Homeless camp dismantled near Orange Park Mall

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Clay County sheriff described treehouse arsenic ‘haven for cause users’

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that it was moving with a spot proprietor to dismantle a stateless campy successful a wooded country conscionable southbound of the Duval County line, adjacent the Orange Park Mall.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Tuesday that it was moving with a spot proprietor to dismantle a stateless campy successful a wooded country conscionable southbound of the Duval County line, adjacent the Orange Park Mall.

Aerial video recorded Tuesday from the Sky 4 chopper showed Sheriff’s Office cruisers with dense equipment, including a bulldozer connected a flatbed and a motortruck with a claw to prime up debris, on Blanding Boulevard adjacent Wells Road.

Aerial video recorded Tuesday from the Sky 4 chopper showed Clay County Sheriff’s Office cars with dense instrumentality conscionable southbound of the Duval County line. (Copyright 2022 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)

This comes aft a lawman reached retired to the spot proprietor to code a cause and nuisance ailment a mates of months ago, according to a station connected Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook’s Facebook page.

“A ample treehouse had been built and it was being utilized arsenic a haven for cause users / dealers,” the station continued.

A histrion removal work was past brought successful Tuesday to teardrop down the structure, the sheriff wrote.

A region spokesperson told News4JAX that the radical surviving determination were fixed clip to cod their belongings, but they had to leave. The spokesperson said the residents were fixed accusation regarding resources they could interaction for assistance.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has been reporting connected panhandling and homeless camps successful the country for months.

In September, News4JAX spoke with a man who said helium was stateless and lived successful the wooded area.

“Me and my friend, we built a treehouse retired here,” helium said.

In October, Clay County officials announced a caller initiative to code prime of beingness issues on Wells Road and motorboat a bid of beautification projects.