Feb 22, 2021 5:59 PM Daytona Beach, FL - Lightning may not strike twice in the same place but the Daytona Beach Police Department s (DBPD) Problem Oriented Police (POP) Unit was at the Best Southern Sun Plaza Motel last Friday (February 19), the second time since December 14, 2020. Three Arrested During Daytona Motel Raid The same people were not arrested. Last time, the owner and the manager were both arrested. This time, 43-year-old Leandris Scott – the subject of an open arrest warrant, and 30-year-old Alexandria Medina, were detained for questioning and searched, at which point officers found a silver handgun and drugs inside of a purse in Medina’s possession. The investigation found that Scott was involved in an argument with another man, 40-year-old Jasone Bodiford, on the motel property. During the verbal dispute, Scott fired three shots into the ground. Officers moved on to the room that Bodiford went into after the shots were fire
Police serve drug search warrant at Daytona Beach motel for 2nd time in 3 months
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DBPD POP Unit Strikes Again
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Jan 28, 2021 12:35 PM Daytona Beach, FL - Another nuisance beachside property in Daytona Beach is shut down after a search warrant was served around 6 a.m today (January 28). Two people, 47-year-old Christopher Schmahlenberger and 22-year-old Johnnie Staley are charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, maintaining a place where a controlled substance is illegally kept, and unlawful possession of a Schedule II substance. Two others, 23-year-old Derrick Goodin and 46-year-old Moises Ocasio are each charged with resisting arrest without violence. This morning s raid is the third since December on nuisance properties. Similar search warrants were served at the Best Southern Sun Plaza Motel on Ridgewood Avenue and the Camellia Motel, located on A-1-A. Officers also seized 63 grams of methamphetamine and various kinds of drug paraphernalia found inside the home during the raid. “We’d like to thank the community
Daytona Beach police found drugs, guns and money during a raid of the Best Southern Sun Plaza Motel Sunday, which resulted in three arrests, including the owner and manager, according to a press release.
Officers arrested Frederick J. Hoffman, 69, the owner of the motel, and Dennis Kindziera, 63, the manager, the release said. Hoffman and Kindziera each face a felony charge of keeping a public nuisance structure for drug activity, according to the release. Hoffman had recently hired Kindziera to manage the motel, located at 1011 S. Ridgewood Ave., Daytona Beach.
“It’s clear that both Hoffman and Kindziera both knew about the Sun Plaza being a haven for drugs and neither one of them did anything about it,” said Daytona Beach police Patrol Capt. Scott Lee. “We won’t tolerate property owners or managers who let this kind of behavior slide.”