Siesta Seen
A trial date has been set in the Code
Enforcement officer battery case involv-
ing Siesta resident Craig Siegel, I learned
this week.
Sarasota County Clerk of Court records show
a jury trial has been scheduled for 9 a.m. on
Oct. 27 before 12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judge Frederick P. Mercurio. Siegel pleaded
"not guilty" on May 6 to a charge of throwing a
bucket of urine on county Code Enforcement
Officer James S. Holderby on April 28.
Holderby had stopped at Siegel's Sandy Cove
Avenue property to check on Siegel's prog-
ress in cleaning up debris around the house,
according to county records.
On June 3, a related Criminal Mischief charge
against Siegel, a misdemeanor, was dropped.
Dan Yuter, the assistant state attorney
assigned to the case, told me on July 15 that
the charge was dismissed primarily because
it would be harder to prove that Holderby's
shirt was damaged beyond any further use.
The Sheriff's Office deputy who arrested
A TRIAL DATE IS SET IN THE CRAIG SIEGEL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
BATTERY CASE; COUNTY STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH GULF
AND BAY MANAGEMENT OVER ISSUES RELATED TO THE STORMWATER
PROJECT; AND SIESTA KEY REMAINS AT THE TOP IN TOURIST TAX
REVENUE COLLECTIONS
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor
Craig Siegel listens to Code Enforcement
Special Magistrate proceedings on May 23 in
Sarasota. File photo
