MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The former president of a South Beach condo affiliation exacted an obvious reign of terror this spring, making “several residents fear for their safety,” in accordance to police.
Miami Beach police arrested Marc Joseph Maggisano on Sunday, after accusing him of sending a number of threatening textual content messages to a board member of 363 Washington Ave. and attempting to set a resident’s truck on fireplace again in April.
According to police, on April 18, Maggisano despatched quite a few “very violent and (derogatory)” textual content messages to a board member, together with, the usage of a homophobic slur, “die and die slow f—-t,” “Im goin got (sic) sure you’re dead within 48 hours,” “Im going to cut you opn tmrw,” and “I will murder you shortly.”
It was once all a part of a “disturbing pattern” from the 34-year-old Canadian nationwide, police stated.
That development, police stated, persevered on April 29 after Maggisano lit a fabric on fireplace and threw it into the fuel tank of a resident’s truck at round 2:30 that morning.
Police stated Maggisano’s effort to set the truck ablaze failed, however the resident spotted one thing was once amiss on May 1 when he spotted his truck wasn’t soaking up gas correctly, prompting him to suspect his automobile have been vandalized.
Authorities stated the development’s assets supervisor known Maggisano because the suspect after reviewing surveillance pictures.
The arson try led to $7,500 in injury to the pickup truck, an arrest record states.
Maggisano’s arrest stories don’t specify whether or not he have been serving as president or was once already out of place of work on the time the incidents happened.
While now not explicitly said within the stories, it sounds as if Maggisano will have left South Florida between the April incidents and his arrest on Sunday.
Police stated they had been tipped off to his presence on Saturday after he won a package deal at his condo. Then, on Sunday, they stated a registration number plate reader on the MacArthur Causeway detected Maggisano’s automobile, a Mercedes-Benz coupe with Ontario plates.
Officers later discovered Maggisano’s automobile on the Washington Avenue condo, contacted him and arrested him, the record states.
He faces criminal fees of tried arson, felony mischief and written threats to kill and was once being held within the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $12,500 bond.
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