Man charged in Stuart beatings
August 19th, 2009 by Daphne DuretSTUART — A pair of kidnappings and beatings that led to the arrest of a Stuart man is part of what police are calling “street justice” for the killing of a 24-year-old man earlier this week.
Jerome Hutchinson was found fatally shot Monday on the sidewalk of his East Stuart home. Stuart police say they received tips naming people who either allegedly did the killing or had information on what happened. The tips came with warnings that those named were targets for retaliation.
On Tuesday, detectives were on their way to question an unidentified 17-year-old in the case when they got a call for a disturbance in East Stuart. Once they arrived, a crowd scattered and they found 21-year-old Antonio Palmer badly beaten.
Detectives said Palmer told them he’d been kidnapped and taken to a duplex at 906 Tarpon Ave. He said he’d been stripped to his underwear, tied to a chair and beaten while being interrogated.
When he tried to escape, Palmer said, a crowd followed him to the street and continued beating him until detectives arrived. Palmer said he had been kidnapped along with another man, later identified as Roosevelt Josey, 20.
Police said they found an injured Josey at the duplex with Aldric Lott, who told them he’d “questioned” Josey about the killing but denied using any force.
Detectives, who said they found marijuana and stolen guns in the duplex, arrested Lott, 24, on charges of armed kidnapping, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm by a felon.
According to police, Josey denied any involvement in Hutchinson’s death and would not answer questions about the kidnapping and beating. Josey was arrested on outstanding warrants for drug charges.
Stuart police spokesman Marty Jacobson said no evidence has been found linking Palmer or Josey to Hutchinson’s death.
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August 19th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
RIP Jerome.
August 20th, 2009 at 8:58 am
r.i.p SHAM
August 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am
nuke this neighborhood from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Jus cleanin’ ut da hood an puttin’ out da trash.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
“Ghetto rats on their best behavior!”
August 21st, 2009 at 10:12 am
Have you been reading the papers lately? U people are committing more crimes than any other race. You are stealing,killing,raping, etc. Go through the PBCSD blotter when you get a chance. We should bomb all of your neighborhoods f_ckn idiots.
August 21st, 2009 at 10:18 am
You have gone from crack to pills. Do something constructive and help find the lady that is missing….. Oh they found her she was never missing.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 am
What do you mean by you people RUAKKKMENBR,there is lots of crime in all different race, some are just sweep under the rug because of people like you who still want to go back to the 60s
August 24th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
First, I thought this site was to monitor racist remarks?? Not doing a very good job I see. However, its our community and our kids and ALL of us need to take responsibility as parents and for our communities as ONE people. This is just not acceptable and for children to grow up in this way, any child of ANY color. Here are some ideas how other communities came together to solve the problem. Its not about white and black. Statistics show white people buy cocaine more than any other group. Pointing fingers does not solve the problem. People need to come together not point fingers. Most 17-25 have all bought or smoked marijuana. We need to provide jobs and educate our youth, its a problem for everyone in all communities.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/262/high-point-intervention.htm
http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2009/08/07/spds-new-anti-drug-program-starts-with-focus-on-23rd
Heres a small excerpt of how other communities worked on the problem successfully.
When the conversations between law enforcement and the community began, many people said, “You can’t do anything about drugs. You can’t do anything about growing or trafficking or dealing or addiction.” To move forward, however, both law enforcement and the community needed to be convinced that this was not about drugs; this was about a certain form of drug market. That is, a community can handle a lot of drug use and survive. But it cannot handle drug dealers taking over public space, attracting drive-through buyers and prostitutes, and shooting the place up. Therefore, our primary goal was to close what we came to call the “overt markets.”