MIAMI BEACH -- According to police, on
April 18, Maggisano sent a number of “very violent and
(derogatory)” text messages to a board member, including,
using 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.”
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Marc Maggisano |
The arson attempt caused $7,500 in damage to the pickup
truck, an arrest report states.
Maggisano’s arrest reports don’t specify whether he had been
serving as president or was already out of office at the
time the incidents took place.
While not explicitly stated in the reports, it appears
Maggisano may have left South Florida between the April
incidents and his arrest on Sunday.
Police said they were tipped off to his presence on Saturday
after he received a package at his apartment. Then, on
Sunday, they said a license plate reader on the MacArthur
Causeway detected Maggisano’s vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz coupe
with Ontario plates.
Officers later found Maggisano’s vehicle at the Washington
Avenue condominium, contacted him and arrested him, the
report states.
He faces felony charges of attempted arson, criminal
mischief and written threats to kill and was being held in
the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $12,500
bond. – The former president of a South Beach condominium
association exacted an apparent reign of terror this spring,
making “several residents fear for their safety,” according
to police.
Miami Beach police arrested Marc Joseph Maggisano on Sunday,
after accusing him of sending several threatening text
messages to a board member of 363 Washington Ave. and trying
to set a resident’s truck on fire back in April.