Flagler County store owner says property has become an ‘unwilling safe haven’ for sex offenders
Right off State Road 11 and County Road 304 in Flagler County sits a quiet general store. However, recently, Cody’s Corner owner Edward Corcoran says his business has become an unwilling safe haven for registered sex offenders.
Corcoran tells FOX 35 News that offenders are listing his store’s address on their probation paperwork and setting up camp in the woods on his five-acre property. He says he has never allowed these offenders to use his address, adding that the situation has become a major headache as he is even receiving mail on their behalf. “They have their probation meetings here,” Corcoran said. “The felons… offenders are placed with ankle monitors that ring as soon as they leave this property.”
Word is spreading that Cody’s Corner is the place to go. The setup seemingly meets the state’s requirement for the offenders to get out of jail, despite Corcoran never giving them the right to be there.
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There are no RSO’s listed at his store address according to the official Florida website. This is pure BS.
More hysteria created by these registries.
You don’t think authorities responded to the news report and evicted them?
Your’e saying they weren’t even there in the first place?
It sounds to me like the registrant’s were directed to go live in the woods and the store’s address was used more as a reference than a residence.
IF it’s actually your property that those registrants are camping on (which I doubt) , then sue the probation office. They don’t have the authority to use your property for any reason, period. If you don’t want them meeting their POs in your store, kick them out. You can do that. If you don’t want to receive their mail, write “RTS” on it and drop it back in the mailbox. It might take a while for it to stop, but you can do that too.
But if their campsite is outside of your actual property lines, too damn bad. Thank your fearless legislators for creating the circumstance where those men have no other options.
And for how long have those registrants been there near that bus stop? Guessing you watch it every morning – ever see anything remiss? Keep watching it, if it bothers you so much. Or better yet, ask whatever school district to move it somewhere else.