NewzThomas Jardon is being held on a $700,000 bond after being accused of stealing $1.2 million in public dollars from the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust.Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Jardon’s arrest during a news conference Wednesday night.Jardon is the director of housing for the Citrus Health Network. Rundle said that over a three-year period, he turned the organization’s mission of housing homeless people into an elaborate scheme.According to Rundle, Jardon created five fake companies, drafted bogus leases and collected payouts from the county.“While our homeless people were sleeping on the street, he had four new automobile purchases,” Rundle said.The case came to light late last year after a Citrus Health employee raised concerns.“As soon as Citrus discovered these problems, they immediately reported the theft to the Inspector General’s Office,” Rundle said.Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, said the problems were uncovered after the trust alerted Citrus that something was wrong with its invoicing.“They got caught by our alerting Citrus that there was something wrong with their invoicing, that they didn’t add up, that two and two didn’t equal four,” Book said.Citrus then conducted its own review and reported the matter to authorities, Book said.“They went back and did their review and they then self-reported that to the authorities,” he said. .l10-neighborhood, .l10-neighborhood * { box-sizing: border-box; } .l10-neighborhood{ --blue-dark:#0d2c73; --blue:#1f57c4; --blue-light:#3370e6; --gray-bg:#f2f3f5; --gray-border:#d6d8dc; --text-dark:#1a1a1a; --white:#ffffff; font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; max-width:860px; margin:1.5rem auto; border-radius:10px; overflow:hidden; border:1px solid var(--gray-border); background:var(--gray-bg); box-shadow:0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,.12); text-align:center; } .l10-head{ background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--blue-dark),var(--blue)); color:var(--white); padding:12px 16px; font-weight:800; text-transform:uppercase; font-size:1rem; letter-spacing:.3px; display:flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center; gap:8px; } .l10-body{ max-width:740px; margin:0 auto; padding:0 16px 18px; } .l10-sub{ margin:12px 0 10px; font-size:.95rem; color:var(--text-dark); font-weight:500; text-align:center; } .l10-grid{ display:grid; grid-template…
First responders are always racing to save lives.Exclusive body camera video obtained by Local 10 shows what happened when police and firefighters responded to a scene in Margate where a mother and her 2-year-old daughter had been struck by lightning.The call came into a fire station in August, setting off an urgent response.The body camera video shows first responders working to save 31-year-old Kenya Glasgow and her 2-year-old daughter, Kennedi.Responders were also told to make sure arriving units did not block any entrances.The lightning strike killed Glasgow and her daughter.Once it was safe, first responders immediately began working to save them.Responders also worked to keep the area clear as they continued the effort.The body camera video shows firefighters continuing chest compressions as they worked to save the mother.The baby was eventually taken to North Broward to be flown out.At a memorial service in August, Glasgow’s husband and Kennedi’s father, Kameron Glasgow, spoke about how much he misses his soulmate.“I want her to be remembered as the life of the party, the one that wants to help and never want anything in return,” he said.Kameron Glasgow said he is appreciative of all the first responders, police and firefighters who never quit trying to save his wife and daughter.He also said Kennedi’s twin sister is doing the best she can.Wednesday marks one month since Glasgow lost his wife and daughter.
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