The 234 Apartment

UPDATE JULY 17: Management of an apartment complex dealing with on-again, off-again water issues is finally providing an explanation.  Water at the Sandpiper Apartment complex was shut off from Friday morning to Sunday morning .  Sunday water was flowing again, but by Monday morning tenants told 13 Action News it was back off.  "People can't shower. People can't wash dishes," said tenant Brittany Albright .  13 Action News reached out to management Saturday and Sunday and received no response.  On Monday, a manager who would not give his name said over the weekend water was shut down for scheduled repairs. He said a pipe then burst unexpectedly Monday .  13 Action News obtained a copy of an email management sent to tenants which reads in part: "We realize this is is[sic] frustrating for everyone, and Management will compensate residents in some way."  The manager could not elaborate on how they plan to do that.  Lauren Pena with the Legal Aid Center ...

An Arlington woman said her apartment has flooded three times and her apartment office hasn 't done anything about it. Photo: FCN file video . JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nearly a month ago, the carpets of an Arlington apartment were soaked, moldy and smelly after a heavy rain in Jacksonville. The carpets have since dried, but the mold and strong mildew smell remain . The mother of a 2-year-old little boy who lives there said management has not done enough to remedy the situation, making her and her child practically homeless . Letisha Murrell said she's frustrated and running out of money. "It's the same way it was three weeks ago," Murrell said. In July, Murrell called First Coast News for help after her first floor unit at Pier 5350 in Arlington had flooded for the third time in the two years she's lived there. Murrell said the complex promised to fix the problems quickly. "They were supposed to move the furniture out, pull all the carpet up, redo the carpet...

An uncaring system putting blameless men behind bars has been a cinematic staple as far back as Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" and likely further. But few examples have been as effective as the fact-based "Crown Heights." Winner of Sundance's coveted audience award in dramatic competition, "Crown Heights" is adapted from an episode of public radio's "This American Life" and named after the Brooklyn neighborhood where its main characters live and work. As written and directed by Matt Ruskin, the film is finely balanced between two parallel sets of astonishments. One that an innocent man, Colin Warner, could spend 20 years in prison after being handed a potential life sentence on the flimsiest of evidence. The other, equally amazing, is that people who loved and believed in Warner fought for years against inertia and crushing difficulty to get him out. What the good people do is as powerful as the bad here, and that makes all t...