Police say they have arrested a father and son after finding large quantities of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the two men’s apartments...In the apartment, they found Michael, along with 1.73 pounds of methamphetamine, a large amount of Ecstasy pills, several firearms and more than $27,000 in what police say was drug proceeds. Burnett said Michael Martinez was a parole fugitive who had set up several surveillance cameras to monitor the area and avoid law enforcement’s attempts to arrest him. Nick Martinez, who lived in the apartment across the hall, interfered with officers as they were investigating his son, Burnett said. Nick was also on parole and was serving as a security guard in the apartment complex. He was arrested and was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia.
There is a saying that any publicity is good publicity. Well, I think in this case the folks that own Park Avenue Luxury Apartments at 2433 Adams Ave. probably don't appreciate this publicity any. This is a lesson in proper tenant screening. Don't let felons be your security force. Also, if you can't find tenants to fill your building because none of the applicants pass screening, you need to divest yourself of the building. Another option would be to tear the building down and build something that would attract respectable tenants.
2433 Adams was built in the 1950's as a hotel. They used it temporarily for Olympic housing in 2002. Then it was converted to apartments. It has never recovered. I believe its time to scrap the building and start over.
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