. HE ASKED WHERE DO WE GO
FROM HERE AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT IF
THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH WHAT WE ARE
ASKING THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE
TURNED OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPT AND
THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. HE SAID HE
DOESN'T WANT IT TO GET THAT FAR, THAT HE
IS WAITING ON ANOTHER PHONE CALL FROM
MERCHANDISING DEPT. AND HE WILL GET BACK
WITH MYSELF AND I TOLD HIM I WOULD CALL
HIM AFTER MAKING ANOTHER VISIT TO THE
STORE. BEV
01-28-200810:40 AMUPDATE/NOTES1-28-08 CALLED AND SPOKE TO CURTIS
STOVES, WITH LOSS PREVENTION. HE SAID
REGARDING OUR LAST CONVERSATION HE GAVE
THIS INFORMATION TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF HUMAN RESOURCES WITH THE LOSS
PREVENTION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS CHAD
TICE. HE SAID SINCE CHRISTMAS, HE
HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE MATTER.
EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MY SUPERVISOR
WANTS TO SEND THIS OVER TO THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT THIS MATTER HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE NOVEMBER 2007. HE
SAID THAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE GETTING BACK
WITH ME, THAT HE STILL HAS MY NUMBER.
BEV
01-02-200812:11 PMREINSPECTION1-2-08 DID INSPECTION, THE BOOKS ARE
STILL ON THE SHELF IN THE SEXUALITY
SECTION, THE MAGAZINES ARE STILL OUT AND
THERE ARE BOOKS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
WILL CONSULT JIM POLATTY ON WHAT TO DO
NEXT. BEV
11-30-200712:02 PMUPDATE/NOTES11-30-07 RETURNED A CALL TO CURTIS
STOVES IN LOSS PREVENTION DEPT OF BOOKS
A MILLION, 205-942-3737. VERY NICE
GENTLEMAN, HE HAS READ THE ORDINANCE AND
FEELS THEY ARE NOT AN ADULT BOOKSTORE
AND HE READS IF THEY ARE SELLING LESS
THAN 5% OF THESE SALES THAN WHY DO THEY
HAVE TO MOVE THE BOOKS. HE ASKED WHERE
THE COMPLAINTANT CAME FROM, EXPLAINED A
CUSTOMER WAS VERY UNHAPPY THAT THE BOOKS
WERE SO CLOSE TO THE CHILDRENS RELIGON
SECTION OF THE STORE. HE ASKED IF THEY
MOVE THE SECTION SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE
STORE WOULD THAT COMPLY. EXPLAINED NO
SINCE WE HAVE INSPECTED THE STORE AND
FOUND THE SEXUALITY SECTION THAT SHOWS
LOTS OF PHOTOS AND ORGANS IN THE BOOKS.
TOLD HIM THAT GARY WILSON THE GENERAL
MANAGER EXPLAINED TO US THAT HE HAS BEEN
APPROVED TO ORDER A SHELF TO MOVE THE
MAGAZINES BEHIND THE COUNTER FOR
EMPLOYEES AND MR. STOVES SAID HE WOULD
CHECK ON THAT ISSUE. MR. STOVES SAID
THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMPLY AND WHAT DO
THEY NEED TO DO: EXPLAINED TO MOVE ANY
BOOKS, MAGAZINES WITH PHOTOS OR BODY
PARTS IN THE BOOKS BEHIND THE COUNTER
FOR EMPLOYEES ACCESS ONLY. EXPLAINED
THAT IF HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MONTHS TO
DO THIS WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY REMOVE
THEM AND PLACE SOMEWHERE UNTIL THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SHELVES ARE COMPLETE.
HE SAID HE WOULD GET WITH THE ATTORNEY'S
AND GET BACK WITH US NEXT WEEK. BEV
11-28-200711:42 AMREINSPECTION11-28-07 MET WITH JIM, LINDA, MIKE
DURHAM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ATTORNEY,
MYSELF AND THE DISTRICT MANAGER, GARY
WILSON AT THE STORE. WE SHOWED MR.
WILSON WHAT WE WERE ASKING THAT HE
REMOVE THE BOOKS AND PHOTOS THAT HAVE
PHOTOS OR GENITIAL PARTS OF THE BODY
BEHIND A COUNTER FOR EMPLOYEE TO ACCESS
ONLY FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN ORDER TO
FOLLOW THE ORDINANCE FOR HIGHLANDS
COUNTY. HE SAID THAT HE HAS TURNED THIS
ISSUE OVER TO THE CORP. OFFICE TO LOSS
PROVENTION DEPARTMENT. HE SAID THEY ARE
WHO WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH. JIM SAID
THAT HE WOULD GIVE THEM A CALL AND TURN
THIS OVER TO ROSS MACBETH. BEV
11-27-200704:06 PMREINSPECTION11-27-07 HAD CONFERENCE CALL WITH JIM,
ROSS, AND MYSELF AND WE ARE TO GO TALK
TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER WHEN HE GETS
THERE. BEV
11-15-200703:22 PMCREATE COMPLAINTCOMPLAINT RECORDED BY BSINGLEY
11-14-200703:22 PMINITIAL INSPECTION11-14-07 APRIL AND I VISITED THE STORE,
THERE ARE ADULT MAGAZINES, AND ADULT
BOOKS IN SELF HELP SECTION IN THE
STORE.
THE MAGAZINES HAVE COVERS ON THEM BUT
ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE BOOKS
HAVE RISQUE PHOTOS AND ARE AVAILABLE TO
ANYONE IN THE STORE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
SEEK AN EMPLOYEE TO GET THE BOOKS.
APRIL AND I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER OF THE
DAY, ROBERT AND EXPLAINED THE ORDINANCE
OF ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4 OF THE COUNTY
ORDINANCE FOR SEXUALLY ORIENTED
BUSINESSES. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE
TO SPEAK WITH THE DISTRICT MANAGER AND
THEM GET BACK WITH US. WE ASKED HIM TO
MOVE THE BOOKS BEHIND THE COUNTER WHERE
EMPLOYEE HAS TO HELP THE CUSTOMER AND
HE
WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE. HE SAID THEY
HAVE NO WHERE TO MOVE THEM RIGHT NOW
THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO DO SOME
CONSTRUCTION. TOLD HIM WE WOULD BE
BACK
IN TWO WEEKS TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE
AND LOOK FOR COMPLIANCE. BEV LEFT
BUSINESS CARD WITH ROBERT. BEV
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